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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. 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 construction of below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the new building began on April 27, 2006. One World Trade Center became the tallest structure in New York City on April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the Empire State Building. The tower's steel structure was topped out on August 30, 2012.
270 Park Avenue, also known as the JPMorgan Chase Building, is a supertall skyscraper on the East Side of the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by the firm of Foster + Partners, the skyscraper is expected to rise 1,388 feet (423 m) when completed in 2025. Photograph of immediate past building.
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.
World Trade Center. The current World Trade Center (WTC) is a complex of buildings in the Lower Manhattan neighborhood area of New York City, replacing the original seven buildings on the same site that were destroyed during the September 11 attacks of 2001.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story [c] Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York.
The skyscraper, which is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, overlooks the reflecting pools and museum of the 9/11 memorial, as well as the rest of the new World Trade Center area ...
MetLife Building. The MetLife Building (also 200 Park Avenue and formerly the Pan Am Building) is a skyscraper at Park Avenue and 45th Street, north of Grand Central Terminal, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. Designed in the International style by Richard Roth, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi and ...