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"Untitled" by Sma and the Plants from The Eft
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Anna Kane, 5, of Alton, Ill., top, Sophie Allaway, 4, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., center, and Grace Kane, of Alton, Ill. gaze down from The Ledge at the Sears Tower in Chicago. This enclosed glass ledge juts out from the 103rd floor of Sears Tower, which is the tallest building in the Western Hempisphere. (Tribune photo by José M. Osorio / July 1, 2009)
Three layers of half-inch-thick glass were all that separated me from what looked like Matchbox cars and tiny people about 100 stories below.
My stomach was queasy, and my heart pounded. But the view from this glass box -- about the size of an elevator -- was breathtaking and terrifying, especially for someone who fears heights.
I'm standing on The Ledge, the four new enclosed glass boxes that jut about four feet from the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower. The latest addition to the 110-story high-rise opens Thursday. From the glass boxes, visitors get a nearly panoramic view, from Wacker Drive below and up to 50 miles in three directions on a clear day. The boxes can hold at least 5 tons each, about the weight of an elephant, and they can retract into the building when the windows get washed.
The idea to suspend glass boxes 1,353 feet in the air spawned from all the forehead marks on the glass walls of the 103rd floor, known as Skydeck Chicago, general manager Randy Stancik said. Visitors just love looking down, so the Sears Tower decided to give them an unobstructed view.
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