Skyscrapers completed in 1988

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All skyscrapers completed in 1988 ranked by height
Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1988
Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1988
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1988
Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper on December 31st, 1988

All skyscrapers completed in 1988 ranked by height
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Rank only 1988	Rank until 1988	Rank since 1988	Rank Today	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors
1	14	385	398	Scotia Tower	Toronto	Canada	275m	68	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	32	785	815	Menara Maybank	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	243m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	41	921	959	Wells Fargo Center	Minneapolis	United States	236m	56	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	43	940	979	Washington Mutual Tower	Seattle	United States	235m	55	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	55	1158	1208	Trade Tower	Seoul	Korea	227m	55	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	84	1549	1627	BankWest Tower	Perth	Australia	214m	52	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	147	2817	2957	Central Park Place	New York City	United States	191m	56	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	196	3542	3730	Grosvenor Place	Sydney	Australia	180m	45	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	196	3542	3730	One Metropolitan Square	St. Louis	United States	180m	42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	201	3756	3947	One Wells Fargo Center	Charlotte	United States	179m	42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	220	3926	4135	Canterra Tower	Calgary	Canada	177m	45	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	220	3926	4135	One Kansas City Place	Kansas City	United States	177m	42	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	243	4195	4425	Central Plaza One	Brisbane	Australia	174m	44	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	265	4355	4606	Peregrine Tower at Lippo Centre	Hong Kong	China	172m	44	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
15	285	4724	4994	North Harbor Tower	Chicago	United States	169m	55	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	315	5126	5425	The Corinthian	New York City	United States	166m	55	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	324	5214	5521	17 State Street	New York City	United States	165m	41	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
17	324	5214	5521	Concourse Corporate Center V	Atlanta	United States	165m	34	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	336	5348	5665	J.W. Marriott and The Upper House	Hong Kong	China	164m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
20	359	5705	6044	One Pacific Place	Hong Kong	China	161m	40	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
21	396	6182	6557	Shin-Kobe Oriental City	Kobe	Japan	158m	37	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
22	407	6337	6722	The Highpoint	New York City	United States	157m	49	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
22	407	6337	6722	Sumitomo Castle Tower	Osaka	Japan	157m	38	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
24	418	6510	6904	The Belaire	New York City	United States	156m	50	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
25	458	6816	7249	San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter	San Antonio	United States	154m	38	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
26	465	6932	7371	Jin Jiang Hotel	Shanghai	China	153m	46	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
26	465	6932	7371	Fifth Street Towers II	Minneapolis	United States	153m	36	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1988: 4.938 kilometres
14 of 27 skyscrapers completed in 1988 have photos so far.

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1988
Country	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
Country	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1988	...of that country
United States	14	51.85%	1.61%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.16 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.15 MB
China	4	14.81%	0.11%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.87 MB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.8 MB
Australia	3	11.11%	2%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 212 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 209 kB
Canada	2	7.41%	1.3%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 195 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 192 kB
Japan	2	7.41%	0.72%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 383 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 378 kB
Korea	1	3.7%	0.27%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 459 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 452 kB
Malaysia	1	3.7%	0.42%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 332 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 328 kB

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1988
City	New Skyscrapers	Percentage of all skyscrapers
City	New Skyscrapers	...completed in 1988	...of that city
New York City	5	18.52%	1.64%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 456 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 450 kB
Hong Kong	3	11.11%	0.59%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 691 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 681 kB
Minneapolis	2	7.41%	20%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 13.1 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 12.9 kB
Charlotte	1	3.7%	12.5%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 10.5 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 10.4 kB
Chicago	1	3.7%	0.81%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 167 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 165 kB
Kansas City	1	3.7%	33.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.14 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.08 kB
Brisbane	1	3.7%	5.88%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 21.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 21.3 kB
San Antonio	1	3.7%	100%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 1.59 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 1.58 kB
Seattle	1	3.7%	4.76%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 26.9 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 26.6 kB
Atlanta	1	3.7%	5.26%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 24.5 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 24.2 kB
Kuala Lumpur	1	3.7%	0.52%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 270 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 267 kB
Seoul	1	3.7%	1.1%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 113 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 111 kB
Osaka	1	3.7%	2.44%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 51.4 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 50.6 kB
Kobe	1	3.7%	25%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 5.41 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 5.33 kB
Shanghai	1	3.7%	0.55%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 246 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 242 kB
Toronto	1	3.7%	1.11%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 114 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 112 kB
Calgary	1	3.7%	5.56%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 22.6 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 22.3 kB
Sydney	1	3.7%	2.56%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 55.9 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 55.2 kB
Perth	1	3.7%	20%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 6.51 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 6.41 kB
St. Louis	1	3.7%	33.33%	HEIGHTDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemarks (all years) Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers 20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1988
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Rank	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	Year
1	Sears Tower	Chicago	United States	442m	108	1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
2	1 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	417m	110	1972	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
3	2 World Trade Center	New York City	United States	415m	110	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
4	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
5	Aon Center	Chicago	United States	346m	83	1973	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
6	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
7	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305m	75	1982	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
8	Wells Fargo Plaza	Houston	United States	302m	71	1983	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
9	First Canadian Place	Toronto	Canada	298m	72	1975	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
10	Columbia Center	Seattle	United States	284m	76	1984	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
11	Chrysler Building	New York City	United States	282m	77	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
12	Overseas Union Bank Centre	Singapore	Singapore	280m	83	1986	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
13	Citicorp Center	New York City	United States	278m	63	1977	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	The Trump Building	New York City	United States	275m	71	1930	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
14	Scotia Tower	Toronto	Canada	275m	68	1988	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	Williams Tower	Houston	United States	274m	74	1982	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
16	Bank of America Plaza	Atlanta	United States	274m	72	1985	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
18	Chase Tower	Chicago	United States	264m	61	1969	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	Water Tower Place	Chicago	United States	261m	74	1976	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
19	Aon Center	Los Angeles	United States	261m	62	1974	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: Byte NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: Byte
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Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1988
Most...	Name	City	Country	Height	Floors	From...to
...western	Wells Fargo Center	Portland	United States	166m	40	1973-2008	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
...eastern	Central Plaza One	Brisbane	Australia	174m	44	1988-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
...northern	Radisson Royal Hotel	Moscow	Russia	206m	34	1955-2002	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
...southern	Rialto Towers	Melbourne	Australia	251m	63	1986-1996	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1988
...western	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305m	75	1982-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
...eastern	Empire State Building	New York City	United States	381m	102	1931-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
...northern	John Hancock Center	Chicago	United States	343m	100	1969-2012	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
...southern	JPMorgan Chase Tower	Houston	United States	305m	75	1982-1989	HEIGHTDownload Placemark Labels: Height Size: 4.15 kB NAMEDownload Placemark Labels: Name Size: 4.09 kB
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Skyscrapers completed in 1988

All skyscrapers completed in 1988 ranked by height

Combined height of all skyscrapers completed in 1988: 4.938 kilometres

Countries with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1988

Cities with the the most skyscrapers completed in 1988

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1988

Most western/eastern/northern/southern skyscraper in 1988

Most western/eastern/northern/southern supertall in 1988

Historic list of tallest skyscrapers
20 tallest skyscrapers on December 31st, 1988