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Tallest buildings in New York City
New York City has the most skyscrapers in the world — 45 buildings taller than 200 meters — for comparison, Hong Kong has 39 and Chicago 17.
Buildings listed in a table as of 2004
| Rank | Name | Height (m) | Floors | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empire State Building | 381 | 102 | 1931 |
| 2 | Chrysler Building | 319 | 77 | 1930 |
| 3 | American International Building | 290 | 66 | 1932 |
| 4 | The Trump Building | 283 | 70 | 1930 |
| 5 | Citigroup Center | 279 | 59 | 1977 |
| 6 | Trump World Tower | 262 | 72 | 2001 |
| 7 | Bloomberg Tower | 261 | 54 | 2004 |
| 8 | GE Building | 259 | 69 | 1933 |
| 9 | CitySpire Center | 248 | 75 | 1987 |
| 10 | One Chase Manhattan Plaza | 248 | 60 | 1961 |
| 11 | Conde Nast Building | 247 | 48 | 1999 |
| 12 | MetLife Building | 246 | 60 | 1963 |
| 13 | Woolworth Building | 241 | 57 | 1913 |
| 14 | One Worldwide Plaza | 237 | 50 | 1989 |
| 15 | Carnegie Hall Tower | 231 | 60 | 1991 |
| 16 | Bear Stearns World Headquarters | 230 | 47 | 2001 |
| 17 | AXA Center | 229 | 54 | 1986 |
| 18 | One Penn Plaza | 229 | 57 | 1972 |
| 19 | 1251 Avenue of the Americas | 229 | 54 | 1971 |
| 20 | Time Warner Center | 229 | 55 | 2004 |
| 21 | 60 Wall Street | 227 | 55 | 1989 |
| 22 | One Astor Plaza | 227 | 54 | 1972 |
| 23 | One Liberty Plaza | 226 | 54 | 1973 |
| 24 | 20 Exchange Place | 226 | 57 | 1931 |
| 25 | Three World Financial Center | 225 | 51 | 1986 |
| 26 | Times Square Tower | 221 | 47 | 2004 |
| 27 | Metropolitan Tower | 218 | 68 | 1987 |
| 28 | JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters | 215 | 52 | 1960 |
| 29 | General Motors Building | 215 | 50 | 1968 |
| 30 | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower | 213 | 50 | 1909 |
| 31 | 500 Fifth Avenue | 212 | 60 | 1931 |
| 32 | Americas Tower | 211 | 50 | 1992 |
| 33 | Solow Building | 210 | 50 | 1974 |
| 34 | HSBC Bank Building | 210 | 52 | 1967 |
| 35 | 55 Water Street | 209 | 53 | 1972 |
| 36 | 277 Park Avenue | 209 | 50 | 1962 |
| 37 | 1585 Broadway | 209 | 42 | 1989 |
| 38 | Random House Tower | 208 | 52 | 2003 |
| 39 | Four Seasons Hotel | 208 | 52 | 1993 |
| 40 | Bertelsmann Building | 206 | 42 | 1990 |
| 41 | McGraw-Hill Building | 205 | 51 | 1969 |
| 42 | Lincoln Building | 205 | 53 | 1930 |
| 43 | Paramount Plaza | 204 | 48 | 1971 |
| 44 | Trump Tower | 202 | 58 | 1983 |
| 45 | Citicorp Building | 201 | 50 | 1990 |
| 46 | Bank of New York Building | 199 | 50 | 1931 |
| 47 | 599 Lexington Avenue | 199 | 50 | 1986 |
| 48 | 712 5th Avenue | 198 | 52 | 1990 |
| 49 | Chanin Building | 198 | 56 | 1930 |
| 50 | 245 Park Avenue | 198 | 44 | 1966 |
| 51 | Sony Tower | 197 | 37 | 1984 |
| 52 | Two World Financial Center | 196 | 44 | 1987 |
| 53 | 570 Lexington Avenue | 195 | 50 | 1931 |
| 54 | 345 Park Avenue | 193 | 44 | 1969 |
| 55 | Verizon Building | 192 | 40 | 1974 |
| 56 | W.R. Grace Building | 192 | 50 | 1972 |
| 57 | One New York Plaza | 192 | 50 | 1970 |
| 58 | Home Insurance Plaza | 192 | 44 | 1966 |
| 59 | 888 7th Avenue | 191 | 45 | 1971 |
| 60 | Central Park Place | 191 | 56 | 1988 |
New York Skyscrapers currently under construction
- Freedom Tower (at the World Trade Center site)
- 7 World Trade Center
- One Bryant Park (Bank of America's NY headquaters)
- New York Times headquaters (41st & 8th Ave.)
- 80 South Street (designed by Santiago Calatrava)
- Hearst Corporation headquaters (designed by Norman Foster & Associates)
- Beekman Tower (by Frank Gehry, exact design not yet reveiled)
- Goldman Sachs headquaters (adjacent to World Trade Center site)
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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