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U.S. Cities with the Most Skyscrapers

Name the American cities that have at least 8 completed buildings of at least 150 meters in height.
Source: Skyscaper Center. January 2023.
City proper, not urban area
Suburbs filled in by default
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First submittedJuly 8, 2015
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City
309
New York City
135
Chicago
58
Miami
40
Houston
29
Los Angeles
26
San Francisco
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City
23
Boston
22
Seattle
21
Dallas
17
Atlanta
17
Jersey City
17
Philadelphia
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15
Las Vegas
13
Sunny Isles Beach
10
Pittsburgh
10
Minneapolis
8
Denver
8
Detroit
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75 Comments
ChocolateMoose
+12
Level 28
Dec 5, 2015
My hometown of Dallas is on here! :)
Devvik2
+10
Level 72
May 7, 2018
my hometown of Seattle is on here!
cornflakesfu
+5
Level 87
Aug 3, 2018
The city I was born in and the city I currently live in are both on here!
Neodymium
+1
Level 59
Mar 3, 2023
Same!
WolfCam
+11
Level 66
Aug 3, 2018
My Hometown of Boston is on here!
FlabberBapper
+59
Level 74
Aug 3, 2018
I got nothing on here!
shazs317
+5
Level 59
Aug 4, 2018
my hometown of D.C not on here
kalbahamut
+12
Level 81
Oct 26, 2020
The heights of buildings in Washington DC are restricted to 140 meters, or less if they are near a narrow street. Most who wish to build any taller than that do so across the Potomac in Northern Virginia.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Oct 26, 2020
40 meters
ritK
+1
Level 37
Oct 26, 2023
You don't remember this, but you commented on one of my quizzes
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Oct 26, 2020
^ uh... yeah. In 1910. Currently there are many buildings in Washington taller than 40 meters. 43 listed on this page for starters. (though some of those are radio towers, but not all)
chailattee
+2
Level 62
Jan 4, 2021
I think the height of buildings in DC is limited to 20 feet more than the width of the street it's on, but there are some exeptions. The tallest building is a church named the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, which is 329 feet tall. There are also some radio towers and the Washington monument that are taller, but they are structures, not buildings.
Mofritte
+22
Level 38
Dec 22, 2019
Im german.
GeoPhilia
+14
Level 56
Apr 27, 2020
My hometown of Delhi is not here ◖⚆ᴥ⚆◗
loganite
+4
Level 89
Apr 28, 2020
My hometown is 500 miles from one of the cities on here! ;)
Archivek4
+3
Level 43
Jun 2, 2020
my hometown of Ustroń is not here
Jymy
+4
Level 61
Feb 14, 2021
My hometown of Kraljevo is not here! B)
JJWMol
+3
Level 54
Jun 7, 2021
My hometown of Papendrecht isnt on here
ItzIngenious
+3
Level 60
Oct 7, 2022
My hometown of Santa Barbara is not on here
tws231
+1
Level 65
Jul 9, 2024
Same!
ogunir
+1
Level 59
Apr 16, 2024
My hometown is Thousands of miles away and has 50 people living there!
ernie43
+4
Level 20
Jan 26, 2017
Doesnt Philadelphia have 15 buildings above 492 feet?
jayhiatt
+3
Level 71
Apr 30, 2020
Yes, Philly has at least 15 (maybe 16 if you count the PNC Bank building, which is listed at 150 m/491 ft, but may be rounding up). There will be one more this year, as the W Hotel & Element is expected to be completed this year, at 188 m (it is already topped out).

That being said, Vegas also has 17 and San Francisco has 26.

Malbaby
+9
Level 70
May 7, 2018
Good quiz, I think Jersey should count as in New York without the city.
tschutzer
+11
Level 91
May 7, 2018
Jersey City is a completely separate city, across a river, and in a different state than NYC. Just because they're close to each other doesn't make them the same city for the purposes of counting skyscrapers.
Luprec
+28
Level 62
May 7, 2018
I think Malbaby is arguing that "Jersey" should be accepted as an answer, in the way that "New York" is accepted. Without the "City".
buck1017
+15
Level 78
May 16, 2018
That's because New York City is not the name of New York City. It's technically just New York. Jersey City, on the other hand is called Jersey City.
tschutzer
+3
Level 91
Aug 3, 2018
What buck said. In the same way that Salt Lake, Oklahoma, and Kansas are not accepted in any quizzes without their "last name" - City.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Aug 3, 2018
It's the same skyline of skyscrapers, no different than downtown Brooklyn.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 89
Oct 11, 2018
It IS the same skyline. Nobody ever once looked at the Jersey City skyline and went home clueless New York City was right there. Go stand in Liberty Park someday and tell yourself how completely separate Jersey City is for counting skyscrapers as you count Jersey City on your fingers and the rest of the skyline on the fingers and toes of everyone around you.
66nexus
+2
Level 49
Oct 11, 2018
someone2018, the OP was talking about the name Jersey 'City', as in, the quiz should accept 'Jersey' as an answer (I'm a mixed opinion on it). With that said, while the skylines are close they're definitely not the same. Downtown Brooklyn is part of NY and the East River is much closer.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Apr 26, 2020
For what it's worth a year later I was replying to comments hat are apparently gone.
66nexus
+3
Level 49
Apr 28, 2020
No worries. I actually saw this post by mistake, corona's got me back on jetpunk lol.
alexy
+7
Level 55
May 7, 2018
Maybe the instruction should say that this is city proper and not urban/metropolitan area.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
May 8, 2018
Good suggestion. I changed the quiz.
markthoma
+4
Level 72
Jun 7, 2018
Oh brother, I didn't get Jersey City and doubt I ever would have. Learned something new.
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 87
Aug 3, 2018
I never would have gotten it if I hadn't gone to visit a friend who lived there once.
sumokitty
+2
Level 83
Oct 1, 2019
I lived there for 7 years and still didn't get it! It doesn't seem like a big city when NYC is right next door.
samiamco
+4
Level 69
Aug 3, 2018
Back when I was knee-high to a grasshopper and growing up in Philadelphia, nothing could be taller than William Penn, and this Philadelphia was a ridiculously squat city. Now I live in DC, which is also, I am pleased to report, a very squat city.
Walacama
+4
Level 82
Aug 3, 2018
I think the regulation in DC is that no building can be taller than the Capitol. There may be a few grandfathered in, like the post office building, and national cathedral.
UMCPGreg
+3
Level 72
Aug 3, 2018
The regulation in DC has to do with how wide the street the building is facing is. It doesn't have to do with the height of any particular landmark, but is certainly intended to retain views to those landmarks around the city. Much of it was a reaction to the Cairo, now an apartment building.
oakleyjp
+1
Level 70
Aug 3, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Buildings_Act_of_1910
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 87
Aug 3, 2018
But a little more than a hundred years ago, Philadelphia City Hall was the tallest building in the world.
rjfrommtl
+3
Level 79
Aug 3, 2018
Just out of curiosity, since the quiz says only 'City Proper', I am wondering if Las Vegas really has 17? I am assuming most of these are hotels on the strip, so most would actually be in the unincorporated towns of Paradise or Winchester, right?
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 87
Aug 3, 2018
This appears to be true. According to Google Maps (and this Wiki article), with only one or two exceptions, everything above 150m is in Paradise. Maybe Paradise should at least be allowed as a type-in?
Archer1212
+2
Level 63
Aug 3, 2018
Jersey City?? go figure...
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Aug 3, 2018
Basically an extension of New York City.
jayhiatt
+4
Level 71
Aug 4, 2018
Philadelphia has 14 that are over 150 meters (plus two more that are within a foot and a half of 150m).

1) Comcast Tech Center, 341m

2) Comcast Center, 297m

3) One Liberty Place, 288m

4) Two Liberty Place, 258m

5) BNY Mellon Center, 241m

6) Three Logan Square, 225m

7) FMC Tower @ Cira Centre South, 224m

8) G. Fred DiBona Jr. Bldg, 191m

9) One Commerce Square, 172m

10) Two Commerce Square, 172m

11) Philadelphia City Hall, 167m

12) Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, 158m

13) 1818 Market St., 152m

14) The St. James, 152m

(Loews Philadelphia Hotel and PNC Bank Building both round up to 150m.)

ninjastar9
+5
Level 57
Aug 4, 2018
I'm from Pittsburgh, and I'm actually surprised we made the list.
cornflakesfu
+10
Level 87
Aug 4, 2018
Pittsburgh has an underrated skyline.
IsleAuHaulte
+7
Level 89
Oct 11, 2018
Pittsburgh is actually underrated for its old residential architecture, its food and its natural setting too. I can see everyone bailing on boring Detroit when heavy industry went downhill. Pittsburgh has enough attraction that it could have diversified and remained stable.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Oct 11, 2018
Emporia.com used to enumerate skyscrapers by metropolitan area, which was useful in ranking places like Manila and Miami where the skyline is in several different legal jurisdictions.
SuperT
+2
Level 70
Apr 26, 2020
Yes, my hometown chi is here, and the skyline is beautiful. One has not seen skyscrapers until visiting ASIA. HK, dubai Singapore,etc . And I have never been to mainland china.
66nexus
+5
Level 49
Apr 28, 2020
A small criticism: technically Jersey City is defined as a satellite city, quite different than a suburb, in that it has it's own downtown core and is a distinct and separate city with a large job-base). Perhaps the header could read: satellite city/suburb.
J7h9
+1
Level 38
Apr 28, 2020
Never heard of Sunny Isles Beach before
EvanAviator
+1
Level 59
Oct 26, 2020
i don't think any of us have
mf3
+1
Level 87
Jan 4, 2023
I thought people fly from around the world to gawk at the amazing famous skyline of Sunny Isles Beach.
nicolasquiz
+1
Level 68
Oct 26, 2020
Missed Pittsburgh after thinking "Pittsburgh probably isn't on there"... This happens a bit to often to me
Jymy
+1
Level 61
Feb 14, 2021
I was literally typing in pittsburgh when I ran out of time lol
madmonte
+3
Level 72
Oct 26, 2020
Fun fact, Calgary, Alberta, Canada has 19.

Another fun fact...Toronto, which has 72, also has 31 more under construction.

CardinalSin
+1
Level 78
Oct 26, 2020
I don't like skyscrapers but I managed to guess all of these with just one second to spare.
ander217
+5
Level 75
Oct 26, 2020
My hometown just got their first building with an elevator. We are so excited!
TheQuizzler
+1
Level 64
Nov 23, 2020
I was surprised to not see Minneapolis, Detroit, or Denver on here but it looks like they just missed out after Pittsburgh and Sunny Isles Beach (of which I had never heard).
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Nov 27, 2020
Target Plaza South in Minneapolis is apparently 149.9 m tall, meaning the city is 0.1 meters away from qualifying for this quiz. However, it looks like there are two buildings under construction, so you can expect it to be added soon.
JJRN
+2
Level 70
Mar 29, 2022
Minneapolis has 10 I believe.
GeographyGeek42
+1
Level 66
Jul 5, 2022
Minneapolis has 12 buildings with a height of 150m or over
smcsniper
+3
Level 69
Aug 1, 2022
YEAHHHHH PITTSBURGH WOOOOOO!!!
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Jan 4, 2023
Aren't most of Southern Nevada's skyscrapers in Paradise?
luke0g
+1
Level 48
Aug 5, 2024
yes but paradise is unincorporated
gavinbmx
+1
Level 71
Jan 5, 2023
🐐 hometown of San Francisco made it lfg
sarielise
+2
Level 68
Feb 27, 2023
My poor, beloved Jersey City
MCdoesgeography
+2
Level 69
Feb 27, 2023
Is Jersey City really a suburb by definition?
TriviaBuff1980
+4
Level 56
Feb 28, 2023
Charlotte, NC is missing. It has 8 buildings of at least 150 meters.
GreenJacket
+1
Level 39
Mar 1, 2023
good quiz
shrekcena
+1
Level 50
Sep 16, 2024
Jersey City is not a suburb lmao it is literally a city
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