CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Sears Tower is history. As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower.
At least that's what the owners of the 110-story skyscraper now call it after its new main tenant, the London, England-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings. However, there are plenty of people who refuse to call it that.
More than 90,000 people have joined the group "People Against the Sears Tower Name Change," on the social networking Web site Facebook.
At least that's what the owners of the 110-story skyscraper now call it after its new main tenant, the London, England-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings. However, there are plenty of people who refuse to call it that.
More than 90,000 people have joined the group "People Against the Sears Tower Name Change," on the social networking Web site Facebook.
Sure enough, I went to www.searstower.com and up came
"Willis Tower."
I think I will just use "the Old Sears Tower" because at some point, it will probably be the WalMart Tower anyway--as will be Mt Walden (Mt. Rushmore), Sam's River (the Mississippi), and Wally's Dam (Hoover Dam), etc.
A rose is a rose. By any other name, a rose would still be a rose.
-Gertrude Stein or Shakespeare or both
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