List of tallest buildings in Pennsylvania
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Comcast Center
Comcast Center may refer to:* Comcast Center , skyscraper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania* Comcast Center , Mansfield, Massachusetts, near Boston* Comcast Center , College Park, Maryland...
located in Philadelphia, which at 975 feet (297 meters) is currently the 15th-tallest building in the United States. It was topped out on June 18, 2007, to become the tallest building in Philadelphia and the state. All of the buildings over 120 meters are in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; 27 are in Philadelphia and 15 are in Pittsburgh.
The tallest building approved for construction in Pennsylvania is the American Commerce Center
American Commerce Center
The American Commerce Center was a supertall skyscraper approved for construction in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At tall with 63 floors, the building would dominate the Philadelphia skyline, standing over taller than Philadelphia's current tallest building, the recently completed Comcast Center...
, which would be the first supertall (over 1000 feet) building constructed in the state, standing at 1510 feet (460 meters). Located in Philadelphia, it would be over 500 feet taller than the Comcast Center.
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333 Market Street
333 Market Street is a class-A office skyscraper on Market Street between Fremont and Beale in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The , 33-storey tower was designed by Gin Wong Associates, and completed in 1979....
and Bethlehem
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,...
with the 101 meter Martin Tower
Martin Tower
The Martin Tower is the tallest building in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the greater Lehigh Valley. The building has 21 stories and is tall, 8 feet taller than the PPL Building in Allentown. The building is located on Eighth Avenue in Bethlehem, just north of the interchange with Pennsylvania...
. The PPL Building is Allentown's
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...
tallest building at 322 feet (98.1 m).
| Rank | Name | Height feet / m |
Floors | Year | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comcast Center Comcast Center (office building) Comcast Center is a skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 58-story, tower is the tallest building in Philadelphia and the fifteenth tallest building in the United States. Originally called One Pennsylvania Plaza when the building was first announced in 2001, the Comcast Center... |
975 / 297 | 58 | 2008 | Philadelphia | Tallest building in Pennsylvania; 15th-tallest building in the United States, 63rd-tallest in the world; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 2000s |
| 2 | One Liberty Place Liberty Place Liberty Place is a skyscraper complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The complex is composed of a 61-story skyscraper called One Liberty Place, a 58-story skyscraper called Two Liberty Place, a two-story shopping mall called the Shops at Liberty Place, and the 14-story Westin... |
945 / 288 | 61 | 1987 | Philadelphia | Second-tallest skyscraper in the city and state; 19th-tallest building in the country; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1980s |
| 3 | Two Liberty Place Liberty Place Liberty Place is a skyscraper complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The complex is composed of a 61-story skyscraper called One Liberty Place, a 58-story skyscraper called Two Liberty Place, a two-story shopping mall called the Shops at Liberty Place, and the 14-story Westin... |
848 / 258 | 58 | 1990 | Philadelphia | 35th-tallest building in the country; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1990s |
| 4 | U.S. Steel Tower U.S. Steel Tower U.S. Steel Tower, also known as the Steel Building , is the tallest skyscraper in Pittsburgh, the fourth tallest building in Pennsylvania, and the 37th tallest in the United States. Completed in 1970, the tower has 64 floors to and has of leasable space. Its original name was the U.S. Steel... |
841 / 256 | 64 | 1970 | Pittsburgh | 37th-tallest building in the United States. Has been the tallest building in Pittsburgh since 1970, and was the tallest building in the state from 1970 until the 1987 completion of One Liberty Place in Philadelphia. Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1970s. Formerly known as USX Tower. |
| 5 | Mellon Bank Center Mellon Bank Center BNY Mellon Center is a 54-story skyscraper located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The height to its structural top is 792 ft . Construction was completed in 1990... |
792 / 241 | 54 | 1990 | Philadelphia | 47th-tallest building in the country; also known as Nine Penn Center |
| 6 | Three Logan Square Bell Atlantic Tower The Bell Atlantic Tower is a 53-story high-rise located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Height to structural top is 739 ft . The building encloses of office space... |
739 / 225 | 55 | 1991 | Philadelphia | Formerly known as Bell Atlantic Tower and Verizon Tower |
| 7 | BNY Mellon Center | 725 / 221 | 54 | 1983 | Pittsburgh | 98th-tallest building in the United States. Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1980s. Formerly known as One Mellon Center. |
| 8 | One PPG Place PPG Place PPG Place is a complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. Named for its anchor tenant, PPG Industries, who initiated the project for its headquarters, the buildings are all of matching glass design consisting of... |
635 / 194 | 40 | 1984 | Pittsburgh | |
| 9 | G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building The G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building, formerly known as the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower or IBX Tower, is a skyscraper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania housing the headquarters of Independence Blue Cross... |
625 / 191 | 45 | 1990 | Philadelphia | Formerly known as the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower and the IBX Tower |
| 10 | Fifth Avenue Place Fifth Avenue Place (Pittsburgh) Fifth Avenue Place is a skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. United States.The building was completed in 1988 and it has 31 floors. Located at the corner of Liberty Avenue and Fifth Avenue, it rises above Downtown Pittsburgh... |
616 / 188 | 31 | 1988 | Pittsburgh | Also known as Highmark Place. |
| 11 | One Oxford Centre Oxford Centre One Oxford Centre is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States. Although it is mainly identified by its main tower, it is actually a complex of six "buildings," all of matching glass and steel design... |
615 / 187 | 45 | 1983 | Pitttsburgh | |
| 12 | Gulf Tower Gulf Tower Gulf Tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tower is named for the Gulf Oil Corporation, which was one of the leading multinational oil companies of its time, consistently ranking among the largest 10 corporations in the country... |
582 / 177 | 44 | 1932 | Pittsburgh | Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1930s. |
| 13= | One Commerce Square Commerce Square Commerce Square is a high-rise office building complex in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Commerce Square consists of One and Two Commerce Square, two identical 41-story office towers high that surround a paved courtyard of... |
565 / 172 | 41 | 1992 | Philadelphia | |
| 13= | Two Commerce Square Commerce Square Commerce Square is a high-rise office building complex in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Commerce Square consists of One and Two Commerce Square, two identical 41-story office towers high that surround a paved courtyard of... |
565 / 172 | 41 | 1987 | Philadelphia | |
| 15 | Philadelphia City Hall Philadelphia City Hall Philadelphia City Hall is the house of government for the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At , including the statue, it is the world's second-tallest masonry building, only shorter than Mole Antonelliana in Turin... |
548 / 167 | 9 | 1901 | Philadelphia | Tallest building in the United States and the world from 1901 until the completion of the Singer Building Singer Building The Singer Building or Singer Tower at Liberty Street and Broadway in Manhattan, was a 47-story office building completed in 1908 as the headquarters of the Singer Manufacturing Company. It was demolished in 1968 and is now the site of 1 Liberty Plaza.... in 1908 |
| 16 | Cathedral of Learning Cathedral of Learning The Cathedral of Learning, a Pittsburgh landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is the centerpiece of the University of Pittsburgh's main campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States... |
535 / 163 | 42 | 1936 | Pittsburgh | Second-tallest educational building in the world, behind the main building of Moscow State University Moscow State University Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy... . Tallest building in the city located outside of Downtown Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle and officially the Central Business District, is the urban Downtown center of Pittsburgh. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The "triangle" is... . |
| 17 | 525 William Penn Place 525 William Penn Place 525 William Penn Place was completed in 1951 for the Mellon National Bank and the U.S. Steel Corporation. At tall, it was the second tallest building in Pittsburgh until 1970, the third tallest until 1984. The building has 41 floors and approximately of office space... |
520 / 158 | 41 | 1951 | Pittsburgh | Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1950s. |
| 18 | The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton | 518 / 158 | 48 | 2009 | Philadelphia | |
| 19 | K&L Gates Center K&L Gates Center K&L Gates Center is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.K&L Gates Center , was completed in 1968. It has 39 floors, and rises 511 feet or 156 meters above Downtown Pittsburgh... |
511 / 156 | 39 | 1968 | Pittsburgh | Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1960s. |
| 20 | 1818 Market Street 1818 Market Street 1818 Market Street is a 40-story skyscraper in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building, designed by the firm Ewing Cole Cherry Brott 1818 Market Street is a 40-story skyscraper in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building, designed by the firm Ewing Cole Cherry Brott 1818 Market... |
500 / 152 | 40 | 1974 | Philadelphia | Tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1970s |
| 21 | The St. James The St. James The St. James is a luxury residential skyscraper in Washington Square West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The , 45-story high-rise stands along Walnut Street and Washington Square and is the 12th tallest building in Philadelphia.... |
498 / 152 | 45 | 2004 | Philadelphia | Tallest building located east of Broad Street Broad Street (Philadelphia) Broad Street is a major arterial street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is nearly 13 miles long.It is Pennsylvania Route 611 along its entire length with the exception of its northernmost part between Old York Road and Pennsylvania Route 309 and the southernmost part south of Interstate 95... |
| 22 | Loews Philadelphia Hotel Loews Philadelphia Hotel The Loews Philadelphia Hotel, also known as the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building, or PSFS Building, is a skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A National Historic Landmark, the Loews Philadelphia was the first International style skyscraper built in the... |
492 / 150 | 36 | 1932 | Philadelphia | Known commonly as the PSFS Building. Tallest hotel in the city. With its antenna included, the building reaches a total height of 750 feet (229 m), making it the 5th-tallest building in the city when measuring to pinnacle height. |
| 23 | PNC Bank Building PNC Bank Building The PNC Bank Building is a high-rise office building located in the Market West neighborhood of center city Philadelphia. Constructed in 1983, it is 491 feet in height and has 39 stories. It houses offices for PNC Financial Services.... |
491 / 150 | 40 | 1983 | Philadelphia | |
| 24= | Centre Square II Centre Square Centre Square is an office complex located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The complex consists of two high-rise towers: the Centre Square I and the Centre Square II. The concrete towers are the twenty-fourth and fifteenth tallest buildings in Philadelphia,... |
490 / 149 | 40 | 1973 | Philadelphia | |
| 24= | Five Penn Center Five Penn Center Five Penn Center is a 36-story highrise in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Penn Center complex designed by Edmund Bacon. The building was one of the tallest in the city until the highrise building boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s and is connected via underground... |
490 / 149 | 36 | 1970 | Philadelphia | |
| 26 | Grant Building | 485 / 148 | 40 | 1930 | Pittsburgh | |
| 27= | Koppers Building | 475 / 145 | 34 | 1929 | Pittsburgh | Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1920s. |
| 27= | Murano | 475 / 145 | 43 | 2008 | Philadelphia | |
| 29 | One South Broad One South Broad One South Broad, also known as the Lincoln-Liberty Building or PNB Building, is a 28-story office tower in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The art deco tower, designed by architect John Torrey Windrim as an annex for Wanamaker's department store, was completed in 1932... |
472 / 144 | 28 | 1932 | Philadelphia | Formerly known as the PNB Building |
| 30 | Two PNC Plaza Two PNC Plaza Two PNC Plaza is a high-rise office building located in the Golden Triangle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed in 1976, it is 446 feet in height and has 34 stories, making it the tallest of three buildings in PNC Plaza... |
445 / 136 | 34 | 1975 | Pittsburgh | |
| 31= | 2000 Market Street 2000 Market Street 2000 Market Street is a high-rise building located in the Market West region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building stands at 435 feet with 29 floors, and was completed in 1973. It is currently tied with Two Logan Square as the 17th-tallest building in Philadelphia... |
435 / 133 | 29 | 1973 | Philadelphia | |
| 31= | Two Logan Square Two Logan Square Two Logan Square is a highrise office building in downtown Philadelphia just off The Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The building is known for its signature roofline with a backlit clock... |
435 / 133 | 35 | 1987 | Philadelphia | |
| 33 | Cira Centre Cira Centre The Cira Centre is a 29-story, office high-rise in the University City district of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Developed by Brandywine Realty Trust and designed by César Pelli, the Cira Centre sits across the street from Amtrak's 30th Street Station... |
434 / 133 | 28 | 2005 | Philadelphia | Tallest building in Philadelphia located outside of Center City Center City, Philadelphia Center City, or Downtown Philadelphia includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2005, its population of over 88,000 made it the third most populous downtown in the United States, after New York City's and Chicago's... |
| 34= | 1700 Market 1700 Market 1700 Market is a high-rise building located in the Market West region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building stands at 430 feet with 32 floors, and was completed in 1968. It is currently tied with Two Logan Square as the 20th-tallest building in Philadelphia. The architect of the building was... |
430 / 131 | 32 | 1968 | Philadelphia | Tallest building completed in the 1960s |
| 34= | EQT Plaza EQT Plaza EQT Plaza, formerly known as the CNG Tower and later the Dominion Tower, is a major and distinctive skyscraper in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The structure was built for Consolidated Natural Gas, a regional energy company. In 1999, CNG was purchased by Dominion Energy, which moved out of the... |
430 / 131 | 32 | 1987 | Pittsburgh | |
| 36 | 1835 Market Street 1835 Market Street 1835 Market Street, formerly known as Eleven Penn Center, is a high-rise building located in the Market West region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building stands at 425 feet with 29 floors, and was completed in 1986. It is currently the 21st-tallest building in Philadelphia. The architectural... |
425 / 130 | 29 | 1986 | Philadelphia | Name was changed from Eleven Penn Center in 2003 |
| 37 | One PNC Plaza One PNC Plaza One PNC Plaza is a high-rise office building located in the Golden Triangle neighborhood of the Central Business District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed in 1972, it is 30 stories. It houses the general offices for PNC Financial Services... |
424 / 129 | 30 | 1972 | Pittsburgh | |
| 38 | Centre Square I Centre Square Centre Square is an office complex located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The complex consists of two high-rise towers: the Centre Square I and the Centre Square II. The concrete towers are the twenty-fourth and fifteenth tallest buildings in Philadelphia,... |
417 / 127 | 32 | 1973 | Philadelphia | |
| 39 | Aramark Tower Aramark Tower Aramark Tower, formerly known as One Reading Center, is a high-rise building located in the Center City region of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... |
412 / 126 | 32 | 1984 | Philadelphia | Formerly known as One Reading Center |
| 40 | Regional Enterprise Tower Regional Enterprise Tower The Regional Enterprise Tower is a skyscraper in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly known as the Alcoa Building. It was completed in 1953 and has 30 floors. It is the 15th tallest building in the city and is adjacent to Mellon Square... |
410 / 125 | 30 | 1953 | Pittsburgh | |
| 41 | Wells Fargo Building | 405 / 123 | 29 | 1927 | Philadelphia | |
| 42 | One Logan Square One Logan Square One Logan Square is a high-rise building located in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building stands at 400 ft with 31 floors, and was completed in 1983. It is currently the 25th-tallest building in Philadelphia... |
400 / 122 | 31 | 1983 | Philadelphia | |