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Tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1961
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City
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Height
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Year
1
Empire State Building
New York City
United States
381m
102
1931
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Chrysler Building
New York City
United States
282m
77
1930
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The Trump Building
New York City
United States
275m
71
1930
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GE Building
New York City
United States
259m
70
1933
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American International Building
New York City
United States
67
1932
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6
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York City
United States
247m
60
1961
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Woolworth Building
New York City
United States
241m
58
1913
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8
Twenty Exchange
New York City
United States
225m
57
1931
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Terminal Tower
Cleveland
United States
215m
52
1928
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270 Park Avenue
New York City
United States
52
1960
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Metropolitan Life Tower
New York City
United States
213m
50
1909
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500 Fifth Avenue
New York City
United States
212m
59
1931
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Radisson Royal Hotel
Moscow
Russia
206m
34
1955
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One Grand Central Place
New York City
United States
205m
53
1930
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One Wall Street
New York City
United States
199m
50
1932
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16
Chanin Building
New York City
United States
197m
56
1929
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General Electric Building
New York City
United States
196m
50
1931
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Mercantile Building
New York City
United States
192m
48
1929
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Waldorf Astoria New York
New York City
United States
190m
47
1931
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Singer Building
New York City
United States
187m
47
1908
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Palace of Culture and Science
Warsaw
Poland
42
1955
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New York Life Building
New York City
United States
33
1928
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One Prudential Plaza
Chicago
United States
183m
41
1955
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MV Lomonosov State University
Moscow
Russia
39
1953
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Thurgood Marshall U.S. Court House
New York City
United States
179m
37
1936
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Time & Life Building
New York City
United States
178m
47
1959
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Gulf Tower
Pittsburgh
United States
177m
44
1932
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Municipal Building
New York City
United States
176m
34
1914
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Carew Tower
Cincinnati
United States
175m
49
1931
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
United States
174m
44
1930
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Socony Mobil Building
New York City
United States
42
1956
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Penobscot Building
Detroit
United States
173m
47
1928
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Chicago Temple Building
Chicago
United States
23
1924
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The Continental Bank Building
New York City
United States
171m
48
1932
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Nelson Tower
New York City
United States
170m
46
1931
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Hotel Sherry-Netherland
New York City
United States
40
1927
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37
Leveque Tower
Columbus
United States
169m
47
1927
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Civic Opera Building
Chicago
United States
45
1929
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Equitable Building
New York City
United States
38
1915
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40
Downtown by Philippe Starck
New York City
United States
167m
42
1927
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Sheraton Dallas Hotel Central Tower
Dallas
United States
42
1959
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Pittsfield Building
Chicago
United States
38
1927
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Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia
United States
7
1901
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44
Transportation Building
New York City
United States
166m
44
1928
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45
The Downtown Club
New York City
United States
165m
39
1930
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Mole Antonelliana
Turin
Italy
5
1889
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47
UBS Paine Webber Building
New York City
United States
164m
42
1960
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The Ritz Tower
New York City
United States
41
1926
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Bankers Trust Company Building
New York City
United States
29
1912
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Lefcourt Colonial Building
New York City
United States
163m
45
1929
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LaSalle National Bank
Chicago
United States
45
1934
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Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh
United States
42
1936
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53
DuMont Building
New York City
United States
162m
42
1931
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The Helmsley Building
New York City
United States
35
1928
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55
One North LaSalle Street
Chicago
United States
161m
48
1930
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Ulmer Münster
Ulm
Germany
3
1890
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57
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
United States
160m
45
1925
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The Pierre
New York City
United States
44
1930
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First National City Bank Building
New York City
United States
159m
41
1961
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Jewelers´ Building
Chicago
United States
40
1927
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61
Newsweek Building
New York City
United States
158m
42
1931
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Three Mellon Center
Pittsburgh
United States
41
1951
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Mather Tower
Chicago
United States
38
1928
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Standard Oil Building
New York City
United States
31
1924
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Cologne Cathedral
Cologne
Germany
157m
5
1880
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66
Millennium Towers North
New York City
United States
156m
44
1930
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One Hanson Place
New York City
United States
42
1929
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LaSalle-Wacker Building
Chicago
United States
41
1930
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International Building
New York City
United States
41
1935
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1407 Broadway
New York City
United States
41
1950
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Seagram Building
New York City
United States
38
1958
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Bank of New York Building
New York City
United States
31
1927
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Continental Building
New York City
United States
155m
42
1931
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Bank of America Building
Baltimore
United States
37
1929
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Moscow
Russia
27
1953
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United Nations Secretariat Building
New York City
United States
154m
39
1953
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Johns-Manville Building
New York City
United States
153m
43
1931
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Lefcourt National Building
New York City
United States
37
1928
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Pendry Chicago
Chicago
United States
37
1929
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Travelers Tower
Hartford
United States
152m
24
1919
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