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The 20-story Hibernia Bank Building, constructed in 1921 at a height of 211 feet (64 m), held the title of the tallest in New Orleans for 44 years. [6] But, for most of the 20th century, the skyline of New Orleans consisted of only low and mid-rise structures.
Rank Name Image Location Height feet (m) Floors Year Notes 1 Hancock Whitney Center: New Orleans: 697 (212) 51 1972 Has been the tallest building in New Orleans and Louisiana since 1972; tallest building in the Southeastern United States at the time of its completion; first Southeastern skyscraper to rise higher than 656 feet (200 m); tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s.
Hancock Whitney Center, formerly One Shell Square, is a 51-story, 697-foot (212 m) skyscraper designed in the International style by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, located at 701 Poydras Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the tallest building in both the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana, and is ...
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The Plaza Tower was the tallest building in New Orleans and Louisiana for four years until the Hancock Whitney Center (then called One Shell Square) surpassed it by over 160 feet (49 m). Along with the World Trade Center on the Mississippi riverfront, the Plaza Tower marked the beginning of modern high-rises in New Orleans.
Place St. Charles (formerly the Bank One Center and First NBC Center), located at 201 St. Charles Avenue in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 53-story, 645-foot (197 m) skyscraper designed in the post-modern style by Moriyama & Teshima Architects with The Mathes Group, now Mathes Brierre Architects, as local architect.
Hilton New Orleans: 333 St. Charles Avenue 246 feet (75 m) 20 1926 [1] [2] 37 Chevron Place: 935 Gravier Street 238 feet (73 m) 21 1981 [3] [4] 38 Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel: 817 Common Street 225 feet (69 m) 18 1925 [5] [6] 39 The Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans: 123 Baronne Street 211 feet (64 m) 15 1907 Tallest building constructed in the ...
Three Lakeway Center, in Metairie, Louisiana, United States, is a 34-story, 403-foot (123 m)-tall skyscraper. It is the tallest building in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and is the 13th tallest building in the Greater New Orleans area. It is also one of the tallest buildings in the unincorporated areas of the United States.