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Old Posted Dec 13, 2021, 6:00 AM
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Using our diagrams, the top US cities by buildings above 300 feet in 1940:

New York - 186
Chicago - 41
Philadelphia - 19
San Francisco - 15
Detroit - 14
Pittsburgh - 11
Dallas - 6
Houston - 6
Kansas City - 5

Any city not listed was under 5. LA had 3, Baltimore 4, Cleveland 2.
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