Skyscrapers completed in 1953

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All skyscrapers completed in 1953 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1953
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1953
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1953
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1953

All skyscrapers completed in 1953 ranked by height
Rank only 1953	Rank until 1953	Rank since 1953	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	19	2869	2887	MV Lomonosov State University	Moscow	Russia	183m	39	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	62	5578	5638	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Moscow	Russia	155m	27	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	65	5719	5781	United Nations Secretariat Building	New York City	United States	154m	39	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1953
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1953	...of that country
Russia	2	66.67%	4%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 74.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 73.4 kB
United States	1	33.33%	0.12%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.28 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.26 MB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1953
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1953	...of that city
Moscow	2	66.67%	4.44%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.28 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.26 MB
New York City	1	33.33%	0.34%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.28 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.26 MB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1953
Rank	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	Year
1	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282m	77	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	275m	71	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	GE Building	New York City	United States	259m	70	1933	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	American International Building	New York City	United States	259m	67	1932	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241m	58	1913	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	Twenty Exchange	New York City	United States	225m	57	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	Terminal Tower	Cleveland	United States	215m	52	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	Metropolitan Life Tower	New York City	United States	213m	50	1909	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	500 Fifth Avenue	New York City	United States	212m	59	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	One Grand Central Place	New York City	United States	205m	53	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	One Wall Street	New York City	United States	199m	50	1932	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	Chanin Building	New York City	United States	197m	56	1929	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	General Electric Building	New York City	United States	196m	50	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	Mercantile Building	New York City	United States	192m	48	1929	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	Waldorf Astoria New York	New York City	United States	190m	47	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	Singer Building	New York City	United States	187m	47	1908	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	New York Life Building	New York City	United States	187m	33	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	MV Lomonosov State University	Moscow	Russia	183m	39	1953	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	Thurgood Marshall U.S. Court House	New York City	United States	179m	37	1936	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1953
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Civic Opera Building	Chicago	United States	169m	45	1929-1958	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
...eastern	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Moscow	Russia	155m	27	1953-1966	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
...northern	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Moscow	Russia	155m	27	1953-1954	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
...southern	Carew Tower	Cincinnati	United States	175m	49	1931-1958	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1953
...western	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1968	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
...northern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1968	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
...southern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1971	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 481 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 474 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1953

All skyscrapers completed in 1953 ranked by height

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1953

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1953

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1953

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1953

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1953

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1953