<page_title> List of tallest buildings in Chicago </page_title> <section_title> Tallest buildings </section_title> <table> <cell> 1 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Willis Tower <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1,451 (442) <col_header> Height ft (m) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 108 <col_header> Floors </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1974 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Formerly known as Sears Tower; 2nd-tallest building in the United States, joint 14th-tallest building in the world; tallest building in the world from 1974 until 1998; tallest building completed in the world in the 1970s. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1974, the tallest building in the city was the 108-story Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), which is 1,451 feet tall (442 m), in Chicago.