The Tallest Buildings in North America

			Height¹
Rank	Building/structure	City	m	ft	Stories	Year Completed

Buildings
1	Sears Tower	Chicago (IL)	442	1,451	108	1974
-	One World Trade Center²	New York (NY)	417	1,368	110	1972
-	Two World Trade Center²	New York (NY)	415	1,362	110	1973
2	Empire State Building	New York (NY)	381	1,250	102	1931
3	Aon Center	Chicago (IL)	346	1,136	83	1973
4	John Hancock Center	Chicago (IL)	344	1,127	100	1969
5	Chrysler Building	New York (NY)	319	1,046	77	1930
5	New York Times Tower	New York (NY)	319	1,046	52	2007
6	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta (GA)	312	1,023	55	1992
7	U.S. Bank Tower	Los Angeles (CA)	310	1,018	73	1989
8	AT&T Corporate Center	Chicago (IL)	307	1,007	60	1989
9	JP Morgan Chase Tower	Houston (TX)	305	1,002	75	1982
10	Two Prudential Plaza	Chicago (IL)	303	995	64	1990
11	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston (TX)	302	992	71	1983
12	First Bank Tower	Toronto (Ontario)	298	978	72	1976
13	Comcast Center	Philadelphia (PA)	297	974	57	2008
14	311 South Wacker Drive	Chicago (IL)	293	961	65	1990
15	American International Building	New York (NY)	290	952	66	1932
16	Key Tower	Cleveland (OH)	289	947	57	1991
17	One Liberty Place	Philadelphia (PA)	288	945	61	1987
18	Columbia Center	Seattle (WA)	285	937	76	1985
19	The Trump Building	New York (NY)	283	927	70	1930
20	Bank of America Plaza	Dallas (TX)	281	921	72	1985
21	Citigroup Center	New York (NY)	279	915	59	1977
22	Scotia Plaza	Toronto (Ontario)	275	902	68	1988
23	Williams Tower	Houston (TX)	275	901	64	1983
24	Renaissance Tower	Dallas (TX)	270	886	56	1974
Towers and Other Structures
1	KVLY-TV Mast	Blanchard (ND)	629	2,063	-	1963
2	KXJB-TV Mast	Galesburg (ND)	628	2,060	-	1998
3	KXTV/KOVR Mast	Walnut Grove (CA)	612	2,007	-	2000
1) Height for inhabited buildings (with stories) does not include TV towers and antennae. 2) Collapsed as a result of terrorist attack, September 11, 2001. (- = not applicable.)

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