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Region

Name of City

Tallest Building Built during previous peak

Year in which the record was broken.

Number of years to break the previous peak

West

Seattle

1914 (Smith Tower)

1969*

55

West

Los Angeles

1927

1968

41

West

San Francisco

1927

1965

38

Midwest

Chicago

1930

1965

35

Midwest

Minneapolis

1929

1973

44

Midwest

Detroit

1928

1977

49

Midwest

Cincinnati

1931

Not yet broken

75+

Midwest

Cleveland

1930

1991

61

Midwest

St. Paul

1930

1986

56

Midwest

Columbus

1927

1973

46

Midwest

Kansas City

1931

1980

49

East

New York

1931

1970

39

East

Philadelphia

1932

1974

42

East

Boston

1915

1964

49

East

Pittsburgh

1932

1970

38

South

Dallas

1923

1943

20

South

Houston

1929

1962

33

South

Tulsa

1918

1966

48

Foreign

Toronto

1931

1967

36

Foreign

Mexico City

1956

1984

28

* The space needle is taller and was built in 1962. However, it was built as a show piece, not for economic reasons and therefore is not listed. Even if it is listed, it does not appreciably change the results.

Chart courtesy of Dan Forshee from "Real Estate Will Underperform Inflation for Decades"

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