An iconic Chicago building lost power, and people are saying it now looks like it has an angry face
- One of Chicago's most iconic buildings has been without power since Monday due to severe flooding.
- When the rest of the city's buildings lit up at night, Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) looked especially ominous.
- Some city residents are sharing that due to the power outage, the facade of Willis Tower now looks like it has eyes and a mouth slumped in a disappointed expression.
- "The Sears Tower just sitting there looking like it's just as fed up with 2020 as we are," one Twitter user wrote of the darkened building.
Willis Tower, formerly known as Sears Tower, is a 110-story building in downtown Chicago and an iconic part of the city's skyline.
It lost power overnight on Monday due to severe flooding from the Chicago River that spilled into the building's basement, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
On Tuesday night, once the rest of Chicago's buildings were illuminated as per usual, many residents seemed to notice that the darkened Willis Tower looked rather ominous — and that the building's dimmed facade looked like a facial expression.
To make matters more hilarious, some have pointed out that Willis Tower's so-called face seems, appropriately, less-than-thrilled.
"I'll never get this image of the disappointed Sears Tower out of my head," one user wrote on Twitter.
"Willis Tower is currently the only building affected by the flooding," a spokesperson for Commonwealth Edison, Chicago's main electric supplier, told CBS Chicago on Monday.
The building's power outage has also impacted some TV stations that use Willis Tower's antennas, NBC Chicago reported.
The city's NBC affiliate also reported that as of Wednesday morning, the building's power has yet to be restored.
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