He doesn't fear heights, but does fear poorly designed support structures. At 1,353 feet in the air, its glass boxes extend out 4.3 feet from the Skydeck. You still couldnt get me out in one of those glass boxes. All you have to do is get in the box and start jumping up and down. The hotel is just on the 40th floor and its right in the middle of the loop. Ryan Craggs is Thrillist's Travel Editor. The viewing tower offers spectacular views spanning up to four states, but there’s also The Ledge, a glass balcony extending four feet outside Willis Tower’s 103rd floor. I had a wonderful view of the sears tower and other Chicago towers. The Ledge opened in 2009, and constitutes four glass cases composed of 1.5in-thick glass that protrude 4.3 feet beyond the building.Īnd now, it also will justify the fears of every person who has ever been afraid of heights. “Whatever happened last night is a result of the protective coating doing what it’s designed to.”Īpparently engineers are now developing protective coatings to scare the piss out of everyone. It takes a slightly wobbly 60-second elevator ride to get to the 103rd-floor Skydeck, which actually consists of a series of 4-foot-long, 1.5-inch-thick glass. "Occasionally this happens, but that’s because we designed it this way", Bill Utter told the Chicago Sun-Times. Garibay told NBC Chicago that staff quickly had his group shuffle away from the nightmare box, but that "They jokingly and confidently responded, 'It's unbreakable'", so the tourists snapped a few photos and moved on.Ī spokesman for Willis Tower said Thursday it wasn't actually the glass that cracked, but rather a protective coating covering the glass.
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