# So what do you think about the Willis Tower? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-about-the-willis-tower/503258 "2009-07-16T20:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-about-the-willis-tower/503258/11 "2009-07-16T21:18:51Z")
> [@Sears Tower is now Willis Tower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sears-tower-is-now-willis-tower/489234/7): > > My cousin was visiting last week from \*\*Yerba Buena, \*\*and we decided to go from my house in \*\*Niles Center \*\*to go downtown to \*\*Marshall Field’s \*\*to get some tickets for a \*\*Reginald Dwight \*\*concert at \*\*Rosemont Horizon. \*\*My mom wanted us to take the train to \*\*North Western Station, \*\*but my dad’s in \*\*Constantinople \*\*this week so we thought it would be easier to just drive his \*\*Datsun \*\*downtown on the \*\*Northwest Expressway. \*\*My cousin wanted to see stuff along the lakefront, so we cut across \*\*Center Street \*\*so he could see the \*\*Playboy Building \*\* on \*\*Lincoln Park Boulevard \*\*and drove past \*\*Municipal Pier. \*\*When we got to \*\*Achsah Bond Drive, \*\*we realized we had gone too far, so we turned on \*\*12th Street \*\*over the **Illinois Central** tracks and finally found a parking space behind an \*\*Illinois Bell \*\*truck on \*\*Sherman Street \*\*. We walked up **Fifth Avenue** and caught a **Ravenswood** train around the **Poly Loop** to Field’s but the concert was sold out. We talked about going to a game at \*\*Comiskey Park, \*\*but decided to just go home, get some \*\*Mrs. Japp’s \*\*and watch it on **WNBQ.** During the game there was a news teaser that Sears Tower was changing it’s name and we were laughing about the stupid idea that anyone would ever call it by a new name. … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-think-about-the-willis-tower/503258)._