September 11, 2023
New York's Sky-High Icons: The Skyscrapers That Define the Big Apple
- Empire State Building — 1,454 ft, completed 1931, world's tallest for nearly 40 years, Art Deco design
- One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower) — 1,776 ft, deliberately referencing 1776
- The Chrysler Building — 1,046 ft, Art Deco crown in stainless steel, briefly the world's tallest before the Empire State Building
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza — 850 ft, home of the Top of the Rock observation deck
- The Flatiron Building — 307 ft, completed 1902, known for its triangular footprint
- 432 Park Avenue — 1,396 ft, one of the tallest residential buildings in the world
- The Woolworth Building — 792 ft, completed 1913, world's tallest until 1930, nicknamed “The Cathedral of Commerce”
