Skyscrapers completed in 1972

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All skyscrapers completed in 1972 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1972
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1972
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1972
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1972

All skyscrapers completed in 1972 ranked by height
Rank only 1972	Rank until 1972	Rank since 1972	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	1	31	31	1 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417m	110	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	7	479	484	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	United States	260m	48	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	15	995	1007	One Penn Plaza	New York City	United States	228m	57	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	15	995	1007	Exxon Building	New York City	United States	228m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	18	1027	1040	One Astor Plaza	New York City	United States	227m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	19	1045	1058	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	United States	226m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	29	1420	1442	Hancock Whitney Center	New Orleans	United States	212m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	31	1452	1475	AMA Plaza	Chicago	United States	211m	52	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	32	1568	1591	55 Water Street	New York City	United States	209m	53	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	36	1712	1738	McGraw-Hill Building	New York City	United States	205m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	46	2249	2284	1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza	New York City	United States	194m	48	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	48	2325	2361	Grace Plaza	New York City	United States	192m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	65	2834	2886	CNA Center	Chicago	United States	183m	74	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	82	3401	3469	Edificio Coltejer	Medellin	Colombia	175m	37	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	124	4718	4827	First Market Tower	San Francisco	United States	161m	38	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	133	4849	4966	North American Plywood Building	New York City	United States	160m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	148	5394	5525	PNC Tower	Louisville	United States	156m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	164	5635	5781	One Beacon Street	Boston	United States	154m	36	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	175	5867	6023	BHP House	Melbourne	Australia	152m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1972
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1972	...of that country
United States	17	89.47%	2.04%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.28 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.26 MB
Australia	1	5.26%	0.77%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 196 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 193 kB
Colombia	1	5.26%	4.55%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1972
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1972	...of that city
New York City	10	52.63%	3.39%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB
Chicago	2	10.53%	1.64%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB
San Francisco	2	10.53%	8.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB
Boston	1	5.26%	4.76%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB
Louisville	1	5.26%	50%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB
Medellin	1	5.26%	50%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB
Melbourne	1	5.26%	1.49%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB
New Orleans	1	5.26%	25%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 33.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 32.9 kB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1972
Rank	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	Year
1	1 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417m	110	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282m	77	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	275m	71	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	Chase Tower	Chicago	United States	264m	61	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	United States	260m	48	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	GE Building	New York City	United States	259m	70	1933	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	American International Building	New York City	United States	259m	67	1932	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	United States	256m	64	1970	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	United States	247m	60	1961	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	MetLife Building	New York City	United States	246m	59	1963	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241m	58	1913	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	Bank of America Center	San Francisco	United States	237m	52	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	One Penn Plaza	New York City	United States	228m	57	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	Exxon Building	New York City	United States		54	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
	Prudential Tower	Boston	United States		52	1964	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	One Astor Plaza	New York City	United States	227m	54	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	United States	226m	54	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	Twenty Exchange	New York City	United States	225m	57	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1972
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Bank of America Center	San Francisco	United States	237m	52	1969-1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
...eastern	Australia Square Tower	Sydney	Australia	170m	46	1967-1976	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
...southern	BHP House	Melbourne	Australia	152m	41	1972-1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1972
...western	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
...southern	1 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417m	110	1972-1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.24 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.14 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1972

All skyscrapers completed in 1972 ranked by height

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1972

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1972

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1972

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1972

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1972

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1972