Skyscrapers completed in 1981

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All skyscrapers completed in 1981 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1981
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1981
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1981
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1981

All skyscrapers completed in 1981 ranked by height
Rank only 1981	Rank until 1981	Rank since 1981	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	26	861	886	Three First National Plaza	Chicago	United States	233m	57	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	38	1115	1151	Hopewell Centre	Hong Kong	China	222m	64	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	50	1395	1442	Georgia Pacific Tower	Atlanta	United States	212m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	137	3337	3470	Park Avenue Plaza	New York City	United States	175m	44	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	156	3622	3773	New York Palace Hotel	New York City	United States	171m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	156	3622	3773	US Bank Plaza I	Minneapolis	United States	171m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	188	4254	4435	Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza	Seattle	United States	165m	42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	201	4437	4630	One Tampa City Center	Tampa	United States	163m	39	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	223	4755	4969	One Post Office Square	Boston	United States	160m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	230	4943	5163	707 17th Street	Denver	United States	159m	42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	285	5592	5866	Two United Nations Plaza	New York City	United States	153m	39	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1981
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1981	...of that country
United States	10	90.91%	1.2%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.28 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.26 MB
China	1	9.09%	0.04%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1981
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1981	...of that city
New York City	3	27.27%	1.02%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Atlanta	1	9.09%	5.26%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Boston	1	9.09%	4.76%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Chicago	1	9.09%	0.82%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Denver	1	9.09%	12.5%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Hong Kong	1	9.09%	0.21%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Minneapolis	1	9.09%	10%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Seattle	1	9.09%	4.76%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB
Tampa	1	9.09%	25%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.1 MB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1981
Rank	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	Year
1	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442m	108	1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	1 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417m	110	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	2 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	415m	110	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346m	83	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	First Canadian Place	Toronto	Canada	298m	72	1975	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282m	77	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	Citicorp Center	New York City	United States	278m	63	1977	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	275m	71	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	Chase Tower	Chicago	United States	264m	61	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	Water Tower Place	Chicago	United States	261m	74	1976	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	Aon Center	Los Angeles	United States	261m	62	1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	United States	260m	48	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	GE Building	New York City	United States	259m	70	1933	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	American International Building	New York City	United States	259m	67	1932	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	United States	256m	64	1970	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	United States	247m	60	1961	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	MetLife Building	New York City	United States	246m	59	1963	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241m	58	1913	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1981
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Wells Fargo Center	Portland	United States	166m	40	1973-2008	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
...eastern	201 Elizabeth Street	Sydney	Australia	165m	40	1979-1987	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
...southern	Optus Centre	Melbourne	Australia	153m	34	1975-1985	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1981
...western	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442m	108	1974-1981	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
...southern	2 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	415m	110	1973-1981	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 6.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 6.06 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1981

All skyscrapers completed in 1981 ranked by height

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1981

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1981

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1981

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1981

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1981

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1981