Overall, there were 64 high-rise buildings under construction or proposed for construction in Boston. In addition, there has been a continuous stream of proposals to construct skyscrapers that would rank among the tallest in the city if completed. Since August 2017, several major development projects have dramatically altered the city's skyline, including the Millennium Tower, Avalon North Station, Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street, The Hub on Causeway, and Bulfinch Crossing. As of 2018, the skyline of Boston is ranked 10th in the United States and 79th in the world with 57 buildings rising at least 330 feet (100 m) in height. The city is the site of 25 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, more than any other city in New England. Boston went through a major building boom in the 1960s and 1970s, resulting in the construction of over 20 skyscrapers, including 200 Clarendon and the Prudential Tower. īoston's history of skyscrapers began with the completion in 1893 of the 13-story Ames Building, which is considered the city's first high-rise. At the time of the Prudential Tower's completion in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City. The second-tallest building in Boston is the Prudential Tower, which rises 52 floors and 749 feet (228 m). It is also the tallest building in New England and the 80th-tallest building in the United States. The tallest structure in Boston is the 60- story 200 Clarendon, better known to locals as the John Hancock Tower, which rises 790 feet (241 m) in the Back Bay district. The majority of the city's skyscrapers and high-rises are clustered in the Financial District and Back Bay neighborhoods. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England, is home to 451 completed high-rises, 37 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). Send us feedback about these examples.Boston, the capital of the U.S. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'skyscraper.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 Now, to look at Lego bricks as a building material, picture a Lego skyscraper and measure the brick’s strength against the forces that architects and engineers design buildings, bridges, and other structures to withstand. Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 15 Jan. 2023 The third base is on a skyscraper building in the commercial area. Maya Kachroo-levine, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2023 Paris is a famously low city (read: not a whole lot of skyscrapers), so the rare ninth-floor rooftop gazes over the Haussman buildings, offering unobstructed landmark views from one of the highest open-air bars in the city. 2023 At last count, KPF, as the firm is known, had designed more than 250 skyscrapers around the globe, including some of the tallest. Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023 Iconic prewar skyscrapers like the Empire State Building were designed to this standard, and with this smallest unit in mind: a single rentable office 10 to 20 feet wide and about 28 feet from the windows to the common corridor. 2023 The first skyscraper in the city arrived in 1972: the 28-story Landmark Bank building at 100 SE Third Ave. 2023 Here, skyscrapers are pine trees, subway maps are trails and museums are art exhibits in the woods. Recent Examples on the Web The company made headlines again in September when its former chief financial officer died unexpectedly after jumping from a skyscraper in New York.
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