Mon 3 Aug 2009
We’ve been in Chicago the last few days and we went to the newly renamed Willis Tower with it’s renovated Sky Deck. The main new attraction is the addition of 4 ledges that are basically big glass boxes that extend 4 feet out from the main Sky Deck. This allows you to look directly down to Wacker drive below you and has the effect (at least on me) of making the Sky Deck feel much less like solid ground.
All of us managed to make it out onto the ledge, although all of the girls took a little bit of coaxing. It’s an amazing view, but it just doesn’t feel safe.
Anyway, here is a picture of all the girls — Sandi, Carissa, Celia, Sadie, and Tiphaine — all standing out on the ledge. I’m taking the picture from the next ledge over.
And here I am, barely keeping it together out on the ledge…
Over a million tourists will be in the Sky Deck over the next year, and the number of photographs that look remarkably like these will be enormous. All I can say is, we got ours early. 
By the way, if you go to the visit the tower, bring something to do. It took more than an hour for us to get to the top of the tower from the time we arrived due to the long lines.
Local Tags: carissa, celia, chicago, illinois, sadie, sandi, sears tower, sky deck, tiphaine, willis tower
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