New York City Skyscrapers by Height

Empire State Building (1,250 ft, 1931)
Chrysler Building (925 ft, 1930)
Citigroup Center (915 ft, 1977)
40 Wall Street (886 ft, 1930)
Trump World Tower (881 ft, 2001)
731 Lexington (868 ft, 2005)
New York Times Headquarters (853 ft, 2005)
American International Building (853 ft, 1932)
GE Building, Rockefeller Center (850 ft, 1933)
City Spire (814 ft, 1989)
1 Bryant Park (813 ft, 2005)
One Chase Manhattan Plaza (813 ft, 1960)
The Conde Nast Building (809 ft, 1999)
MetLife Building (808 ft, 1963)
The Woolworth Building (792 ft, 1913)
Worldwide Plaza (778 ft, 1989)
Carnegie Hall Tower (758 ft, 1991)
Bear Stearns World Headquarters (757 ft, 2001)
Equitable Center (752 ft, 1986)
Exxon Building (750 ft, 1971)
One Penn Plaza (749 ft, 1972)
Time Warner Center (748 ft, 2003)
J. P. Morgan Bank Headquarters (745 ft, 1992)
1 Liberty Plaza (743 ft, 1973)
The City Bank Farmers Trust Co. Building (741 ft, 1931)
American Express Building (3 WFC) (739 ft, 1985)
1 Astor Plaza (729 ft, 1969)
10 Times Square (724 ft, 2003)
Metropolitan Tower (715 ft, 1987)
Chase World Headquarters (707 ft, 1960)
General Motors Building (705 ft, 1968)
500 Fifth Avenue (696 ft, 1931)
Marine Midland Bank Building (689 ft, 1996)
Solow Building (689 ft, 1974)
55 Water Street (687 ft, 1972)
Chemical Bank (687 ft, 1963)
The Morgan Stanley Building (1585 Broadway) (685 ft, 1989)
Random House Tower (682 ft, 2002)
Four Seasons Hotel (682 ft, 1993)
Trump International Hotel & Tower (Gulf & Western Building) (679 ft, 1971)
McGraw-Hill Building (674 ft, 1972)
Lincoln Building (672 ft, 1930)
Paramount Plaza (669 ft, 1970)
Trump Tower (663 ft, 1983)
Citibank (658 ft, 1990)
Metropolitan Life Tower (656 ft, 1909)
Americas Tower (656 ft, 1992)
Irving Trust (653 ft, 1932)
712 Fifth Avenue (649 ft, 1990)
245 Park Avenue (649 ft, 1967)
Museum of Modern Art Tower (649 ft, 1985)
Chanin Building (649 ft, 1930)
Sony Building (648 ft, 1984)
Merrill Lynch Building (2 WFC) (645 ft, 1987)
570 Lexington Avenue (640 ft, 1931)
345 Park Avenue (634 ft, 1969)
One New York Plaza (630 ft, 1970)
NYNEX Building (630 ft, 1974)
W R Grace Building (630 ft, 1972)
Home Insurance Company Building (630 ft, 1966)
888 Seventh Avenue (628 ft, 1971)
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (626 ft)
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (626 ft, 1931)
Central Park Place (626 ft, 1988)
Burlington House (625 ft, 1969)
Olympic Tower (620 ft, 1976)
Mercantile Building (620 ft, 1929)
425 Fifth Avenue (618 ft, 2003)
101 Park Avenue (618 ft, 1982)
919 Third Avenue (617 ft, 1970)
New York Life Building (615 ft, 1928)
Tower 49 (613 ft, 1985)
Credit Lyonnais (610 ft, 1964)
IBM Building (603 ft, 1983)
Hearst Magazine Tower (597 ft, proposed)
Celanese Building (592 ft, 1973)
US Court House (590 ft, 1936)
Millenium Hilton Hotel (588 ft, 1992)
Federal Plaza (587 ft, 1967)
Municipal Building (581 ft, 1914)
JP Stevens Company Tower (581 ft, 1971)
520 Madison Avenue (577 ft, 1982)
Merchandise Mart Building (577 ft, 1974)
Dow Jones Building (1 WFC) (577 ft, 1985)
1 Financial Square (575 ft, 1987)
745 Seventh Avenue (575 ft, 2001)
Park Avenue Plaza (575 ft, 1981)
5 Times Square (574 ft, 2002)
Marriott Marquis (574 ft, 1985)
600 Third Avenue (571 ft, 1971)
International Paper Building (571 ft, 1974)
Wang Building (570 ft, 1983)
1 Bankers Trust Plaza (565 ft, 1974)
Sherry-Netherland Hotel (561 ft, 1927)
Bertelsmann Building (558 ft, 1990)
750 Seventh Avenue (558 ft, 1989)
100 UN Plaza (558 ft)
3 Times Square (555 ft, 2001)
Sperry and Hutchinson Building (555 ft, 1962)
3 Park Avenue (554 ft, 1975)
Continental Center (554 ft, 1983)
Interchem Building (552 ft, 1970)
Burroughs Building (551 ft, 1963)
Transportation Building (545 ft, 1927)
Equitable Life Assurance Building (544 ft, 1961)
Helmsley Building (541 ft, 1929)
1 Brooklyn Bridge Plaza (541 ft, 1976)
220 Riverside Boulevard (541 ft, 2002)
17 State Street (541 ft, 1988)
Bankers Trust Company Building (538 ft, 1912)
Equitable Building (538 ft, 1915)
300 Madison/CIBC World Markets (535 ft, 2003)
Westin at Times Square Hotel (531 ft, 2002)
515 Park Avenue (531 ft, 1999)
W New York - Times Square Hotel (530 ft, 2001)
Biltmore Tower (~520 ft, 2002)
Architects & Designers Building (518 ft, 1969)
Newsweek Building (518 ft, 1931)
Citibank Building (515 ft, 1961)
Seagram Building (515 ft, 1958)
630 Fifth Avenue (512 ft, 1935)
Williamsburg Savings Bank (512 ft, 1929)
Navarre Building (512 ft, 1930)
United Nations Secretariat Building (505 ft, 1952)
2 United Nations Plaza (505 ft, 1981)
1 United Nations Plaza (505 ft, 1975)
American Express Building (504 ft, 1972)
Pennmark Towers (500 ft, 2001)
4 Word Financial Center (499 ft, 1986)
Barclay-Vesey Building (499 ft, 1926)
Shearson Lehman Plaza (495 ft, 1988)
200 Riverside Boulevard (491 ft, 1999)
One East River Place (485 ft, 1989)
Tishman Building (482 ft, 1957)
Consolidated Gas Building (476 ft, 1928)
12 MetroTech Center (473 ft, 2005)
Hampshire House Hotel (469 ft, 1937)
Dillon Read and Company Building (464 ft, 1982)
McGraw-Hill Building (464 ft, 1931)
1010 Avenue of the Americas (463 ft, 2002)
Victory Apartments (462 ft, 2002)
Park Lane Hotel (449 ft)
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences (449 ft, 2001)
Bridge Tower Place (443 ft, 2001)
420 East 61st Street (443 ft, 2002)
Bush Tower (433 ft, 1917)
Adams Building (423 ft, 1913)
180 Riverside Boulevard (422 ft, 1998)
489 Fifth Avenue (421 ft, 1970)
MGM Building (417 ft, 1965)
Renaissance Plaza (413 ft, 1998)
Commerce Place (410 ft, 1987)
120 Wall Street (399 ft, 1931)
4 MetroTech Center/Chase Manhattan Bank (394 ft, 1993)
New York Marriott Financial Center (394 ft, 1991)
Citylights (390 ft, 1997)
Montague Court Building (390 ft, 1927)
Park Row Building (390 ft, 1899)
Two Worldwide Plaza (390 ft, 1989)
Liberty Tower (384 ft, 1910)
160 Riverside Boulevard (354 ft, 2001)
Heckscher Building (317 ft, 1916)

The World Trade Center


New Construction in New York City

Time Warner Center
Times Square Tower (10 Times Square)
7 WTC
900 Eighth Avenue (The Regent Tower)
20 River Terrace
Ernst & Young National Headquarters
300 Madison/CIBC World Markets
425 Fifth Avenue
Bloomberg Tower (731 Lexington)
The Random House Building
The Atlas (1010 Avenue of the Americas)
Victory Apartments
220 Riverside Boulevard at Trump Place
Biltmore Tower
Perry West (173/176 Perry Street)
Museum of Modern Art
The Park Avenue Atrium
Sutton Place North
343 West 42nd Street
Goldman Sachs Tower (30 Hudson Street) (2003)
11 Times Square
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
NY CyberCenter
455 Central Park South
100 Morton Street/600 Washington Street

New York City Architecture

 

Skyscrapers Resources

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