List of tallest buildings in Upstate New York

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Upstate New York, broadly defined as part of New York north of New York City and Westchester County, which immediately borders New York City, is home to several skyscrapers and high-rises. [1] The tallest building in New York State is the 104-story One World Trade Center, which was completed in 2014 and rises to 1,776 feet (541 m) in Lower Manhattan, New York City. [2] New York City, the largest city in the United States, is home to the vast majority of the skyscrapers in New York; outside the city, most of the state's skyscrapers are concentrated in Albany, Buffalo and Rochester. The tallest building in Upstate New York is the 44-story Erastus Corning Tower, which rises 589 feet (180 m) in Albany, the state's capital city. [3] Although the building is the tallest in the upstate region by a significant margin, it does not appear in the 100-tallest buildings in New York state when New York City skyscrapers are included in the ranking. [4]

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Tallest buildings

Skyline of Buffalo BuffaloSkyline.jpg
Skyline of Buffalo
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Skyline of Rochester
Skyline of Albany AlbanyNYPano.jpg
Skyline of Albany
Skyline of Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, New York from Skylon Tower cropped.jpg
Skyline of Niagara Falls
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Skyline of Syracuse

This list ranks completed skyscrapers in Upstate New York that stand at least 290 feet (88 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

RankNameImageHeight
ft / m
FloorsYearCityNotes
1 Erastus Corning Tower CorningTowerPanorama.jpg 589 / 180441973 Albany Tallest building in Albany [3]
Tallest building in Upstate New York constructed in the 1970s.
2 Seneca One Tower SenecaOneTower1.jpg 529 / 161 [5] 401972 Buffalo Tallest building in Buffalo [6]
3 Xerox Tower SouthClintonAvenueFromSibleySquareMortimerStreetGarage.jpg 443 / 135 [7] 301968 Rochester Tallest building in Rochester

Tallest building in Upstate New York constructed in the 1960s.

4 Legacy Tower Bausch & Lomb Place, World Headquarters Building, Rochester, New York.jpg 401 / 122 [8] 201995 Rochester Tallest building in Upstate New York constructed in the 1990s.
5 Buffalo City Hall View of Buffalo City Hall (cropped).jpg 398 / 121.3321931 Buffalo Tallest building in Upstate New York constructed in the 1930s.
6 The Metropolitan TheContinentalRochesterViewFromSouthEast.jpg 392 / 119 [9] 271973 Rochester
7 Rand Building Rand Building in Buffalo New York.jpg 391 / 119 [10] 291929 Buffalo Tallest building in Upstate New York constructed in the 1920s.
8 Alfred E. Smith Building AlfredESmithBuildingPanorama.jpg 388 / 118 [11] 341928 Albany
9 Kodak Tower KodakTowerFromMortimerStreetGarage.jpg 360 / 110 [12] 191914 Rochester Expanded from 16 to 19 floors in 1930

Tallest building in Upstate New York constructed in the 1910s.

10 Seneca Niagara Casino Tower Seneca Niagara Casino Tower.jpg 358 / 109 [13] 262006 Niagara Falls Tallest building in Niagara Falls [14] Tallest building in Upstate New York constructed in the 2000s.
11 Main Place Tower Main Place Tower Buffalo, New York.jpg 350 / 107261969 Buffalo
12 Liberty Building Liberty Building.jpg 345 / 105231925 Buffalo 333 feet (101 meters) to the roof
13 One M & T Plaza One M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York.jpg 317 / 97211966 Buffalo [15]
14 State Tower Building State Tower Building, Syracuse.jpg 312 / 95.4 [16] 231927 Syracuse Tallest building in Syracuse
15 (tied)1, 2, 3, and 4 Empire State Plaza NYSAgencyBuildings.JPG 310 / 94231966 Albany Also known as the Agency Buildings
19 First Federal Plaza FirstFederalPlazaFromCharlesCarrollPark.jpg 309 / 94 [17] 211976 Rochester Top was formerly a revolving restaurant
20 Electric Tower General Electric Tower.JPG 294 / 90141912 Buffalo Also known as the Niagara Mohawk Building.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This section lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Upstate New York. Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral held the title twice, both before the construction and after the demolition of the original Electric Tower, which was designed as a temporary building that would only last the length of the Pan-American Exposition.

Years as
tallest
NameCityImageHeight
ft / m
FloorsNotes
1851–1901 Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral Buffalo Facade of St. Paul's Episcopal, Buffalo.jpg 275 / 84N/A
1901–1902 Electric Tower (Pan-American Exposition) Buffalo Pan-American Exposition - The Electric Tower.jpg 389 / 119N/ADemolished shortly after the close of the Pan-American Exposition. Not to be confused with the present-day Electric Tower at Washington and East Huron Streets, listed below. Second-tallest building in New York State at the time of its construction, only two feet (61 cm) shorter than the Park Row Building in New York City. Tallest building ever destroyed in Upstate New York.
1902–1912 Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral Buffalo Facade of St. Paul's Episcopal, Buffalo.jpg 275 / 84N/A
1912–1914 Electric Tower Buffalo General Electric Tower.JPG 294 / 9014
1914–1925 Kodak Tower Rochester KodakTowerFromMortimerStreetGarage.jpg unknown16Expanded from 16 to 19 floors in 1930. Exact pre-1930 height unknown.
1925–1928 Liberty Building Buffalo Liberty Building.jpg 345 / 10523
1928–1929 Alfred E. Smith Building Albany AlfredESmithBuildingPanorama.jpg 388 / 11834
1929–1931 Rand Building Buffalo Rand Building, Buffalo, New York - 20190825.jpg 391 / 11929First building to exceed the height of the original Electric Tower, demolished 27 years earlier.
1931–1972 Buffalo City Hall Buffalo Buffalo City Hall - 001.jpg 398 / 12132
1972–1973 Seneca One Tower Buffalo SenecaOneTower1.jpg 529 / 16140Originally known as One Marine Midland Center.
1973–present Erastus Corning Tower Albany CorningTowerPanorama.jpg 589 / 18044

See also

List of tallest buildings by city

References

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