40 Wall Street Building
Built 1928-1930
927′ at completion in 1930
Tallest in the world from April 1930 to 27 May 1930.
Chrysler Building
Built 1928-1930
1,047′ at completion in 1930
20 months to build, first over 1,000′. Tallest in the world from May 27, 1930 to April 30, 1931.
Empire State Building
Built 1929-1931 in 410 days.
1,250′ at completion in 1931
Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1972, first over 100 stories.
WTC
Still under construction
3,651 days, 120 months after 9/11/2001
