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The original plan of the building was 50 stories, [42] but was later increased to 60 and then 80 stories. [174] Height restrictions were placed on nearby buildings [174] to ensure that the top fifty floors of the planned 80-story, 1,000-foot-tall (300 m) building [31] [182] would have unobstructed views of the city. [174]
94 [A] 2014. 285 Fulton Street. 40°42′47″N 74°00′49″W / 40.713°N 74.0135°W / 40.713; -74.0135 (One World Trade Center) Also known as the Freedom Tower. Tallest building in the Western Hemisphere by architectural height. Tallest building in New York City and the United States. 7th-tallest building in the world.
The 605-foot (184 m) observation tower became the symbol of the fair and a landmark for Seattle, and was the first new structure to surpass the Smith Tower in height. [15] [20] An aerial view of Downtown Seattle looking north in 1969, after the completion of the 50-story Seafirst Building
One review of tall buildings suggests that residential towers may have 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) floor height for apartments, while a commercial building may have floor height of 3.9 m (12 ft 9.5 in) for the storeys leased to tenants. In such tall buildings (60 or more storeys), there may be utility floors of greater height. [7]
The subsequent 58 floors [27] contain 1.5 million square feet (140,000 m 2) of office space. [58] There are fewer stories than in other skyscrapers of similar height because each story's ceiling is 14.6 to 24 feet (4.5 to 7.3 m) high. [43] [59] Because of the building's tapering shape, the office space on lower stories is larger than on upper ...
In 1944, the corporation filed plans to build a 38-story annex to the east of the building, at 666 Third Avenue. [199] In 1949, this was revised to a 32-story annex costing $9 million. [200] The annex building, designed by Reinhard, Hofmeister & Walquist, [201] [202] had a facade similar to that of the original Chrysler Building.
It was originally built with 10 stories, an enormous height in the 1800s, to a height of 138 feet (42 m). It was later expanded to 12 stories with a height of 180 feet (55 m). The building was demolished in 1931.
2nd-tallest building in San Francisco. Tallest in San Francisco from 1972 until 2017; [134] tallest building in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River from 1972 until 1974 [135][136] 30 Rockefeller Plaza. New York City. 40°45′32.11″N 73°58′45.65″W / 40.7589194°N 73.9793472°W / 40.7589194; -73.9793472.