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Some sources give 30 Rockefeller Plaza's height as 70 stories, but this arises from a hyperbolic press release by Merle Crowell, the complex's publicist during construction. [40] At the middle of the site was a windowless nine-story section, which housed NBC's studios. [38] [39] The western part of the site steps up again to a 16-story tower.
Tallest all-office building in Midtown Manhattan. Due to floor ceilings between 14 and 20 feet in height, it has fewer stories than most buildings of similar height; its top floor is numbered 93. Has the highest panoramic elevator in the world. The building topped out in September 2019 [39] and formally opened on September 14, 2020. [40] 5 432 ...
The U-shaped base is approximately 30 stories tall. [32] [33] [31] All four elevations of the base are decorated, since the building has frontage on all sides. [18] The tower rises an additional 30 stories above the eastern side of the base, abutting Broadway. [24] [33] Above the 30th floor are setbacks on the north and south elevations. There ...
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.
Houston, the largest city in Texas, is the site of 58 completed skyscrapers over 427 feet (130 m), 50 of which stand taller than 492 feet (150 m). [1][2][3] The tallest building in the city is the JPMorgan Chase Tower, which rises 1,002 feet (305 m) in Downtown Houston and was completed in 1982. It also stands as the tallest building in Texas ...
It held the title of tallest habitable building in the city until the completion of the 205-foot (62 m), 18-story Hoge Building in 1911. [12] [13] Both buildings had been surpassed in height by the clocktower of King Street Station, opened in 1906, which stands 245 feet (75 m) tall. [14]
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]
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.