Skyscrapers completed in 1929

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All skyscrapers completed in 1929 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1929
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1929
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1929
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1929

All skyscrapers completed in 1929 ranked by height
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Rank only 1929	Rank until 1929	Rank since 1929	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	4	2264	2267	Chanin Building	New York City	United States	197m	56	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	5	2500	2503	Mercantile Building	New York City	United States	192m	48	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	12	4296	4305	Civic Opera Building	Chicago	United States	169m	45	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	22	4935	4953	Lefcourt Colonial Building	New York City	United States	163m	45	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	30	5895	5920	One Hanson Place	New York City	United States	156m	42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	32	6017	6043	Bank of America Building	Baltimore	United States	155m	37	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	33	6256	6282	Pendry Chicago	Chicago	United States	153m	37	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1929
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1929	...of that country
United States	7	100%	0.83%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.31 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.29 MB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1929
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1929	...of that city
New York City	4	57.14%	1.35%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.31 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.29 MB
Chicago	2	28.57%	1.63%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.31 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.29 MB
Baltimore	1	14.29%	33.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.31 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.29 MB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1929
Rank	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	Year
1	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241m	58	1913	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	Terminal Tower	Cleveland	United States	215m	52	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	Metropolitan Life Tower	New York City	United States	213m	50	1909	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	Chanin Building	New York City	United States	197m	56	1929	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	Mercantile Building	New York City	United States	192m	48	1929	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	Singer Building	New York City	United States	187m	47	1908	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	New York Life Building	New York City	United States	187m	33	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	Municipal Building	New York City	United States	176m	34	1914	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	Penobscot Building	Detroit	United States	173m	47	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	Chicago Temple Building	Chicago	United States	173m	23	1924	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	Hotel Sherry-Netherland	New York City	United States	170m	40	1927	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	Leveque Tower	Columbus	United States	169m	47	1927	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	Civic Opera Building	Chicago	United States		45	1929	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	Equitable Building	New York City	United States		38	1915	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	Downtown by Philippe Starck	New York City	United States	167m	42	1927	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	Pittsfield Building	Chicago	United States		38	1927	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	Philadelphia City Hall	Philadelphia	United States		7	1901	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	Transportation Building	New York City	United States	166m	44	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	Mole Antonelliana	Turin	Italy	165m	5	1889	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	The Ritz Tower	New York City	United States	164m	41	1926	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1929
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Civic Opera Building	Chicago	United States	169m	45	1929-1958	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.71 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.64 kB
...eastern	Ulmer Münster	Ulm	Germany	161m	3	1890-1952	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.71 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.64 kB
...northern	Cologne Cathedral	Cologne	Germany	157m	5	1880-1952	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.71 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.64 kB
...southern	Bank of America Building	Baltimore	United States	155m	37	1929-1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.71 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.64 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1929

All skyscrapers completed in 1929 ranked by height

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1929

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1929

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1929

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1929

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1929