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R A N K

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H E I G H T   R A N K I N G   L I S T

Here are the tallest buildings in New York City ranked by height.
As a comparison of the "prestige towers" in The Rivalling
City, also the tallest buildings in Chicago are presented...
The listings (note: as of 1996) show that the tallest buildings in
Chicago have been built only rather recently, whereas
New York City sported the world's tallest skyscrapers
already during the Art Deco era of the 1930s.

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Building City Height Year
Sears Tower Chicago 443 m 1973
World Trade Center New York Tower 1 417 m 1972
Tower 2 415.5 m 1973
Empire State Building New York 381 m 1931
Amoco Building Chicago 346 m 1973
John Hancock Center Chicago 344 m 1969
Chrysler Building New York 319 m 1930
2 Prudential Plaza Chicago 298 m 1990
311 South Wacker Drive Chicago 292 m 1990
American International Building New York 289.5 m 1932
40 Wall Street New York 282.5 m 1930
Citicorp Center New York 279 m 1977
AT&T Corporate Center Chicago 270 m 1989
900 North Michigan Chicago 265 m 1989
Water Tower Place Chicago 262 m 1976
GE Building New York 259 m 1933
1 First national Plaza Chicago 259 m 1969
Cityspire New York 248 m 1989
Chase Manhattan Bank New York 248 m 1961
Met Life Building New York 246.5 m 1963
Woolworth Building New York 241.5 m 1913
1 Worldwide Plaza New York 237.5 m 1989
Carnegie Hall Tower New York 230.5 m 1991
3 First National Plaza Chicago 230 m 1981
Equitable Center Tower West New York 229 m 1985
1 Penn Plaza New York 229 m 1972
Exxon Building New York 228.5 m 1972
60 Wall Street New York 227 m 1989
U.S. Steel Building New York 226.5 m 1972

Building data from Judith Dupré's book Skyscrapers, 1996.

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