Skyscrapers completed in 1970

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All skyscrapers completed in 1970 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1970
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1970
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1970
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1970

All skyscrapers completed in 1970 ranked by height
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Rank only 1970	Rank until 1970	Rank since 1970	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	8	595	602	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	United States	256m	64	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	16	1502	1516	One Shell Plaza	Houston	United States	217m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	26	2096	2119	Paramount Plaza	New York City	United States	204m	48	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	44	3193	3233	919 3rd Avenue	New York City	United States	187m	47	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	50	3477	3522	BNY Mellon Center at One Boston Place	Boston	United States	183m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	60	4059	4113	Trump International Hotel & Tower	New York City	United States	177m	44	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	68	4456	4517	One Embarcadero Center	San Francisco	United States	173m	45	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	83	5033	5108	1133 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	United States	168m	45	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	132	6910	7033	MVRDC	Bombay	India	155m	35	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	137	7086	7213	810 7th Avenue	New York City	United States	154m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	137	7086	7213	Ciudadela San Martin Torre Sur	Bogota	Colombia	154m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	140	7206	7334	2 New York Plaza	New York City	United States	153m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	140	7206	7334	Tokyo World Trade Center	Tokyo	Japan	153m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	148	7386	7520	28 State Street	Boston	United States	152m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1970: 2.333 kilometres
5 of 14 skyscrapers completed in 1970 have photos so far.

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1970
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1970	...of that country
United States	11	78.57%	1.27%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.16 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.15 MB
Colombia	1	7.14%	4.55%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 28.2 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 27.8 kB
India	1	7.14%	0.72%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 171 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 168 kB
Japan	1	7.14%	0.36%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 382 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 377 kB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1970
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1970	...of that city
New York City	6	42.86%	1.98%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 455 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 449 kB
Boston	2	14.29%	8.7%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 29.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 29.2 kB
Bogota	1	7.14%	9.09%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 14 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 13.8 kB
Bombay	1	7.14%	0.93%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 132 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 130 kB
Tokyo	1	7.14%	0.57%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 249 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 246 kB
Houston	1	7.14%	2.56%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 49.8 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 49.1 kB
Pittsburgh	1	7.14%	10%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 13.1 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 12.9 kB
San Francisco	1	7.14%	4.17%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 31 kB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1970
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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	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282m	77	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	275m	71	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	Chase Tower	Chicago	United States	264m	61	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	GE Building	New York City	United States	259m	70	1933	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	American International Building	New York City	United States	259m	67	1932	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	U.S. Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	United States	256m	64	1970	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	United States	247m	60	1961	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	MetLife Building	New York City	United States	246m	59	1963	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	Woolworth Building	New York City	United States	241m	58	1913	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	Bank of America Center	San Francisco	United States	237m	52	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	Prudential Tower	Boston	United States	228m	52	1964	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	Twenty Exchange	New York City	United States	225m	57	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	Toronto Dominion Bank Tower	Toronto	Canada	222m	56	1967	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	One Shell Plaza	Houston	United States	217m	50	1970	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	Terminal Tower	Cleveland	United States	215m	52	1928	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	270 Park Avenue	New York City	United States	215m	52	1960	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	General Motors Building	New York City	United States	214m	50	1968	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	Metropolitan Life Tower	New York City	United States	213m	50	1909	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1970
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: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
...eastern	Australia Square Tower	Sydney	Australia	170m	46	1967-1976	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
...southern	Australia Square Tower	Sydney	Australia	170m	46	1967-1971	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1970
...western	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
...southern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1971	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1970

All skyscrapers completed in 1970 ranked by height

Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1970: 2.333 kilometres

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1970

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1970

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1970

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1970

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1970

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1970