Though not the city's first high-rise, it was the first building to surpass the 284-foot (87 m) spire of Trinity Church. : 62 Modern skyscraper construction began with the completion of the World Building in 1890 the structure rose to a pinnacle of 349 feet (106 m). These relatively short early skyscrapers, sometimes referred to as "preskyscrapers" or "protoskyscrapers", included features such as a steel frame and elevators-then-new innovations that were used in the city's later skyscrapers. The history of skyscrapers in New York City began with the construction of the Equitable Life, Western Union, and Tribune buildings in the early 1870s. The majority of skyscrapers in New York City are concentrated in Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, although other neighborhoods of Manhattan and the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx also contain some high-rises.Īs of May 2023, there were 311 completed skyscrapers that rose at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, more than any other city in the United States, and third most in the world exceeded only by Hong Kong and Shenzhen an additional 20 are under construction. One World Trade Center is part of the redevelopment of the World Trade Center, which also includes the 1,079-foot (329 m) 3 World Trade Center, the 977-foot (298 m) 4 World Trade Center, the 743-foot (226 m) 7 World Trade Center, the proposed 900-foot (274 m) 5 World Trade Center, and one partly constructed on-hold building: the 1,350-foot (411 m) 2 World Trade Center. Upon its topping out in May 2013, the 1,776-foot (541 m) One World Trade Center surpassed the Willis Tower to become the tallest building in the United States, and the Western Hemisphere. The new One World Trade Center began construction in 2006 in April 2012 it surpassed the Empire State Building to become the city's tallest. The Twin Towers remained the tallest buildings in New York City until they were destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks, leaving the Empire State Building again as the city's tallest building. The North Tower (the original One World Trade Center), along with its twin the South Tower (the first Two World Trade Center), which was six feet shorter, held this title only briefly as they were both surpassed by construction of the 110-story Willis Tower in Chicago in 1973. It is the ninth-tallest building in the United States, and rises to a pinnacle of 1,454 feet (443 m) including its antenna. Īt 1,250 feet (381 m), the 102-story Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan, which was finished in 1931, stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1970, when construction on the 1,368-foot (417 m) North Tower of the original World Trade Center surpassed it. The fifth-tallest is 432 Park Avenue at 1,397 feet (426 m). At 1,401 feet (427 m), it is the tallest office building in Midtown. Rising to 1,428 feet (435 m), it is the world's most slender skyscraper. The third-tallest completed building in the city is 111 West 57th Street.
It has the highest roof of any building outside Asia, and is the tallest residential building in the world.
At 1,550 feet (472 m), Central Park Tower is the second-tallest completed building in the city. The 104-story skyscraper also stands as the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest building in the world. The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m). New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to over 7,000 completed high-rise buildings of at least 115 feet (35 m), of which at least 101 are taller than 650 feet (198 m). List of tallest buildings in New York City (New York City) Show map of New York City
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