The World's Tallest Buildings 1940

The World's Tallest buildings [min.183m] in 1940

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#	building	city	country	height	floors	year
color codes: built
1	Empire State Building	New York City	USA	381m / 1250ft	102	1931
2	Crysler Building	New York City	USA	319m / 1046ft	77	1930
3	American Int'l Building	New York City	USA	290m / 952ft	67	1932
4	The Trump Building	New York City	USA	283m / 927ft	71	1930
5	GE Building	New York City	USA	259m / 850ft	69	1933
6	Woolworth Building	New York City	USA	241m / 792ft	57	1913
7	20 Exchange Plaza	New York City	USA	226m / 741ft	57	1931
8	Terminal Tower	Cleveland	USA	216m / 708ft	52	1930
9	Metropolitan Life Tower	New York City	USA	213m / 700ft	50	1909
10	500 5th Avenue	New York City	USA	212m / 697ft	60	1931
11	Lincoln Building	New York City	USA	205m / 673ft	53	1930
12	Bank of New York Building	New York City	USA	199m / 654ft	50	1931
13	Chanin Building	New York City	USA	198m / 649ft	56	1930
14	570 Lexington Avenue	New York City	USA	195m / 640ft	50	1931
15	Waldorf=Astoria	New York City	USA	191m / 625ft	47	1931
16	Mercantile Building	New York City	USA	189m / 620ft	48	1929
17	New York Life Building	New York City	USA	187m / 615ft	40	1928
18	Singer Building	New York City	USA	187m / 612ft	47	1908
19	Chicago Board of Trade	Chicago	USA	184m / 605ft	44	1930

created: 2005-09-29
last update: 2005-09-30