List of tallest buildings in Pennsylvania

Skyline of Philadelphia in late 2007 with the Comcast Center still under construction

This lists the tallest buildings in the State of Pennsylvania, over 120 meters (400 feet), ranked by height. The tallest building in Pennsylvania is the 58-story Comcast Center located in Philadelphia, which at 975 feet (297 meters)[1] 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; 29 are in Philadelphia and 16 are in Pittsburgh.

Skyline of Pittsburgh viewed from Mount Washington

Tallest buildings

The Comcast Center, the tallest building in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
The US Steel Tower, the tallest building in Pittsburgh and fourth tallest building in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia City Hall stood as the tallest building in the city for 86 years

All the buildings listed here are in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; the only other cities with a building over 100 meters are Harrisburg with the 104-meter 333 Market Street[2] and Bethlehem with the 101-meter Martin Tower.[3] The PPL Building is Allentown's tallest building at 322 feet (98 m), and the Renaissance Centre is the tallest in Erie at 198 feet (60 m). The tallest building in Reading, Pennsylvania, is the Berks County Courthouse, rising 275 feet (83 meters).[4]

Rank Name Height
feet / m		 Floors Year City Notes
1 Comcast Center 975 / 297 58 2008 Philadelphia Tallest building in Pennsylvania; 17th-tallest building in the United States, 109th-tallest in the world; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 2000s[5][6][7]
2 One Liberty Place 945 / 288 61 1987 Philadelphia Second-tallest skyscraper in the city and state; 21st-tallest building in the country; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1980s[8][9][10]
3 Two Liberty Place 848 / 258 58 1990 Philadelphia 38th-tallest building in the country; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1990s[11][12][13]
4 U.S. Steel Tower 841 / 256 64 1971 Pittsburgh 41st-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.[14][15]
5 Mellon Bank Center 792 / 241 54 1990 Philadelphia 51st-tallest building in the country; also known as Nine Penn Center[16][17][18]
6 Three Logan Square 739 / 225 55 1991 Philadelphia Formerly known as Bell Atlantic Tower and Verizon Tower[19][20][21][22]
7 BNY Mellon Center 725 / 221 54 1984 Pittsburgh 102nd-tallest building in the United States. Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1980s. Formerly known as One Mellon Center.[23][24]
8 One PPG Place 635 / 194 40 1984 Pittsburgh [25][26]
9 G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building 625 / 191 45 1990 Philadelphia Formerly known as the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower and the IBX Tower[27][28][29]
10 Fifth Avenue Place 616 / 188 31 1988 Pittsburgh Also known as Highmark Place.[30][31]
11 One Oxford Centre 615 / 187 45 1983 Pitttsburgh [32][33]
12 Gulf Tower 582 / 177 44 1932 Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1930s.[34][35]
13= One Commerce Square 565 / 172 41 1992 Philadelphia [36][37]
13= Two Commerce Square 565 / 172 41 1987 Philadelphia [37][38]
15 Philadelphia City Hall 548 / 167 9 1901 Philadelphia Tallest building in the United States and the world from 1901 until the completion of the Singer Building in 1908[39][40]
16 Tower at PNC Plaza 545 / 166 33 2015 Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh and tallest completed in Pennsylvania in the 2010s.[41][42]
17 Cathedral of Learning 535 / 163 42 1936 Pittsburgh Second-tallest educational building in the world, behind the main building of Moscow State University. Tallest building in the city located outside of Downtown.[43][44]
18 525 William Penn Place 520 / 158 41 1951 Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.[45][46]
19 The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton 518 / 158 48 2009 Philadelphia [47][48][49]
20 K&L Gates Center 511 / 156 39 1968 Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1960s.[50][51]
21 1818 Market Street 500 / 152 40 1974 Philadelphia Tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1970s[52][53]
22 The St. James 498 / 152 45 2004 Philadelphia Tallest building located east of Broad Street[54][55]
23 Loews Philadelphia Hotel 492 / 150 36 1932 Philadelphia Known commonly as the PSFS Building.[56] 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.[57][58][59]
24 PNC Bank Building 491 / 150 40 1983 Philadelphia [60][61]
25= Centre Square II 490 / 149 40 1973 Philadelphia [62][63]
25= Five Penn Center 490 / 149 36 1970 Philadelphia [64][65]
27 Grant Building 485 / 148 40 1930 Pittsburgh [66][67]
28= Koppers Building 475 / 145 34 1929 Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1920s.[68][69]
28= Murano 475 / 145 43 2008 Philadelphia [70][71][72]
30 One South Broad 472 / 144 28 1932 Philadelphia Formerly known as the PNB Building[73][74]
31 Two PNC Plaza 445 / 136 34 1975 Pittsburgh [75][76]
32= 2000 Market Street 435 / 133 29 1973 Philadelphia [77][78]
32= Two Logan Square 435 / 133 35 1987 Philadelphia [79][80]
34 Cira Centre 434 / 133 28 2005 Philadelphia Tallest building in Philadelphia located outside of Center City[81][82]
35= 1700 Market 430 / 131 32 1968 Philadelphia Tallest building completed in the 1960s[83][84]
35= EQT Plaza 430 / 131 32 1987 Pittsburgh [85][86]
35= Evo at Cira Centre South 430 / 131 33 2014 Philadelphia

[87][88][89]

38= 1835 Market Street 425 / 130 29 1986 Philadelphia Name was changed from Eleven Penn Center in 2003[90][91]
38= One PNC Plaza 424 / 129 30 1972 Pittsburgh [92][93]
40 Centre Square I 417 / 127 32 1973 Philadelphia [94][95]
41 Aramark Tower 412 / 126 32 1984 Philadelphia Formerly known as One Reading Center[96][97]
42 Regional Enterprise Tower 410 / 125 30 1953 Pittsburgh [98][99]
43 Wells Fargo Building 405 / 123 29 1927 Philadelphia [100][101]
44 1706 Rittenhouse 400 / 122 33 2011 Philadelphia [102][103]
45 One Logan Square 400 / 122 31 1983 Philadelphia [104][105]

See also

References

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