The world's historic skyscrapers are so much older than you'd think
Reach for the stars
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1979: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE
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1958: ICI House, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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1956: Torre Latinoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
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1931: Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA
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1924: Wilhelm-Marx-Haus, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1913: Woolworth Building, New York City, New York, USA
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1911: Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England, UK
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1909: MetLife Building, New York City, New York, USA
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1909: New Zealand Express Company Building, Dunedin, New Zealand
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1908: PAST, Warsaw, Poland
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1904: Union Bank Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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1898: Witte Huis, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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1893: Ames Building, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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1891: Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1889: New York Times Building, New York City, New York, USA
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1889: Old Chronicle Building, San Francisco, California, USA
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1888: New York Life Insurance Building, Montreal, Canada
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1888: Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1888: Wilder Building, Rochester, New York, USA
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1887: Sun Building, Washington DC, USA
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1885: Home Insurance Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1885: The Osborne, New York City, New York, USA
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1884: Hotel Chelsea, New York City, New York, USA
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1883: Temple Court Building, New York City, New York, USA
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AD 300: Shibam, Yemen
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