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Family Ties Forever! · 05-02-2009, 01:44 AM

I am scared of heights. I wouldn't want to be at the top of that building.

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Sears Tower To Add Glass Balconies
Visitors To Get View 1,353 Feet Down

Posted: Friday, May 1, 2009
Updated: 7:59 pm CDT May 1, 2009

Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images

Chicago -- Visitors to the top of the tallest building in North America soon won't be able to avoid looking straight down.

The Sears Tower plans this summer to add four enclosed glass-bottomed balconies jutting out from the building's 103rd floor Skydeck -- offering a view of 1,353 feet down.

Each of the balconies -- all on the tower's west side -- will be able to hold about five tons and the glass will be a half-inch thick.

Randy Stancik, Skydeck general manager, says he was inspired by glass-floored thrills at the Grand Canyon and Toronto's CN Tower.

The balconies will extend about 4 feet from the observation deck, part of a multimillion dollar renovation plan coinciding with a renaming to Willis Tower.

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http://www.theskydeck.com

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

catlover79 · 05-02-2009, 01:46 AM

You and me both. Glass elevators even freak me out. I don't have quite as bad a fear of heights as my dad and sister do, but it's bad enough.

Nighthawk76 · 05-02-2009, 12:58 PM

Being on the top floor of the Sears Tower is scary enough. Especially since on a windy day the building sways a little bit.

Glass Balconies is just what they need.

PunkyP0WER · 05-02-2009, 01:02 PM

YIKES! is all i can say.

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Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	Being on the top floor of the Sears Tower is scary enough. Especially since on a windy day the building sways a little bit. Glass Balconies is just what they need.