It is called Willis and don't call me Shirley!

/what?

You guys need to focus on the correct Willis:

I honestly can't get too worked up about this. The Sears Tower was named for its corporate owner Sears, Roebuck and Co. Now it's been renamed for it's new corporate owner Willis Group Holdings. That doesn't seem like a huge desecration of history to me.

Dammit. I'm going to Chicago in 2 weeks and was really hoping to see the Sears Tower. No one wants to see a picture of me on facebook in front of the damn Willis Tower! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRGHHHGHGHGHGROOOOOOOO!

Good luck getting everyone to actually call it that. They tried the same crap in Toronto for their "Rogers Center" its still the damn Skydome

At who should we(you) be mad?

The folks who pumped money in to the local economy? Or, The Company that chose to bail out on the city of Chicago and sell the building?

Place your anger where it is deserved, not at the folks who pumped millions in to the city.

I was actually stopped today walking to work and a man asked me "Where's the Sears Tower?"
I responded "It doesn't exist anymore."
He's like "What are you talking about?"
And I Interrupted, "Willis Tower. It's over there."

I pointed, and walked away happy.

/it is worth it to note he was foreign, so "what are you talking about" came with an indian accent
//turban, not feather

I worked in that building for five long, awful years. It was a living hell. Cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and when the wind blows it creeeeeeaks back and forth like an old sailing ship. And the insanity of working for Sears itself was no picnic either.

Fark that place. I don't give a shiat what they call it, I'm never going back.

SHUT
DOWN
EVERYTHING!

/Christ it's a slow day at work

Me think corporate America has done lost their mind. No one is going to call it the Willis Tower. The only way that you're going to get "Willis Tower" written anywhere is if it's flollwed by "...formerly the Sears Tower..."

/yeah yeah, I know it's in LA

Willis fit in yo mowf?

incircles: How far away is the Sears Tower from the Rock and Roll McDonalds?

LOL I didn't even make that connection.

/rubbed heads with him way back when

BabyEater: /it is worth it to note he was foreign, so "what are you talking about" came with an indian accent
//turban, not feather

Most people don't jump to hearing a Canadian accent when you describe foreign Indians.

odinsposse: I honestly can't get too worked up about this. The Sears Tower was named for its corporate owner Sears, Roebuck and Co. Now it's been renamed for it's new corporate owner Willis Group Holdings. That doesn't seem like a huge desecration of history to me.

The corporate owner of the 'Willis Tower' is CB Richard Ellis - it was sold around 2004-2005 if I remember correctly. Willis is just leasing the name of the building. I don't think it will work that well in Chicago - I still call the Aon Building the Standard Oil building...

I think the FARK filter is in the fritz again... it totally destroyed my last post...

/wtf?

ne2d: incircles: How far away is the Sears Tower from the Rock and Roll McDonalds?

LOL I didn't even make that connection.

/rubbed heads with him way back when

Was that some sort of circular jerking thing? Disthgustin

John Hancock building FTW.

"It's always going to be the Sears Tower. It's part of Chicago and I won't call it Willis Tower. In Chicago we hold fast," Chicago teacher Marianne Turk, 46, said as she stood in line this week to go up to the building's Skydeck.

Fuggin' muzzies, standing up to the new name.

Sobrrr: The Willis Monolith. I mean, since you're farking around with the name anyway...



/q+D

DURK!

Subby +1 on the headline.

I lol'd.

Oh to be a kid again. Simplier times.

buzzvert: THIS building will always remain "Willis Tower".

Remember, if Gozer asks you if you are a god, just say yes.
OK?
Jeez, every time we go to a party here I have to remind everybody...

incircles: How far away is the Sears Tower from the Rock and Roll McDonalds?

WW was a very scray dude when you hung around him for any length of time

Was it named for Rumer's chin?

Does this mean I get to buy a new LEGO model?

buzzvert: www.evilinternet.com

Thank you, that's what I was planning on doing, but I don't have a photoeditor at work.

I just took this like 15 mins. ago. Sadly, it's da troof.

csxtrainwreck: Nothing lasts forever folks. At least Bruce Willis tower won't be under siege by East German terrorists. Even if it does come under siege, Seagal is around for back up.

I see what you did there.

who the hell is willis anyway?

Hey, can someone post a picture of Gary Coleman for me? I can't seem to find one anywhere!

"I read about it in 'Forbes'".

Is it sad that I thought of Willian Gallis?

/Too obscure for Fark
//Almost too obscure for Google.

beefoe: Yes, I hate when they re-name things. Well, off to New York International Airport, which is located in New Amsterdam, to fly to Constantinople.

Why did they changed it? (Not a real question)

Everyone said the same thing about Komiskey Park; "I'll never call it by it's corporate name!" That was just a few years ago, and I never hear it referred to anything but US Cellular Field or The Cell any more.

What you talkin' bout motherfarker?

Tigggy: Hey, can someone post a picture of Gary Coleman for me? I can't seem to find one anywhere!

Here you go.

Tigggy: Hey, can someone post a picture of Gary Coleman for me? I can't seem to find one anywhere!

Wireless Joe: Everyone said the same thing about Komiskey Park; "I'll never call it by it's corporate name!" That was just a few years ago, and I never hear it referred to anything but US Cellular Field or The Cell any more.

Part of that is because it's not the original stadium anymore. The same reason goes for the United Center (not exactly because it was always called that) even though it was built in basically the same location as the old Chicago Stadium.

That was Gary Oldman who uh, looks older. Can someone please post a picture of Gary Coleman.

Brainsick: /yeah yeah, I know it's in LA

That's totally awesome.

Enrico Pallazzo: SHUT
DOWN
EVERYTHING!

/Christ it's a slow day at work

I had the same thought

Masso: beefoe: Yes, I hate when they re-name things. Well, off to New York International Airport, which is located in New Amsterdam, to fly to Constantinople.

Why did they changed it? (Not a real question)

People just liked it better that way. (Not a real answer)

EdVenture: People just liked it better that way. (Not a real answer)

It's in NY, so it's really nobody's business but the jerks

It will never be known as the Willis Tower.

Chicagoans are going to keep calling it the Sears Tower, and within 10 or 15 years, someone else will end up owning the building and they'll rename it again.

NittLion78: go Sta

Wait until they put all the new chrome-shiny windows and cladding on it; it won't be the same skyscraper either. The Shiny Chrome Willis Tower.

16th Street in Huntington, WV was renamed Hal Greer Boulevard, but because Hal Greer was black the old-timers still call it 16th Street.

/The road *to* 16th Street is named 16th Street Road. I'll be damned if it doesn't make sense in a strange way.