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Chicago Sears Tower

On top of the world I stood, looking for miles. The tallest building in the world until Taipei 101 (2004), Shanghai World Financial Center (2008)* were recently finished, this glorious monument to 1960s minimalism has always been a part of my family's trips to the windy city. It is quintessential Chicago: elevators, standing in line, over-cleaned tired carpet and low ceilings; but totally worth it, for both the view and the over-heard conversations. Looking North to Wisconsin. I thought these views were lost forever. My sister Sharon and I traipsed all over the big city and I was shooting the whole way, she's so patient with me. Anyhow, when we stopped at Millennium Park I went to check the time on the camera and reflexively formatted the Flash Card. !!! After a small freak-out, I swapped cards and kept shooting. I thought the only record of the trip was a hand-full of twilight photos including the ones from the last two days. Sharon was totally cool about it, she cheered me up and helped me quickly take some photos of the bean and other buildings. Yesterday my friend Chris found a program that can recover erased images from a SanDisk Card. Obviously it worked! * I don't consider the Petronas Towers taller than the Sears. A hat does not make me taller. Petronas Towers are very cool, the bridge is awesome, but highest occupied floor is what counts in my book. Especially when the Sears is wearing a hat too. Check out this cool skyscraper site.