Skyscrapers completed in 1979

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All skyscrapers completed in 1979 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1979
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1979
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1979
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1979

All skyscrapers completed in 1979 ranked by height
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Rank only 1979	Rank until 1979	Rank since 1979	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	32	1242	1273	Parque Central Torre Officinas I	Caracas	Venezuela	225m	56	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	36	1333	1367	Shinjuku Center Building	Tokyo	Japan	222m	54	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	67	2609	2673	Cityplex Central Tower	Tulsa	United States	197m	60	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	72	2656	2724	Torre Colpatria	Bogota	Colombia	196m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	175	5455	5625	201 Elizabeth Street	Sydney	Australia	165m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1979: 1.005 kilometres
2 of 5 skyscrapers completed in 1979 have photos so far.

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1979
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1979	...of that country
Australia	1	20%	0.66%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 214 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 211 kB
Colombia	1	20%	4.55%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 28.2 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 27.8 kB
Japan	1	20%	0.36%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 383 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 378 kB
United States	1	20%	0.11%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.17 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.16 MB
Venezuela	1	20%	25%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 5.44 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 5.37 kB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1979
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1979	...of that city
Sydney	1	20%	2.5%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 57.1 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 56.4 kB
Bogota	1	20%	9.09%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 14 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 13.8 kB
Tokyo	1	20%	0.57%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 250 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 247 kB
Tulsa	1	20%	25%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 5.32 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 5.24 kB
Caracas	1	20%	25%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1979
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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 1979
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Wells Fargo Center	Portland	United States	166m	40	1973-2008	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
...eastern	201 Elizabeth Street	Sydney	Australia	165m	40	1979-1987	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
...southern	Optus Centre	Melbourne	Australia	153m	34	1975-1985	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1979
...western	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442m	108	1974-1981	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
...southern	2 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	415m	110	1973-1981	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 5.37 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 5.29 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1979

All skyscrapers completed in 1979 ranked by height

Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1979: 1.005 kilometres

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1979

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1979

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1979

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1979

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1979

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1979