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New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to 6,125 completed high-rises,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About New York City )〕 101 of which are or taller. The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises . The 104-story skyscraper also stands as the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the 4th-tallest building in the world.〔〔 The second tallest building in the city is 432 Park Avenue, and the third tallest is the 102-story Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan, which was finished in 1931 and rises to , increased to by its antenna.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=empirestatebuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa )〕 It also is the fifth-tallest building in the United States and the 25th-tallest building in the world. The Empire State Building stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1972, when the 110-story North Tower of the original World Trade Center was completed. At , The World Trade Center briefly held the title as the world's tallest building until the completion of the 108-story Sears Tower (now known as the Willis Tower) in Chicago in 1974. The World Trade Center towers were destroyed by terrorist attacks in 2001, and the Empire State Building regained the title of tallest building in the City. It remained the tallest until April 2012, when the construction on One World Trade Center surpassed it. The fourth-tallest building in New York is the Bank of America Tower, which rises to , including its spire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=bankofamericatower-newyorkcity-ny-usa )〕 Tied for fifth-tallest are the Chrysler Building, which was the world's tallest building from 1930 until 1931,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=chryslerbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa )〕 and the New York Times Building, which was completed in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Times Tower - The Skyscraper Center )〕 New York City skyscrapers are concentrated in Midtown and Lower Manhattan, although other neighborhoods of Manhattan and the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx also have a few high-rises. , the entire city has 228 buildings that rise at least in height, including those under construction,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diagram of New York City skyscrapers )〕 more than any other city in the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/ma/ct/co/ci/?id=100185 )〕 Since 2003, New York City has seen the completion of that rise at least in height, including One World Trade Center, which became the tallest building in the country when completed. 20 more are under construction.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/building/one-world-trade-center-new-york-city-ny-usa )〕 One World Trade Center is part of the redevelopment of the World Trade Center, which also includes the 4 World Trade Center,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=4worldtradecenter-newyorkcity-ny-usa980 )〕 7 World Trade Center and the two under-construction buildings: the 2 World Trade Center and the 3 World Trade Center.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Two World Trade Center )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three World Trade Center )〕 Overall, , there were buildings under construction or proposed for construction in New York City.〔 ==History== The history of skyscrapers in New York City began with the completion of the World Building in 1890; the structure rose to .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Building )〕 Though not the city's first high-rise, it was the first building to surpass the spire of Trinity Church.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Building )〕 The World Building, which stood as the tallest in the city until 1899, was demolished in 1955 to allow for the construction of an expanded entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.〔 New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper; since 1890, eleven structures in the city having held the title of world's tallest building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= World's Tallest Towers: Timeline of all Skyscrapers Holding the Title of Tallest Building in the World From 1890 to the Present )〕 New York City went through a very early high-rise construction boom that lasted from the early 1910s through the early 1930s, during which 16 of the city's 82 tallest buildings were built—including the Woolworth Building, the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, each of which was the tallest in the world at the time of its completion, the latter remaining so for forty years.〔 A second skyscraper boom began in the early 1960s. Since then, the city has seen the completion of nearly 70 structures rising at least high, including the twin towers of the World Trade Center. One World Trade Center, also known as the North Tower, was the tallest building in the world from 1972 until 1973 and the tallest building in New York City until 2001.〔 The North Tower, as well as the other six buildings in the World Trade Center complex, were destroyed in the September 11 attacks of 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=worldtradecenter-newyorkcity )〕 One World Trade Center began construction in 2006 as the lead building of the new World Trade Center complex; upon its topping out in May 2013, the skyscraper surpassed the Willis Tower to become the tallest building in the United States.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of tallest buildings in New York City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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