NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fifty tallest buildings in New York

New York is the city with the most skyscrapers in the world — 45 buildings taller than 200 meters — for comparison, Hong Kong has 25 and Chicago 17.

Buildings listed in a table as of 2004

Rank	Name	Height	Floors	Year
1	Empire State Building	381 meters	102	1931
2	Chrysler Building	319 meters	77	1930
3	American International	290 meters	66	1932
4	The Trump Building	283 meters	70	1930
5	Citigroup Center	279 meters	59	1977
6	Trump World Tower	262 meters	72	2001
7	Bloomberg Tower	261 meters	54	2004
8	GE Building	259 meters	69	1933
9	CitySpire Center	248 meters	75	1987
10	One Chase Manhattan Plaza	248 meters	60	1961
11	Conde Nast Building	247 meters	48	1999
12	MetLife Building	246 meters	60	1963
13	Woolworth Building	241 meters	57	1913
14	One Worldwide Plaza	237 meters	50	1989
15	Carnegie Hall Tower	231 meters	60	1991
16	Bear Stearns World Headquarters	230 meters	47	2001
17	AXA Center	229 meters	54	1986
18	One Penn Plaza	229 meters	57	1972
19	1251 Avenue of the Americas	229 meters	54	1971
20	Time Warner Center	229 meters	55	2004
21	60 Wall Street	227 meters	55	1989
22	One Astor Plaza	227 meters	54	1972
23	One Liberty Plaza	226 meters	54	1973
24	20 Exchange Place	226 meters	57	1931
25	Three World Financial Center	225 meters	51	1986
26	Times Square Tower	221 meters	47	2004
27	Metropolitan Tower	218 meters	68	1987
28	JP Morgan Chase World Headquarters	215 meters	52	1960
29	General Motors Building	215 meters	50	1968
30	Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower	213 meters	50	1909
31	500 Fifth Avenue	212 meters	60	1931
32	Americas Tower	211 meters	50	1992
33	Solow Building	210 meters	50	1974
34	HSBC Bank Building	210 meters	52	1967
35	55 Water Street	209 meters	53	1972
36	277 Park Avenue	209 meters	50	1962
37	1585 Broadway	209 meters	42	1989
38	Random House Tower	208 meters	52	2003
39	Four Seasons Hotel	208 meters	52	1993
40	Bertelsmann Building	206 meters	42	1990
41	McGraw-Hill Building	205 meters	51	1969
42	Lincoln Building	205 meters	53	1930
43	Paramount Plaza	204 meters	48	1971
44	Trump Tower	202 meters	58	1983
45	Citicorp Building	201 meters	50	1990
46	Bank of New York Building	199 meters	50	1931
47	599 Lexington Avenue	199 meters	50	1986
48	712 5th Avenue	198 meters	52	1990
49	Chanin Building	198 meters	56	1930
50	245 Park Avenue	198 meters	44	1966
51	Sony Tower	197 meters	37	1984
52	Two World Financial Center	196 meters	44	1987
53	570 Lexington Avenue	195 meters	50	1931
54	345 Park Avenue	193 meters	44	1969
55	Verizon Building	192 meters	40	1974
56	W.R. Grace Building	192 meters	50	1972
57	One New York Plaza	192 meters	50	1970
58	Home Insurance Plaza	192 meters	44	1966
59	888 7th Avenue	191 meters	45	1971
60	Central Park Place	191 meters	56	1988

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cars - Chrysler Building (521 words)
	Completed in 1930, the Chrysler Building is a distinctive symbol of New York City, standing 1046 feet (319 m) high on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue.
	At the time the building was erected, the builders of New York were in the throes of a stiff competition to build the world's tallest skyscraper.
	When the building first opened it contained a public viewing gallery near the top, which a few years later was changed into a restaurant, but neither of these enterprises was able to be financially self sustaining during the Great Depression and the former observation floor became a private club.

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