More Than 500 People Climb To Top Of Willis Tower For SkyRise Chicago Stair Climb
With some huffing and puffing, more than 500 people took their ambitions sky-high on Sunday as they raced to the top of the Willis Tower.
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With some huffing and puffing, more than 500 people took their ambitions sky-high on Sunday as they raced to the top of the Willis Tower.
One of the biggest cities in the world is showing off its new bird's eye view of Brazil, and it was inspired by Chicago.
Chicago's Willis Tower Skydeck is back open!
One lane of Adams is back open to traffic.
The deep-freeze temperatures in Chicago lately have proven to be too much for some pipes in the city.
Police Supt. David Brown said Thursday there had been 144 vehicular hijackings in Chicago in the first 21 days of January – placing the city on track to record 2,000 carjackings this year if the trend continues.
Chicago's buildings will go dark Tuesday night in participation of the National COVID-19 Memorial Service.
The Skydeck at Willis Tower is reopening on Friday.
Viewers who are not receiving CBS 2 after a power outage at the Willis Tower are advised to conduct a rescan.
The power to "critical business functions," including the CBS 2 broadcast, has been restored at Willis Tower.
Officials confirmed the building is still without power.
For the third year in a row, Chicago has seen more than 8 inches of rain in May, with a record 8.3 inches so far this month, following two major rainstorms in the past week.
Building owners said flooding on Lower Wacker knocked out the electricity.
The Willis Tower cast a bright light over the city Sunday night in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
If you're from Chicago and you're older than 30, you once knew the tall and iconic building composed of bundled tubes at 233 S. Wacker Dr. as the Sears Tower – and as the tallest building in the world.
The Willis Tower was among many landmarks around the country to light up in Los Angeles Lakers purple and gold Monday night, in honor of the life of Kobe Bryant.
2019 was a busy year in the news in Chicago – from a historic election that brought a new mayor into office to a scandal that forced a police superintendent out. But the Jussie Smollett saga was the big show-stopper here on CBSChicago.com.
There was another sky-high scare at the Willis Tower, when the skydeck cracked under visitors' feet.
Part of Lower Wacker Drive was closed Thursday morning, after a dump truck crash caused a fuel spill outside the Willis Tower.
Huge chunks of ice falling off the Willis Tower and the former Hancock Center led to street closures and damaged at least one car early Thursday morning.
Police have closed streets around Willis Tower and the former Hancock Center, as chunks of ice have been falling Tuesday morning, following a night of sleet and freezing rain in Chicago.
"Dibs" and Sue the T. Rex are some of the sights local artists feature on their Chicago-themed holiday cards.
Police have blocked off Franklin Street between Jackson and Adams, on the east side of Willis Tower, due to falling ice.
The full-scale drill will start at 5 p.m. and is set to last until midnight.
"This is like a big erector set. You see it built from the ground up which is very cool."
