Sep 7th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Navy Pier, Chicago's biggest tourist trap, is offering visitors a new way to see the city. If riding the elevator to the top of the Sears Willis Tower or relaxing as a giant Ferris wheel slowly inches you skyward doesn't satisfy your thirst for getting airborne, maybe this one will. A 120,000 cubic-foot helium balloon, called the AeroBalloon, promises to float you 350 feet above the ground.
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Rise 35 stories above the city on Chicago's new balloon attraction
Sep 7th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Navy Pier, Chicago's biggest tourist trap, is offering visitors a new way to see the city. If riding the elevator to the top of the Sears Willis Tower or relaxing as a giant Ferris wheel slowly inches you skyward doesn't satisfy your thirst for getting airborne, maybe this one will. A 120,000 cubic-foot helium balloon, called the AeroBalloon, promises to float you 350 feet above the ground.
The ...America from above - can you guess the view?
Aug 17th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Skyscrapers and towers in The United States may have been overtaken in height by ambitious cities like Dubai, but the country is still home to some of the most awesome views you'll find anywhere in the world. Think you know your stuff? Take the quiz (posted after the jump) and prove it! Five towers, five photos - its up to you to guess where the photo was taken. ...Gadling Take FIVE (Week of June 18 - June 24)
Jul 25th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Heavens! The last weekend in July?! How can that be? Hopefully, those of you in the summer season are finding time to get out there, see the world--even if the world is not much further than the block next door and the weather is cooperating.
Here are five posts about new things in the travel scene.
Sean's post on how e-mailing is getting easier in some parts of Africa due to a new fiber ...Say goodbye to Chicago's Sears Tower
Jul 19th, 2009 at 5:30PM:
It's official. As of last week, the Sears Tower no longer exists. The famous skyscraper that dominates Chicago's skyline is still there, it just has a new name. On July 16th, the building was renamed as the Willis Tower, for the Willis Group Holdings company that received the naming rights back in March.
The tower was previously named for Sears Roebuck & Co., which was headquartered there ...Sears Tower to open glass bottom box at 1300 feet
May 4th, 2009 at 2:00PM: In July, the Sears Tower Skydeck will open "the ledge", its newest attraction. The "ledge" is a glass box extending 4.3 feet out over the edge of the 103rd floor, offering an unobstructed view of the city. Up to 5 guests at a time will be able to stand on the inch and a half thick glass. I have a lot of faith in structural engineers, but I'm just not sure I'd feel entirely comfortable stepping ...Sears Tower to be renamed "Willis Tower"
Mar 13th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Times have changed since Chicago's Sears Tower was first built. Upon its completion in 1973, this 110-story Chicago monolith was proclaimed a modern marvel - a building that planted a massive stake in the ground for Chicago's, and arguably America's, architectural and economic dominance. Though the Sears Tower remains an important symbol in 2009, its preeminence in the "World's Tallest Building" ...The top 10 U.S. city summer destinations: Chicago
May 19th, 2008 at 9:30AM: When I read in Steve Stephens' column "Ticket to Write," that Chicago made it to the the list of top 10 cities for U.S. summer travel in 2008, I thought, "I second that." Of the several cities I visited on a cross-country tour, mostly by bus, Chicago was my favorite--except for San Francisco. And, of course, New York, which has been and will remain my number one forever.
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