OOO Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 They are going to rename the Sears Tower 1. I will never call it anything other than the Sears Tower2. I will not be doing business with Willis, whatever it is they do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kimcatch22 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 This is a lot of shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 They also may paint it silver. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Yeah, good luck with that. And the name "Willis" came to be forever mocked and despised in Chicago... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I'm sure it will be something like The Sears Tower presented by Willis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I'm sure it will be something like The Sears Tower presented by Willis. at Wacker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gym Teacher Man Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 1. I will never call it anything other than the Sears Tower i don't care if they officially change the name because you won't be alone there. it'll always be the sears tower. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 i don't care if they officially change the name because you won't be alone there. it'll always be the sears tower.Did you check the poll on the same page as the article? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 1. I will never call it anything other than the Sears TowerAs I will never refer to the Southside ballpark as anything but Comiskey. Did you check the poll on the same page as the article?I did. So far 3623 (including my vote) for the old name and 152 for the new. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 As I will never refer to the Southside ballpark as anything but Comiskey. The difference is that the Cell is actually a different building. I still call Macy's Marshall Fields -- especially the downtown store. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 The difference is that the Cell is actually a different building.Well, it was "New Comiskey" for a while there. I don't think the original park had always been called Comiskey, though. Apparently it was "White Sox Park" from 1909-1912 and 1962-1976. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isadorah Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 they change building names here in DC all the time, changed National Airport to be Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Yes there was a new building added to the airport, but they didn't change out the Metro signs. You can always tell who is new to DC and who isn't based on the Airport reference. and oh the number of tourists that i have seen staring at the metro map or staying on the metro train because the sign said National Airport and had no reference to Ronald Reagan anywhere. then there are the non-tourist destinations that get local nicknames and confuse people even more: the hinkley hilton, the soviet safeway, the social safeway, etc... it just seems wrong to change a buildings name though. once you know the building you know it. ah well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 The difference is that the Cell is actually a different building.It was named "Comiskey Park" when it opened in 1991. The name was even chiseled into the stone face of the building. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I still call Dolphins Stadium "Joe Robbie" even though it hasn't been that since like 96. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I still call most of the midwest "The Louisiana Purchase" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I still call most of the midwest "The Louisiana Purchase" I call it "north." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suites Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I still call Dolphins Stadium "Joe Robbie" even though it hasn't been that since like 96. Yep...I still call Cruzen...Coral Sky.... In the new world we live in the names get changed a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Yep...I still call Cruzen...Coral Sky.... In the new world we live in the names get changed a lot. That thing has had like 5 names in the past decade. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Wait, so you guys are upset about a thing's name being changed to something less-overtly corporate in nature? Interesting. edit: ok, so it is still named after a corporate entity, but I choose to believe the change was inspired by a deep love of Diff'rent Strokes. edit #2: I am not from Chicago, so I can make jokes about this because it affects me very little. To those of you whom this pisses off, I join you in saying "To hell with the bastards!!! Blaaarrgh!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Corporate name + time = tradition. Heh. Wrigley Field, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kimcatch22 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Plus the Sears Tower is a globally-known building, being the tallest in the world until very recently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Oh, I know all that. I was probably just trying to egg you guys on. Sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 The name was even chiseled into the stone face of the building.EXACTLY my point! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 We have a new customer in said tower and I am surprised to find that I and others are referring to it as Willis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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