Sears Tower
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The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. Sears, Roebuck and Company paid for the building to be built in August 1970. The building was finished in 1973. The Sears Tower is the tallest building in North America and was the tallest building in the world from 1973 to 2004. It has 108 levels, and from the ground to the roof it is 442 m (1,450 ft) tall.
Before the Sears Tower, the tallest building in the world was the World Trade Center. In 2004, Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan became the world's tallest building. The Sears Tower is still the tallest building in the world from ground to pinnacle because it has two television antennas on top of it. From the ground to the top of the taller antenna is 527 m (1,729 ft).
