The World's Tallest Buildings 1970

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The World's Tallest buildings [min.183m] in 1970

by Paul Kazmierczak and Egbert Gramsbergen

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#	building	city	country	height	floors	year
color codes: built, under construction, demolished/destroyed
	1 World Trade Center	New York City	USA	417m / 1368ft	110	1972
	2 World Trade Center	New York City	USA	415m / 1363ft	110	1973
1	Empire State Building	New York City	USA	381m / 1250ft	102	1931
	Aon Center	Chicago	USA	346m / 1136ft	80	1973
2	John Hancock Center	Chicago	USA	344m / 1127ft	100	1969
3	Crysler Building	New York City	USA	319m / 1046ft	77	1930
4	American Int'l Building	New York City	USA	290m / 952ft	67	1932
5	The Trump Building	New York City	USA	283m / 927ft	71	1930
	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	USA	260m / 853ft	48	1972
6	Bank One Plaza	Chicago	USA	259m / 850ft	60	1969
7	GE Building	New York City	USA	259m / 850ft	69	1933
8	US Steel Tower	Pittsburgh	USA	256m / 841ft	64	1970
9	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	New York City	USA	248m / 813ft	60	1961
10	Metlife Building	New York City	USA	246m / 808ft	60	1963
11	Woolworth Building	New York City	USA	241m / 792ft	57	1913
12	Moscow State University	Moscow	Russia	240m / 787ft	36	1953
13	Commerence Court West	Toronto	Canada	239m / 784ft	57	1967
14	Bank of America	San Francisco	USA	237m / 779ft	52	1969
	IDS Center	Minneapolis	USA	236m / 775ft	57	1973
15	Palace of Culture and Science	Warsaw	Poland	231m / 757ft	42	1955
	One Penn Plaza	New York City	USA	229m / 750ft	57	1972
	1251 Avenue of the Americas	New York City	USA	229m / 750ft	54	1971
16	Prudential Tower	Boston	USA	229m / 750ft	52	1962
	One Astor Plaza	New York City	USA	227m / 745ft	54	1972
	1 Liberty Plaza	New York City	USA	226m / 743ft	54	1973
17	20 Exchange Plaza	New York City	USA	226m / 741ft	57	1931
18	TD Tower	Toronto	Canada	223m / 731ft	56	1967
	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	S. Africa	223m / 730ft	50	1973
	1 Shell Plaza	Houston	USA	218m / 714ft	50	1971
19	Terminal Tower	Cleveland	USA	216m / 708ft	52	1930
20	JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters	New York City	USA	215m / 707ft	52	1960
21	General Motors Building	New York City	USA	215m / 705ft	50	1968
22	Metropolitan Life Tower	New York City	USA	213m / 700ft	50	1909
	515 Tower	Los Angeles	USA	213m / 699ft	52	1971
	Bank of America Tower	Los Angeles	USA	213m / 699ft	52	1971
	1 Shell Plaza	New Orleans	USA	212m / 697ft	51	1972
23	500 5th Avenue	New York City	USA	212m / 697ft	60	1931
	IBM Building	Chicago	USA	212m / 695ft	52	1973
	Tour Montparnasse	Paris	France	210m / 689ft	59	1973
24	HSBC Bank Building	New York City	USA	210m / 688ft	52	1967
	55 Water Street	New York City	USA	209m / 687ft	53	1972
25	277 Park Avenue	New York City	USA	209m / 687ft	50	1962
26	McGraw-Hill Building	New York City	USA	205m / 674ft	51	1969
27	Lincoln Building	New York City	USA	205m / 673ft	53	1930
28	Paramount Plaza	New York City	USA	204m / 669ft	48	1970
29	Bank of New York Building	New York City	USA	199m / 654ft	50	1931
30	Hotel Ukrine	Moscow	Russia	198m / 650ft	34	1955
31	Chanin Building	New York City	USA	198m / 649ft	56	1930
32	245 Park Avenue	New York City	USA	198m / 648ft	44	1966
33	Richard J. Daley Center	Chicago	USA	198m / 648ft	32	1965
34	Lake Point Tower	Chicago	USA	197m / 645ft	69	1968
35	One New York Plaza	New York City	USA	195m / 640ft	50	1969
36	570 Lexington Avenue	New York City	USA	195m / 640ft	50	1931
37	345 Park Avenue	New York City	USA	193m / 634ft	44	1969
	W.R. Grace Building	New York City	USA	192m / 630ft	50	1971
38	1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza	Seattle	USA	192m / 630ft	50	1969
39	Home Insurance Plaza	New York City	USA	192m / 630ft	45	1966
	Rhodes State Office Tower	Columbus	USA	192m / 629ft	41	1973
	One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza	New York City	USA	191m / 628ft	49	1972
	888 7th Avenue	New York City	USA	191m / 628ft	46	1971
40	Burlington House	New York City	USA	191m / 625ft	50	1969
41	Elm Place	Dallas	USA	191m / 625ft	52	1964
42	Waldorf=Astoria	New York City	USA	191m / 625ft	47	1931
43	Tour de la Bourse	Montreal	Canada	190m / 623ft	47	1964
44	610 Place	Los Angeles	USA	189m / 620ft	42	1967
45	Mercantile Building	New York City	USA	189m / 620ft	48	1929
46	1 Place Ville-Marie	Montreal	Canada	188m / 617ft	43	1962
	919 3rd Avenue	New York City	USA	187m / 615ft	47	1971
47	New York Life Building	New York City	USA	187m / 615ft	40	1928
	Singer Building	New York City	USA	187m / 612ft	47	1908-1968
48	Credit Lyonnais Building	New York City	USA	186m / 609ft	45	1964
49	Exxon Building	Houston	USA	185m / 606ft	44	1963
50	Chicago Board of Trade	Chicago	USA	184m / 605ft	44	1930
51	Republic Center Tower I	Dallas	USA	183m / 602ft	36	1954
	US Bank Center	Milwaukee	USA	183m / 601ft	42	1973
	CAN Plaza	Chicago	USA	183m / 601ft	44	1972
52	One Boston Place	Boston	USA	183m / 601ft	41	1970
53	One Prudential Plaza	Chicago	USA	183m / 601ft	41	1955
54	Royal Trust Tower	Toronto	Canada	183m / 600ft	46	1969

created: 2005-09-13
last update: 2005-09-30