Don't Rename the Sears Tower
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3/12/09 ABC CHICAGO - "Chicago's Sears Tower will be renamed Willis Tower after an incoming tenant, according to a press release from Willis Group Holdings of London. The insurance broker plans to move 500 associates into 140,000 square feet of space on multiple floors of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. The building is owned by 233 S. Wacker Drive LLC, a real estate investment group formed in 2004 to purchase the tower."
How do you feel about one of Chicago's iconic towers being renamed after an insurance group you've never heard of before now? Bit by bit we're losing the identifying pieces of our city's heritage and this time I mean to see it stopped in its tracks!
Macy's came in here and unceremoniously dumped the Marshall-Fields name and how did that work out for them? Not so well - sales were far lower than expected because out of sheer stubbornness Chicagoans started shopping elsewhere. Because we Chicagoans take pride in our city and the people and institutions that made us great. What's next if we let this happen unopposed? Renaming the Cubs when they're sold? Renaming Wrigley?? How about the Hancock? Let's show these corporate enterprises that while money can often buy our politicians, it can't buy the people who love this city. There are more of us than there are of them and we should make our voices heard!
Show your support by signing this petition in opposition of renaming the Sears Tower! And then tell your friends and family all about it make a difference!
How do you feel about one of Chicago's iconic towers being renamed after an insurance group you've never heard of before now? Bit by bit we're losing the identifying pieces of our city's heritage and this time I mean to see it stopped in its tracks!
Macy's came in here and unceremoniously dumped the Marshall-Fields name and how did that work out for them? Not so well - sales were far lower than expected because out of sheer stubbornness Chicagoans started shopping elsewhere. Because we Chicagoans take pride in our city and the people and institutions that made us great. What's next if we let this happen unopposed? Renaming the Cubs when they're sold? Renaming Wrigley?? How about the Hancock? Let's show these corporate enterprises that while money can often buy our politicians, it can't buy the people who love this city. There are more of us than there are of them and we should make our voices heard!
Show your support by signing this petition in opposition of renaming the Sears Tower! And then tell your friends and family all about it make a difference!
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Goal
200 signatures
Goal: 100
Latest Signatures
3 November 2015
2 October 2015
199.
Mark L
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Stop Changing the City I Love...my father worked on the sears tower and now they wanna change it this not acceptable
Hometown
Chicago
10 August 2015
26 July 2015
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7 June 2015
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Jeni Lucas
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Why would we change the name of an iconic Chicago building? People come to Chicago to see the Sears Tower, not the Willis tower. I think this is ridiculous and completely unnecessary. The person responsible for this should recognize it's history and be pr
20 April 2015
18 April 2015
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Paul P
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Miegs field and the Skyway were just the beginning apparently.
Hometown
Northbrook, IL
29 March 2015
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Leo G
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Icons don't change names. How about Grand Willis Canyon, Willis State Building, Statue of Willis Liberty, Mount Willismoore.
Hometown
kenosha, WI
26 September 2014
184.
Jim W
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Even if you do change it, it will always be known as the SEARS Tower
Hometown
kenosha, WI
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City of Chicago, Willis Group Holdings, Mayor Daley, 233 S. Wacker Drive LLC
City of Chicago, Willis Group Holdings, Mayor Daley, 233 S. Wacker Drive LLC
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