Skyscraper
History of the tallest skyscrapers

Skyscraper

Section Title: History of the tallest skyscrapers
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Built	Building	City	Country	Roof	Floors	Pinnacle	Current status

1870	Equitable Life Building	New York City	United States	043 m	142 ft	8	Destroyed by fire in 1912

1889	Auditorium Building	Chicago	082 m	269 ft	17	106 m	349 ft	Standing

1890	New York World Building	New York City	094 m	309 ft	20	106 m	349 ft	Demolished in 1955

1894	Philadelphia City Hall	Philadelphia	155.8 m	511 ft	9	167 m	548 ft	Standing

1908	Singer Building	New York City	187 m	612 ft	47	Demolished in 1968

1909	Met Life Tower	213 m	700 ft	50	Standing

1913	Woolworth Building	241 m	792 ft	57	Standing

1930	40 Wall Street	70	283 m	927 ft	Standing

1930	Chrysler Building	282.9 m	927 ft	77	319 m	1,046 ft	Standing

1931	Empire State Building	381 m	1,250 ft	102	443 m	1,454 ft	Standing

1972	World Trade Center (North Tower)	417 m	1,368 ft	110	527.3 m	1,730 ft	Destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 attacks

1974	Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)	Chicago	442 m	1,450 ft	110	527 m	1,729 ft	Standing

1996	Petronas Towers	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	379 m	1,242 ft	88	452 m	1,483 ft	Standing

2004	Taipei 101	Taipei	Republic of China (Taiwan)	449.2 m	1,474 ft	101	509.2 m	1,671 ft	Standing

2010	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	828 m	2,717 ft	163	829.8 m	2,722 ft	Standing

Sentence(s)

The World Trade Center tower is about 417 m (1,368 ft) and became the world's tallest building in 1972.

final_sentence: The World Trade Center tower is about 417 m (1,368 ft) and became the world's tallest building in 1972.