CHICAGO -- Tightened security since the terrorist attacks six months ago and time have helped ease anxieties about visiting and working in the Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building. Red, white ...

After years of being mostly closed to the public, Boyle Heights’ iconic Sears building has reopened part of its space with a new art gallery, signaling a potential turning point in the building's ...

If constructed as planned, the Boardwalk at Bricktown would be the 18th building to hold the title of the tallest building in ...

CHICAGO -- For Chicagoans it may be the architectural equivalent of having to watch Michael Jordan finish his career in a Washington Wizards uniform: The Sears Tower is turning into something called ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 3, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. If Jenkins had his druthers, he’d have ...

CHICAGO The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower yesterday in a downtown ceremony. The name change marked a new chapter ...

The Chicago architectural icon has got a new name. London-based Willis Group Holdings said Thursday it's moving into the Tower and calling it Willis Tower, thank you very much. Willis will move nearly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sears got its start as a watch seller more than 130 years ago and grew to become one of the world's largest retailers. But the company has struggled in recent years and on Monday filed ...