Skyscrapers completed in 1955

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All skyscrapers completed in 1955 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1955
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1955
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1955
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1955

All skyscrapers completed in 1955 ranked by height
Rank only 1955	Rank until 1955	Rank since 1955	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	11	1691	1701	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	18	2647	2663	Palace of Culture and Science	Warsaw	Poland	187m	42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	21	2869	2887	One Prudential Plaza	Chicago	United States	183m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1955
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1955	...of that country
Poland	1	33.33%	7.69%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 19.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 19.1 kB
Russia	1	33.33%	2%	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 1955
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1955	...of that city
Chicago	1	33.33%	0.82%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.28 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.26 MB
Moscow	1	33.33%	2.22%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.28 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.26 MB
Warsaw	1	33.33%	9.09%	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, 1955
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	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	One Grand Central Place	New York City	United States	205m	53	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	One Wall Street	New York City	United States	199m	50	1932	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	Chanin Building	New York City	United States	197m	56	1929	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	General Electric Building	New York City	United States	196m	50	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	Mercantile Building	New York City	United States	192m	48	1929	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	Waldorf Astoria New York	New York City	United States	190m	47	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	Singer Building	New York City	United States	187m	47	1908	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	Palace of Culture and Science	Warsaw	Poland		42	1955	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	New York Life Building	New York City	United States		33	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1955
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Civic Opera Building	Chicago	United States	169m	45	1929-1958	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
...eastern	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Moscow	Russia	155m	27	1953-1966	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
...southern	Carew Tower	Cincinnati	United States	175m	49	1931-1958	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1955
...western	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1968	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
...northern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1968	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
...southern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1971	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 16.3 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 16 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1955

All skyscrapers completed in 1955 ranked by height

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1955

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1955

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1955

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1955

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1955

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1955