US & Canadian cities sorted by year when the tallest building was/will be built

[pianowizard]

I was getting excited that Detroit will probably soon have a new tallest building, the Hudson Tower, which is the first time this city has had a new tallest building since 1977. Then I started wondering about other US cities and Canadian cities: when was each city's current tallest building completed? I did find this thread, but it hasn't been updated for 4 years and it also doesn't state the buildings' heights. Thus I have updated the list for US and Canadian cities whose tallest buildings are at least 500 feet, and am including their heights.

First I will sort them by the years the buildings were completed or are expected to be completed:
City Year Height (ft)
Toronto ON: 2022, 1005
Mississauga ON: 2022, 650
Vaughan ON: 2021, 575
Las Vegas NV: 2020, 735
Jersey City NJ: 2019, 899
Austin TX: 2019, 690
Coquitlam BC: 2019, 518
Philadelphia PA: 2018, 1122
San Francisco CA: 2018, 1070
Miami FL: 2018, 868
Edmonton AB: 2018, 823
Sunny Isles Beach FL: 2018, 659
Surrey BC: 2018, 538
Los Angeles CA: 2017, 1099
Calgary AB: 2017, 810
Burnaby BC: 2016, 614
New York NY: 2014, 1776
Oklahoma City OK: 2012, 845
Atlantic City NJ: 2012, 710
Cincinnati OH: 2011, 665
Niagara Falls ON: 2009, 564
Vancouver BC: 2008, 659
Raleigh NC: 2008, 538
Mobile AL: 2007, 745
Virginia Beach VA: 2007, 508
Hallandale Beach FL: 2006, 505
Omaha NE: 2002, 634
Nashville TN: 1994, 617
Louisville KY: 1993, 549
Atlanta GA: 1992, 1023
Charlotte NC: 1992, 871
Montreal QC: 1992, 743
Tampa FL : 1992, 579
Cleveland OH: 1991, 947
Des Moines IA: 1991, 630
San Diego CA: 1991, 500
Indianapolis IN: 1990, 811
Jacksonville FL: 1990, 617
St. Louis MO: 1989, 593
Kansas City MO: 1988, 624
Sandy Springs GA: 1988, 570
San Antonio TX: 1988, 546
Little Rock AR: 1986, 546
Seattle WA: 1985, 937
Dallas TX: 1985, 921
Denver CO: 1984, 714
Hartford CT: 1984, 535
Fort Worth TX: 1983, 567
Houston TX: 1982, 1002
Detroit MI: 1977, 727
Boston MA: 1976, 790
Tulsa OK: 1976, 667
Chicago IL: 1974, 1451
Buffalo NY: 1974, 529
Minneapolis MN: 1973, 792
Columbus OH: 1973, 629
Milwaukee WI: 1973, 601
Albany NY: 1973, 589
Baltimore MD: 1973, 529
New Orleans LA: 1972, 697
Portland OR: 1972, 546
Pittsburgh PA: 1970, 841

Next I will sort them by height:
City Year Height (ft)
New York NY: 2014, 1776
Chicago IL: 1974, 1451
Philadelphia PA: 2018, 1122
Los Angeles CA: 2017, 1099
San Francisco CA: 2018, 1070
Atlanta GA: 1992, 1023
Toronto ON: 2022, 1005
Houston TX: 1982, 1002
Cleveland OH: 1991, 947
Seattle WA: 1985, 937
Dallas TX: 1985, 921
Jersey City NJ: 2019, 899
Charlotte NC: 1992, 871
Miami FL: 2018, 868
Oklahoma City OK: 2012, 845
Pittsburgh PA: 1970, 841
Edmonton AB: 2018, 823
Indianapolis IN: 1990, 811
Calgary AB: 2017, 810
Minneapolis MN: 1973, 792
Boston MA: 1976, 790
Mobile AL : 2007, 745
Montreal QC: 1992, 743
Las Vegas NV: 2020, 735
Detroit MI: 1977, 727
Denver CO: 1984, 714
Atlantic City NJ: 2012, 710
New Orleans LA: 1972, 697
Austin TX: 2019, 690
Tulsa OK: 1976, 667
Cincinnati OH: 2011, 665
Sunny Isles Beach FL: 2018, 659
Vancouver BC: 2008, 659
Mississauga ON: 2022, 650
Omaha NE: 2002, 634
Des Moines IA: 1991, 630
Columbus OH: 1973, 629
Kansas City MO: 1988, 624
Jacksonville FL: 1990, 617
Burnaby BC: 2016, 614
Milwaukee WI: 1973, 601
St. Louis MO: 1989, 593
Nashville TN: 1994, 617
Albany NY: 1973, 589
Baltimore MD: 1973, 529
Tampa FL: 1992, 579
Vaughan ON: 2021, 575
Sandy Springs GA: 1988, 570
Fort Worth TX: 1983, 567
Niagara Falls ON: 2009, 564
Louisville KY: 1993, 549
Little Rock AR: 1986, 546
San Antonio TX: 1988, 546
Portland OR: 1972, 546
Surrey BC: 2018, 538
Raleigh NC: 2008, 538
Hartford CT: 1984, 535
Buffalo NY: 1974, 529
Coquitlam BC: 2019, 518
Virginia Beach VA: 2007, 508
Hallandale Beach FL: 2006, 505
San Diego CA: 1991, 500

Finally, alphabetically:
City Year Height (ft)
Albany NY: 1973, 589
Atlanta GA: 1992, 1023
Atlantic City NJ: 2012, 710
Austin TX: 2019, 690
Baltimore MD: 1973, 529
Boston MA: 1976, 790
Buffalo NY: 1974, 529
Burnaby BC: 2016, 614
Calgary AB: 2017, 810
Charlotte NC: 1992, 871
Chicago IL: 1974, 1451
Cincinnati OH: 2011, 665
Cleveland OH: 1991, 947
Columbus OH: 1973, 629
Coquitlam BC: 2019, 518
Dallas TX: 1985, 921
Denver CO: 1984, 714
Des Moines IA: 1991, 630
Detroit MI: 1977, 727
Edmonton AB: 2018, 823
Fort Worth TX: 1983, 567
Hallandale Beach FL: 2006, 505
Hartford CT: 1984, 535
Houston TX: 1982, 1002
Indianapolis IN: 1990, 811
Jacksonville FL: 1990, 617
Jersey City NJ: 2019, 899
Kansas City MO: 1988, 624
Las Vegas NV: 2020, 735
Little Rock AR: 1986, 546
Los Angeles CA: 2017, 1099
Louisville KY: 1993, 549
Miami FL: 2018, 868
Milwaukee WI: 1973, 601
Minneapolis MN: 1973, 792
Mississauga ON: 2022, 650
Mobile AL: 2007, 745
Montreal QC: 1992, 743
Nashville TN: 1994, 617
New Orleans LA: 1972, 697
New York NY: 2014, 1776
Niagara Falls ON: 2009, 564
Oklahoma City OK: 2012, 845
Omaha NE: 2002, 634
Philadelphia PA: 2018, 1122
Pittsburgh PA: 1970, 841
Portland OR: 1972, 546
Raleigh NC: 2008, 538
San Antonio TX: 1988, 546
San Diego CA: 1991, 500
San Francisco CA: 2018, 1070
Sandy Springs GA: 1988, 570
Seattle WA: 1985, 937
St. Louis MO: 1989, 593
Sunny Isles Beach FL: 2018, 659
Surrey BC: 2018, 538
Tampa FL : 1992, 579
Toronto ON: 2022, 1005
Tulsa OK: 1976, 667
Vancouver BC: 2008, 659
Vaughan ON: 2021, 575
Virginia Beach VA: 2007, 508

[Innsertnamehere]

Funny how Toronto jumps from, what, 1976 to 2022 now? Plus by the mid 2020's the current tallest will become the 4th tallest at least. Also, Toronto's new tallest according to the latest plans will be 1,009 feet.

[geomorph]

That's a fun list to browse, thank you!

[pianowizard]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Also, Toronto's new tallest according to the latest plans will be 1,009 feet.

Thanks for the info. I got the 1,005 figure from SkyscraperPage's Diagrams page, and also Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_(Toronto)

1,005 vs. 1,009 is a small enough difference that I will just leave it as "1,005 ft" for now. In fact even for completed buildings different sources sometimes differ by 1 - 5 ft. Some of it is probably a rounding error when people convert from meters to feet, or feet to meters. For the above list I used Emporis' figures whenever possible.

[Phil McAvity]

If you compiled those lists yourself you have even more spare time and interest in the subject than I have, and I have a lot of both

The title of the thread says, "was built" and the first building listed in Toronto may be built by 2022? Thus, I changed name of the thread from "was built" to "was/will be built"

Also, I believe that Cincinnati's Carew Tower held the title of the tallest building in any city in North America longer than any other since it's reign was 80 years, from 1930-2010 and even then, it was only rivalled due to the roof of Great American Tower as Carew is 8 more stories

[BnaBreaker]

It just misses your height threshold, but just for reference, the tallest building in Memphis, TN was built in 1965 (!!!) ... some things never change.

[Metro-One]

New Westminster, "Pier West 1" 590.6 feet. Expected completion 2020.

[pianowizard]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

If you compiled those lists yourself you have even more spare time and interest in the subject than I have, and I have a lot of both

It didn't take very long. I started with SkyscraperPage's Diagrams site where I did a search using the following options:

Country: United states, Canada
Structure Type: Highrise
Status: Built, Construction
Order By: Official height
Height: Feet

Then I looked through all the buildings and whenever a new city appeared, that building is the city's tallest, and I wrote down its year and structural height in an Excel file (so I could sort easily).

But as much as we love SkyscraperPage, Emporis' height data are more authoritative, so I looked up each city's tallest building there and used Emporis' data as the final height values.

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

The title of the thread says, "was built" and the first building listed in Toronto may be built by 2022? Thus, I changed name of the thread from "was built" to "was/will be built"

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

Also, I believe that Cincinnati's Carew Tower held the title of the tallest building in any city in North America longer than any other since it's reign was 80 years, from 1930-2010 and even then, it was only rivalled due to the roof of Great American Tower as Carew is 8 more stories

Originally Posted by BnaBreaker

It just misses your height threshold, but just for reference, the tallest building in Memphis, TN was built in 1965 (!!!) ... some things never change.

Though in this thread I listed only buildings at least 500 ft tall, my search actually continued until I hit 400 ft. The current tallest building in Providence RI, the Bank of America Building, was built in 1927!

Originally Posted by Metro-One

New Westminster, "Pier West 1" 590.6 feet. Expected completion 2020.

Thanks for the info. According to http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=111869 , its status is still "proposed". If you are 100% sure that it's under construction, let me know and I will add it to the list.