SEARS TOWER
SKYDECK
My group may have visited the Sears Tower on their busiest day of the year, but it was well worth the wait!
It was being re-named The Willis Tower, against the entire city's and quite possibly the nation's will, and the same day that President Obama threw out the first pitch for the All Star Game at Wrigley Field. The building and the entire city was packed with tourists and proud Chi-Towners!
Visiting the SkyDeck on the 103rd floor of the Sears tower is a quintessential "Must Do!" while visiting Chicago. Their four new glass observation boxes that hang 103 stories above Wacker Drive are breathtaking. Huge groups of people were gathered around each of the four glass observation boxes, just peaking over the precipice, but only two or three brave souls were inside each box! I was impressed with how many people were terrified of heights, yet they were standing on the observation deck of the largest building in the United States and the third largest building in the world!
My favorite moment was standing inside one of the boxes and looking over at the other glass box where a fearless 7 year old in a wheelchair was having the time of his life spinning around in circles on the glass!
Click here for Skydeck website.
Skydeck
233 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago Il 60606
Phone Number: (312) 875-9696
Tickets: $ 14.95 adults, $ 10.95 Children
Hours: The Skydeck is open daily April - September 9am until 10pm
October - March 10am until 8pm.
Photography:
© 2009 Elizabeth Stuckey
