List of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings

The following is a list of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings.

List

Rank	Building name	City	Country	Height	Floors	Year completed	Year demolished	Method	Reason
1	Singer Building	New York City	USA	614 ft (187 m)	47	1908	1968	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza.
2	Morrison Hotel	Chicago	USA	526 ft (160 m)	45	1925	1965	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for Bank One Plaza.
3	Deutsche Bank Building	New York City	USA	517 ft (157.6 m)	39	1973	2011	manual demolition	Heavily damaged from the September 11 attacks.
4	One Meridian Plaza	Philadelphia	USA	492 ft (150 m)	38	1972	1999	manual demolition	Heavily damaged from a fire on February 23, 1991.
5	City Investing Building	New York City	USA	487 ft (148 m)	33	1908	1968	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza.
6	Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka	Tokyo	Japan	463 ft (141 m)	39	1982	2013	manual demolition
7	The Harmon	Las Vegas	USA	453 ft (138 m)	47	2009	2015	manual demolition	Found to be structurally deficient and demolished. Never opened.
8	J.L. Hudson's Department Store and Addition	Detroit	USA	439 ft (134 m)	29	1927	1998	implosion	Was neglected for 12 years, and considered beyond repair. The decision was controversial.
t-9	Savoy-Plaza Hotel	New York City	USA	420 ft (128 m)	33	1927	1965	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for General Motors Building.
t-9	State Office Block	Sydney	Australia	420 ft (128 m)	32	1965	1997	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for Aurora Place.
11	CAGA House	Sydney	Australia	410 ft (125 m)	30	1977	1992	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for Governor Phillip Tower.
12	Bayer-Hochhaus	Leverkusen	Germany	400 ft (122 m)	32	1963	2012	manual demolition
13	First National Bank Building	Pittsburgh	USA	387 ft (118 m)	26	1912	1970	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for One PNC Plaza.
14	Centre International Rogier	Brussels	Belgium	384 ft (117 m)	30	1960	2001	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for Rogier Tower.
15	AfE-Turm	Frankfurt	Germany	381 ft (116 m)	32	1972	2014	implosion
16	Landmark Tower	Fort Worth	USA	380 ft (116 m)	30	1952	2006	implosion	Damaged in tornado in 2000.
17	Richfield Tower	Los Angeles	USA	372 ft (113 m)	30	1929	1969	manual demolition
18	Landmark Las Vegas	Las Vegas	USA	364 ft (111 m)	31	1969	1995	implosion	Demolished to make way for a parking lot for Las Vegas Convention Center.
19	Wilson Mendes Caldeira Building	São Paulo	Brazil	361 ft (110 m)	32	1963	1975	implosion	Imploded to make way for the Sé metro station and Praça da Sé.
20	Stardust Las Vegas	Las Vegas	USA	354 ft (108 m)	32	1991	2007	implosion	Demolished to make way for Echelon Place and Resorts World Las Vegas.
21	Sheraton Lincoln Hotel	Houston	USA	352 ft (107 m)	28	1962	2011	manual demolition
22	Windsor Tower	Madrid	Spain	348 ft (106 m)	32	1979	2005	manual demolition	Heavily damaged from a fire on February 12, 2005.
23	Farmers Bank Building	Pittsburgh	USA	345 ft (105 m)	27	1902	1997	implosion	Demolished due to a lack of tenants.
24	Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus	Ludwigshafen	Germany	333 ft (101 m)	28	1957	2014	manual demolition
25	Sparkasse Hagen tower	Hagen	Germany	331 ft (101 m)	21	1975	2004	implosion
26	Genesee Towers	Flint	USA	326 ft (99 m)	19	1968	2013	implosion
27	CRA Building	Melbourne	Australia	325 ft (99 m)	26	1962	1988	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for 101 Collins Street.
28	1515 Tower	West Palm Beach	USA	320 ft (98 m)	30	1974	2010	implosion	Damaged by hurricanes in 2004.
29	Houston Main Building	Houston	USA	312 ft (95 m)	21	1952	2012	implosion
30	Poltegor Centre	Wrocław	Poland	302 ft (92 m)	25	1982	2007	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for Sky Tower
31	Sander Hall	Cincinnati	USA	297 ft (91 m)	27	1971	1991	implosion
32	21 Birnie Court	Glasgow	Scotland	292 ft (89 m)	31	1966	2013	implosion
33	Hotel Grand Chancellor	Christchurch	New Zealand	279 ft (85 m)	26	1986	2012	manual demolition	Damaged by 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
34	Dunes Las Vegas	Las Vegas	USA	275 ft (84 m)	24	1961	1993	implosion	Demolished to make way for Bellagio Las Vegas.
35	Sands Las Vegas	Las Vegas	USA	274 ft (83 m)	18	1965	1996	implosion	Demolished to make way for The Venetian Las Vegas.
36	Northwestern National Bank Building	Minneapolis	USA	264 ft (80 m)	16	1930	1984	implosion	Damaged by the 1982 Thanksgiving Day fire. The Wells Fargo Center now stands on the site.
37	153 Petershill Drive	Glasgow	Scotland	262 ft (80 m)	27	1969	2012	implosion
t-38	Baptist Memorial Hospital	Memphis	USA	255 ft (78 m)	18	1956	2005	implosion
t-38	Commonwealth Building	Louisville	USA	255 ft (78 m)	21	1928	1994	implosion
40	Traveler's Insurance Building	Boston	USA	253 ft (77 m)	18	1959	1988	implosion	Demolished to make way for 125 High Street.
41	Sheraton-Oklahoma Hotel	Oklahoma City	USA	245 ft (75 m)	24	1932	1977	implosion	Demolished because it was in the way of an urban development.

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