Forged from stainless aluminum and encased in bronze-tinted glass, the Sears Tower rises majestically over the business sector of Chicago to stand at 518 m as the city's tallest building. Built in 1973 for Sears-Roebuck & Company, the Sears Tower was the highest building in the world until it was topped by the Petronas Towers in Malaysia in 1996.

由不锈铝合金锻造筋骨，又披上深褐色的玻璃外衣， 518米高的西尔斯大厦昂然耸立在芝加哥的商业中心，它是这座城市最高的建筑。西尔斯大厦是在1973年为西尔斯—罗巴克公司修建的，在1996年马来西亚“国油双峰塔”峻工之前，一直是世界最高的建筑。

(短文节选,本期开始连载：风城巨烛──西尔斯 )