Happy Skyscraper Day.
I love tall buildings, even though I haven’t visited very many. (I did make it to the observation deck of the Empire State Building in 2013.) It seems that buildings grow every year, but the current tallest structure has held the record for ten years.
Below is a list of the tallest buildings at the start of each decade since 1900 (click here to see a more complete list.). I’m sure this list will be added to someday, but for now, it gives me a new travel goal. I want to visit all these buildings.
- 1900: Row Building, New York City, NY, 390 ft
- 1910: Metropolitan Life Tower, New York City, NY, 700 ft
- 1920: Woolworth Building, New York City, NY, 792 ft
- 1930: Chrysler Building, New York City, NY, 1,046 ft
- 1940: Empire State Building. New York City, NY, 1,250 ft
- 1950: Empire State Building. New York City, NY, 1,250 ft
- 1960: Empire State Building. New York City, NY, 1,250 ft
- 1970: Empire State Building. New York City, NY, 1,250 ft
- 1980: Sears Tower, Chicago, IL, 1,450 ft
- 1990: Sears Tower, Chicago, IL, 1,450 ft
- 2000: Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, 1,483 ft
- 2010: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, 2,717 ft
- 2020: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, 2,717 ft