Look Down: Sears Tower Jumps on the Glass Floor Bandwagon
Not content with the regular views from its 103rd-floor Skydeck, the Sears Tower - which will soon be renamed the Willis Tower - is adding four enclosed glass-floored balconies where visitors can look straight down past their toes to the street 412 meters below. Building managers say that the inspiration for the innovation came from the hundreds of forehead prints left on the windows every day by people looking for the sensation of flight. They're also following the lead of several other observation decks around the world, including the Grand Canyon Skywalk, Canada's CN Tower, and Australia's Eureka Tower. If all goes according to plan, "The Ledge" should be completed next month.
I can't say for sure how awesome it would be to stand in one of these floating boxes. Maybe it would feel like you're hovering in mid-air, and maybe it wouldn't be much different than looking out a regular window. If they really wanted to enhance the experience of touching your forehead against the glass, though, they should angle the windows downward by about 45 degrees so you could lean your whole body over the void. That way you could actually see straight down without your big feet blocking the view. Just a thought.
[Photo: Sears Tower]
Related Stories:
· Sears Tower to Add Glass Balconies [Chicago Tribune]
· Sears Tower Skydeck [Official Site]
· Sears Tower Coverage [Jaunted]
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