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
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Rank only 1972	Rank until 1972	Rank since 1972	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	1	33	33	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	550	555	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	United States	260m	48	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	15	1198	1210	One Penn Plaza	New York City	United States	228m	57	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	15	1198	1210	Exxon Building	New York City	United States	228m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	18	1236	1249	One Astor Plaza	New York City	United States	227m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	19	1257	1270	One Liberty Plaza	New York City	United States	226m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	29	1748	1770	Hancock Whitney Center	New Orleans	United States	212m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	31	1786	1809	AMA Plaza	Chicago	United States	211m	52	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	32	1947	1970	55 Water Street	New York City	United States	209m	53	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	36	2137	2163	McGraw-Hill Building	New York City	United States	205m	51	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	46	2904	2939	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	3005	3041	Grace Plaza	New York City	United States	192m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	65	3657	3709	CNA Center	Chicago	United States	183m	74	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	82	4427	4495	Edificio Coltejer	Medellin	Colombia	175m	37	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	124	6176	6285	First Market Tower	San Francisco	United States	161m	38	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	133	6322	6439	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	7038	7169	PNC Tower	Louisville	United States	156m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	164	7377	7523	One Beacon Street	Boston	United States	154m	36	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	176	7681	7838	BHP House	Melbourne	Australia	152m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1972: 3.533 kilometres
11 of 19 skyscrapers completed in 1972 have photos so far.

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%	1.95%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.16 MB
Australia	1	5.26%	0.66%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 214 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 211 kB
Colombia	1	5.26%	4.55%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 28.2 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 27.8 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%	3.27%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 458 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 453 kB
Chicago	2	10.53%	1.61%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 167 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 165 kB
San Francisco	2	10.53%	8.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 31.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 31 kB
Melbourne	1	5.26%	1.37%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 107 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 105 kB
Medellin	1	5.26%	50%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 2.76 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 2.72 kB
Boston	1	5.26%	4.35%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 29.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 29.2 kB
Louisville	1	5.26%	50%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 2.82 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 2.78 kB
New Orleans	1	5.26%	25%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1972
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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: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB
...eastern	Australia Square Tower	Sydney	Australia	170m	46	1967-1976	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB
...southern	BHP House	Melbourne	Australia	152m	41	1972-1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 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: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB
...southern	1 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417m	110	1972-1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.39 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.32 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1972

All skyscrapers completed in 1972 ranked by height

Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1972: 3.533 kilometres

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