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Scotia Plaza

Scotia Plaza is a commercial office complex in Toronto's Financial District, centered on a 68-storey, 275 m tower at 40 King Street West completed in 1988 as Scotiabank's headquarters.

Seagram Building

The Seagram Building is a 38-story International Style skyscraper at 375 Park Avenue in Manhattan, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958.

Singer Building

The Singer Building was an office skyscraper at Broadway and Liberty Street in Manhattan, designed by Ernest Flagg and the world's tallest building from 1908 to 1909.

Space Needle

The Space Needle is a 605-foot observation tower in Seattle, Washington, built for the 1962 World's Fair and the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River at completion.

TD Canada Trust Tower (Toronto)

The TD Canada Trust Tower is a 51-storey office skyscraper at 161 Bay Street in Toronto, completed in 1990, the taller tower of the Brookfield Place complex.

The Galleria (Manhattan)

The Galleria is a mixed-use skyscraper at 115–119 East 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, combining offices, a covered public galleria, and a residential tower, completed in 1975.

The New York Times Building

The New York Times Building is a 52-story skyscraper at 620 Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, headquarters of The New York Times Company, completed in 2007.

Transamerica Pyramid

The Transamerica Pyramid is an 853-foot, 48-story pyramid-shaped office tower at 600 Montgomery Street in San Francisco's Financial District, designed by William Pereira and opened in 1972 as the city's tallest building until 2018.

Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)

Trump International Hotel and Tower, also known as Trump Tower Chicago, is a 92-story Skidmore, Owings & Merrill skyscraper on the Chicago River, completed in 2009.

Trump Tower

Trump Tower is a 58-story skyscraper at 725 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, developed by Donald Trump on the former Bonwit Teller site and opened in 1983.

Trump World Tower

Trump World Tower is a 72-story all-concrete residential condominium tower at 845 United Nations Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, completed in 2001 and developed by The Trump Organization with Daewoo E&C.

Twin Towers 2

Twin Towers II was a 2004 proposal by Kenneth Gardner and Herbert Belton to rebuild the World Trade Center towers, backed by Donald Trump but never built.

U.S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)

U.S. Bank Tower, originally named Library Tower and later First Interstate Bank World Center, is a 1,018-foot skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, the city's tallest until 2017.

Wainwright Building

The Wainwright Building is a ten-story steel-framed office building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, built in 1890–91 and designed by Adler & Sullivan for the brewer Ellis Wainwright.

Waterline (Austin)

Waterline is a 74-story, 1,025-foot mixed-use supertall skyscraper in downtown Austin, Texas, and the tallest building in the state, opened in September 2026 with offices, 352 residences, and a hotel.

Willis Tower

Willis Tower, known until 2009 as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, completed in 1973 and the world's tallest building for roughly 25 years.

Wilshire Grand Center

Wilshire Grand Center, also known as Wilshire Grand Tower, is a 73-story, 1,100-foot skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles, opened in 2017 as the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.

Woolworth Building

The Woolworth Building, also known as Woolworth Tower, is a 792-foot neo-Gothic skyscraper at 233 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, the world's tallest building from 1913 to 1930.

World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The World Trade Center (1973–2001) was a seven-building commercial complex in Lower Manhattan, built for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

World Trade Center (2001–present)

The World Trade Center is the rebuilt Lower Manhattan campus replacing the complex destroyed on September 11, 2001, including One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial.

World's littlest skyscraper

The World's littlest skyscraper, formally the Newby-McMahon Building, is a 40-foot, four-story red brick building in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas, completed in 1919 as a tourist attraction.

Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Yorkdale Shopping Centre (Yorkdale Mall), Toronto mall at Dufferin Street and Highway 401. Opened February 26, 1964 as the world's largest enclosed mall; now over 2 million sq ft, 270 stores, third largest in Canada.