>>>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-sears-tower-name-change-willis-march12,0,7014962.story
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>>>Given that one of his most famous roles was set in a skyscraper, I guess it makes some sense to rename the Sears Tower after Bruce Willis.
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>>>What's that you say? It's not Bruce Willis it's being renamed after?
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>>>Fat chance many people will ever call it Willis Tower. I wonder what egomaniac dreamed up this one.
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>>I note the caption under the picture - The Sears Tower, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, will soon become the Willis Tower. (Tribune photo by Alex Garcia / January 15, 2009)
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>>To satisfy my own curiosity, exactly when did Canada get cut out of the Western Hemisphere?
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>Is there a Canadian building taller than the Sears Tower?

Never heard of the CN Tower?

From the Wikipedia:

Sears Tower / Freedom Tower / Chicago Spire
The CN Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the Americas. Currently, the only other freestanding structure in the Americas to exceed 500 m (1,640.4 ft) in height is the Sears Tower in Chicago, which stands at 527 m (1,729.0 ft) when measured to its pinnacle. The Freedom Tower, currently under construction in New York City, is expected to have a pinnacle height of 1,776 ft (541.3 m), or approximately 12 m (39.4 ft) shorter than the CN Tower. Due to the symbolism of the number 1776 (the date of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence), the height of the Freedom Tower is unlikely to be increased. The Chicago Spire, which was initially expected to be completed in 2012, is expected to exceed the height of the CN Tower upon completion, but its construction has been halted due to financial difficulties.