From 1973 to 1998 the Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world. In 2009 it was renamed the Willis Tower. One could say my typewriter is just a renamed Smith Corona… Under my fingertips it is a Sears!
My sears typewriter… may out live Sears the store
Very nice looking Sears typewriter. I’ve yet to add one to my collection.
I remember Sears when they were a power house in retail. Now from mismanagement only a shadow of themself.
I’m not old enough to remember when they sold houses and barns. I wanted to buy a part of a farm one time that had a big beautiful Sears barn on it. The owner was more interested in only selling the house and tearing down the barn to sell more building lots. Huge shame. I lived in a city that had a section called million dollar hill because all the houses there sold for near that. All of the houses were Sears houses that were built for a few thousand dollars including the land.
Sears Tower? There will always be a Sears tower, to me. I’ve lived in or near Chicago all my life, and I know not this “Willis Tower” abomination of which the neophytes speak. Type on, friend.
Bill:
Its a shame that a store that had it all could not change with the times… while others seem able to take the basic concept (Walmart) and make it work.
danpetreikis:
I feel the same way. I also hear the John Hancock Observatory is now known as 360 Chicago.