Sears Tower is now Willis Tower!

[Random]

Sources:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2...willis-march12
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4932a982-7...44feabdc0.html

This ... is ... sad.

Pray some rich corporation would not rename the Aloha Tower.

[LocalMotion]

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I use to live in Chicago.

I along with almost EVERYONE I know will be calling it Sears Tower forever.

The company is British for goodness sake.

When will some big corp buy "The Statue of Verizon"

[Walkoff Balk]

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Whatcha' talkin' about Willis?

[LocalMotion]

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Whatcha' talkin' about Willis?

Chuck Norris is what willis was talking about .... LOL I couldn't resist.

[Vanguard]

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Whatcha' talkin' about Willis?

I clicked on this thread hoping to see that.

Well done!

[musubi]

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Chuck Norris is what willis was talking about .... LOL I couldn't resist.

Thank goodness!
I was afraid it might be Bruce Willis using the Sears Tower as the set of Die Hard XXIV

...or whatever number they're on.

[DannyWilliams]

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Whatcha' talkin' about Willis?

damn, not that paraphrase can not be used again

And don't be hatin on Die Hard.... I believe that last outing was it unless Bruce gets an attractive offer he sooooo cant resist.


As for the new name the americans will always refer it to SEARS Tower no matter what.

[Walkoff Balk]

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Pray some rich corporation would not rename the Aloha Tower.

Walmart's Aloha Tower?

[mel]

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I along with almost EVERYONE I know will be calling it Sears Tower forever.

Just like in Honolulu, many buildings are remembered by their original names... forever... Grovesnor Center, AMFAC buildings, Gold Bond Building, Pan Am building (it still has the sign on it), Holiday Mart, etc.

Sears Tower forever... yes!

[craigwatanabe]

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Sears Always!

[cynsaligia]

Re: Sears Tower is now Willis Tower?!?!!!!

Just like in Honolulu, many buildings are remembered by their original names... forever... Grovesnor Center, AMFAC buildings, Gold Bond Building, Pan Am building (it still has the sign on it), Holiday Mart, etc.

Sears Tower forever... yes!

there is a similar discussion on another landmark here.

[surlygirly]

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This nonesense has got to stop. I don't think it will until they re-name the White House the Sherwin Williams White House or something. No wonder other countries make fun of us. I would too.

One of Dallas' big outdoor concert venues has recently been re-named the Superpages.com Center. Yeah, go try Googling that for directions. Grrr. The Smirnoff Center sounded so much cooler, if it had to be advertising-named.

[Walkoff Balk]

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Sears Always!

Where's Roebuck? That big Christmas catalog you look through wen small kid time.

[oceanpacific]

Re: Sears Tower is now Willis Tower?!?!!!!

Just like in Honolulu, many buildings are remembered by their original names... forever... Grovesnor Center, AMFAC buildings, Gold Bond Building, Pan Am building (it still has the sign on it), Holiday Mart, etc.

Sears Tower forever... yes!

EXACTLY! I still refer to HOLIDAY MART, not DAIEI, or DON QUIHOTE. 1600 Kapiolani Blvd. is still the PAN AM BUILDING, the same as 677 Ala Moana is the GOLD BOND BUILDING. And, it's still the AMFAC CENTER , not Topa Financial Center.

Now, what will we do about STAR MARKET merging into TIMES?

[cynsaligia]

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Now, what will we do about STAR MARKET merging into TIMES

(1) nothing. the time to "do something" is passed, since "we" should have shopped there more if "we" were so concerned about star's profit margin.

(2) nothing. at least times is a local business.