The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chapter in the history of the giant edifice that has dominated the Chicago skyline for nearly four decades. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.

Follow up to DOLLY'S Post picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

Freedom Tower, the building known as One World Trade Center, was planned with a patriotic height 1,776-foot height, with the help of a spire with a broadcast antenna inside. But now it looks like that will have to change. picked by suebe 8 months ago

The world's largest crossword has been built on the side of a tower block in Ukraine. The puzzle is more than 100ft high and fills the entire external wall of the residential building in the city of Lvov. Clues to the crossword are scattered around the city's major landmarks and attractions including parks, fountains, and theatres. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Visitors to Legoland Windsor yesterday helped set a new world record for the tallest tower made of Lego bricks.

Thousands of children and their families helped put the final bricks in place to complete the monster structure, which stands nearly 100ft tall. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The hundreds of glass mirrors break the dusty field in Lancaster, a sea of silver in a landscape of brown. When switched on for the first time today at an opening gala with investors, local politicians and others, they'll make up the first operational solar tower energy facility in the United States. picked by kakana 4 months ago

An overheating hippo was so desperate to cool down that he climbed over the side of a 3m (10ft) water tower for a nice long soak.

However, after happily splashing around for a while, the mammal found it could not get out of the pool and was well and truly stuck. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The new Bloons Tower Defense has been released.

Enjoy! picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

The artist, using 60 balls of yellow and black yarn, transformed a drab wooden water tower into a huge yellow pencil - point included. picked by suebe 12 months ago

The world's tallest tower is quickly getting constructed in the Middle Eastern country of Dubai. Tall tower + Middle East = What can go wrong? picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

A new energy concept called a solar tower could generate enough electricity for 200,000 homes. Looking like a giant smokestack, it would release no noxious fumes — just sun-heated air. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

The long awaited turnaround story at Sears may never happen. Why? Because reclusive hedge fund impresario and Sears Holding Corp. Chairman Edward Lampert doesn't know how to run a retail business. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

A scanned collection of Sears Wishbooks from 1944-85. We would flip through dreaming of what we wanted Santa to bring us. Also in the pre-internet, heck pre-bbs days, it was a veritable cornucopia of porn* as well :)
*was going to link to lingerie, bra, etc page but too slow on dial-up picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

An inflatable space tower tall enough to launch spacecraft has been proposed by Brendan Quine, Raj Seth and George Zhu at York University in Toronto, Canada, according to a New Scientist report. If the tower is built on a suitable mountain peak it could reach an altitude of about 20 kilometers. picked by kakana 5 months ago

"To celebrate the launch of the ground-breaking new comic book series adapted from Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, Marvel Comics will offer a first-ever midnight release of The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1 the night of Tuesday, February 6, 2007."

I seriously can't wait! I'm so excited! picked by readingitall 3 years ago

The light tower, engraved with "imagine peace" in 24 languages, will go on display in Reykjavik on 9 October. picked by suebe 2 years ago

The performance of the power tower plant, PS20, exceeded design output during its three-day production and operational testing period. The new 20 megawatt solar power plant, near Seville, Spain, will produce enough energy to supply 10,000 homes. picked by rambler 6 months ago

A German entrepreneur is applying for a federal trademark to use the Freedom Tower to market a line of condoms; the proposed slogan would be "Freedom Tower: Make Love Not War." What, was "Grind Zero" taken? picked by suebe 11 months ago

Three adults and three children have died after eight floors of a London tower block were engulfed in flames, the fire brigade has confirmed.
Dozens of people were trapped after the blaze broke out on the fourth floor of the flats in Camberwell, south London, shortly after 4.10pm. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

It's the challenge to build the coolest tower, out of the most random things. If you find a more random thing to build a tower out of, you win, being number one. picked by hatsmagee 1 year ago