page_title: List of tallest buildings in New Orleans
section_title: Timeline of tallest buildings
hierarchical_section_title: List of tallest buildings in New Orleans / Timeline of tallest buildings
caption_attribution_description: The Grunewald Hotel, New Orleans. From postcard. The Grunewald became The Roosevelt in 1923
context_page_description: The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is the site of 106 completed high-rises, 45 of which stand taller than 250 feet. The tallest building in the city is Hancock Whitney Center, which rises 697 feet in the New Orleans Central Business District and was completed in 1972. It also stands as the tallest building in the state of Louisiana. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is Place St. Charles, which rises 645 feet. Nine of the ten tallest buildings in Louisiana are located in New Orleans.
  The history of skyscrapers in New Orleans began with the construction of the Hennan Building in 1895; this building, rising 158 feet, is often regarded as the first skyscraper in New Orleans. The 20-story Hibernia Bank Building, constructed in 1921 at a height of 211 feet, held the title of the tallest in New Orleans for 44 years. But, for most of the 20th century, the skyline of New Orleans consisted of only low and mid-rise structures. The soft soils of New Orleans are susceptible to subsidence, and there was doubt about the feasibility of constructing large high-rises in such an environment.
  This trend was broken with the construction of the World Trade Center in 1967.
context_section_description: This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in New Orleans as well as the current titleholder, Hancock Whitney Center.
caption: The Roosevelt New Orleans stood as the tallest building in the city from 1907 until 1921.
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