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"Stokie"

The lawsuit section references the village of "Stokie". I think this may refer to Skokie, since after clicking the Stokie link, surprised at this gap in my Chicagoland knowledge, I was taken to a page about a London borough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.78.168.65 (talk) 19:18, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What about the CN tower?

The CN tower was built in the 70s and was the world's tallest building for a while. I think there is a lot that's factually wrong with this article. 70.24.149.45 (talk) 14:10, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there's anything that's factually wrong with this article. The CN Tower is not considered a building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) or Emporis, according to the tower's own article. The Willis Tower#Height section of this article also mentions the distinction between "tallest building" and "tallest structure". – Epicgenius (talk) 15:12, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The CN tower was the world's tallest free standing structure, not the world's tallest building, due to the fact that most floors on the building are inhabitable. Piemadd (talk) 12:51, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed.

Presumably you mean "uninhabitable", "Inhabitable", strangely, means the same thing as "habitable" or occupiable, which the CN Tower (for the most part) is not.

– Epicgenius (talk) 14:36, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Height

It is wrong to not include the antenna height in the total height in this article while including the antenna height in the One World trade Center article and then again in other articles which list the heights of both building. Consistency is required. Either list One World Trade Center as shorter or list both heights with their respective antennas. 71.58.30.184 (talk) 21:20, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 December 2023

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Replace

"Outside the building, there was originally a 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) plaza made of pink granite.[158] In the late 2010s, a three-level wing was built along the western and southern sides of the tower replacing the tower."

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"Outside the building, there was originally a 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) plaza made of pink granite.[158] In the late 2010s, a three-level wing was built along the western and southern sides of the tower replacing the plaza." Cjdiersen (talk) 18:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Epicgenius (talk) 21:01, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2024

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Rename to sears tower 108.81.21.135 (talk) 02:11, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

rename the page. and physical tower if possible 108.81.21.135 (talk) 02:12, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. Tollens (talk) 02:56, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unsupported claim needs editing

A registered editor needs to change the wording in the lead claiming the tower is the 3rd tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, which is unsupported. The link is not to any list of the tallest buildings in that hemisphere; rather to the tallest in the United States. The Willis Tower may be both, but that is not the claim made, and even if it was it is not supported by that link.

Moreover, the claims are inidentical and non-synchronous, and need to be made independently; it is the 3rd tallest in the U.S. (supportable by an appropriately labeled link); it may also be the tallest in its hemisphere (which needs independent support). 2601:196:180:DC0:9105:7CB3:5C2A:156D (talk) 09:04, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]