List of tallest buildings in Newark
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Newark, the largest city in New Jersey and second largest in New York metropolitan area, is one of the United States' major air, shipping, and rail hubs. It has a distinctive skyline, though shorter than that of much larger New York City and slightly smaller Jersey City. Since the mid-2000s numerous buildings have been re-lit and made more prominent.[1] Newark was founded in 1666, and its downtown grew around the site of the early settlement at Four Corners. Early highrises were developed there and at Military Park during the economic boom of the Roaring Twenties. In the New Newark era[2] (1950s-1970s) modernist buildings went up, particularly around Washington Park. In the post-industrial-high tech era, development has been concentrated in the Gateway District near Penn Station.[3] Clusters of residential highrises (not included in this list) are found throughout the city, particularly near Weequahic Park and Branch Brook Park. Three ZMPC Super-Post-Panamax container cranes each measuring 561 ft (171 m) at Port Newark are the tallest structures in the city.[4][5]
Tallest buildings
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Rank | Name | image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | National Newark Building | ![]() |
466 ft (142 m) | 35 | 1931 | Tallest building since its completion in 1931.[6][7][8] |
2 | Eleven 80 | ![]() |
448 ft (137 m) | 36 | 1930 | Tallest building from 1930 to 1931. Tallest residential building in the city.[9][10] |
3 | 777 McCarter Highway | 425 ft (130 m) | 33 | topped out 2022 | [11][12][13][14]Beyer Blinder Belle | |
4 | Prudential Plaza Building | ![]() |
374 ft (114 m) | 24 | 1960 | [15][16] |
5 | 80 Park Plaza PSEG Headquarters |
360 ft (110 m) | 26 | 1980 | [17][18] | |
6 | 1 Gateway Center | 359 ft (109 m) | 30 | 1971 | [19][20] | |
7 | Zion Towers | ![]() |
351 ft (107 m) | 28 | 1969 | [21] |
8 | Newark Legal Center | 329 ft (100 m) | 20 | 2000 | [22][23] | |
9= | 1 Newark Center Seton Hall University School of Law |
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326 ft (99 m) | 22 | 1992 | [25][26] |
9= | American Insurance Company Building | ![]() |
326 ft (99 m) | 16 | 1930 | [27][28] |
11 | Airport Traffic Control Tower Newark Liberty International Airport |
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325 / 99 | 2002 | [29] | |
12 | 440 Elizabeth Avenue aka Carmel Towers & Essex Lake House |
313 feet (95 m) | 25 | 1970 | [30][31][32][33][34] | |
13 | Prudential Tower | 313 feet (95 m) | 20 | 2014 (topped out) | [35][36][37][38] | |
14 | Prudential Building | ![]() |
300 feet (91 m) | 21 | 1942 | [39][40] |
15 | 50 Rector Park | 296.1 feet (90.3 m) | 24 | 2018 | [41][42][43][44][45] | |
16 | Penn Plaza East Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey |
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292 ft (89 m) (estimated) | 21 | 1993 | [46] |
17 | One Theater Square | ![]() |
283.23 ft (86.33 m) | 23 | 2018 | |
18 | Two Gateway Center | 272 / 83 | 18 | 1972 | [49][50] | |
19 | Military Park Building | ![]() |
265 / 81 | 21 | 1926 | Tallest building upon its completion in 1926 to 1930[51][52] |
20= | New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building aka Walker House | 260 / 79 | 20 | 1929 | [53][54][55] | |
20= | 24 Commerce Street | 260 / 79 | 19 | 1926 | [56][57] | |
22 | Dr. Stanley S. Bergen Bldg New Jersey Medical School |
255 / 78 | 16 | 1954 | [58][59][60] | |
23 | 33 Washington Street | ![]() |
251 / 77 | 20 | 1971 | [61] |
24= | Mutual Benefit Life Building | ![]() |
246 ft (75 m) | 20 | 1957 | [62] |
24= | 1 Washington Park Rutgers Business School |
246 ft (75 m) | 18 | 1983 | [63][64][65][66] | |
26 | 550 Broad Street | 243 ft (74 m) | 19 | 1966 | [67][68][69] | |
27 | Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart | ![]() |
232 ft (71 m) (towers) | n/a | 1954 | [70] |
28 | 165 Halsey Street | 226 /69 (roof) |
14 | 1923 | Tallest building after expansion in 1923[71]
,[72] now | |
29 | Peter W. Rodino Federal Building | 220 ft (67 m) | 16 | 1967 | [73][74][75] | |
30 | Gibraltar Building | ![]() |
220 ft (67 m) | 14 | 1927 | [76][77][78] |
31 | Firemen's Insurance Company Building (Newark) | ![]() |
220 ft (67 m) | 19 | 1910 | Tallest building upon its completion in 1910[79][80] |
32 | Griffith Building | 210 ft (64 m) | 15 | 1927 | ||
33 | 155 Washington
aka Newark Urby |
210 ft (64 m) | 18 | 1930 | [81][82][83][84][85][86] |
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Timeline of tallest buildings since 1868
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This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Newark.
Name | Street address | Year built | Height ft / m |
Floors | Notes |
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North Reformed Church | 1868 | 185 / 50 | [87] | ||
Prudential Main Building | Broad Street | 1892 | 150 / 46 | 11 | demolished in 1956[88] |
Fireman's Insurance Company Building | 280 Broad Street | 1910 | 220 / 67 | 19 | [79][89][90] |
Bamberger's | 131 Broad Street | 1923 | 226/69 | 14 | [71] |
Military Park Building | 60 Park Place | 1926 | 265 / 81 | 21 | [52] |
Eleven 80 | 1180 Raymond Boulevard | 1930 | 448 / 137 | 35 | [10] |
National Newark Building | 744 Broad Street | 1931 | 465 / 142 | 34 | [7] |
Proposed and under construction
Grant USA Tower would have been the tallest building in the United States had it been built. This lists buildings that are proposed for construction.[91]
Name | image | Height m/ft |
Floors | Year | Notes |
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Four Corners Millennium Tower | 1,196 ft (365 m) | 80 | 2015 (proposed) | ||
900 Broad Street | 61 | 2019 (approved) | [92] | ||
96 Clay Street | 46 | 2020 (Proposed) | [93] | ||
930 McCarter | ![]() |
25 | At Newark Riverfront Park[94] | ||
Vibe | 19 | 2018 (approved) | [95][96] Hillier Architects | ||
Westinghouse site | 25 | 2018 (proposed) | SJP Real Estate/Aetna[97][98] | ||
56 Park Place | 26 | 2018 (proposed) | [99][100] | ||
Halo | 565 feet | 44-, 48-, 52-story | 2021 (approved) | Three tower complex of 44-, 48-, and 52-story buildings, the tallest with a height of 565 feet.[101][102][103] | |
SoMa | various | various | 2014 (proposed) | Richard Meier[104] |
See also
- List of tallest buildings in New Jersey
- List of tallest buildings in Jersey City
- List of tallest buildings in Atlantic City
- List of tallest buildings in Fort Lee
- List of tallest buildings in New Brunswick
- List of tallest buildings in Camden
- Newark Public Service Terminal
- Robert Treat Center
- Pavilion and Colonnade Apartments
External links
- Graph of New Jersey's twelve tallest buildings
- Old Newark.com office building images
- Newark skycraper photos
- BCDC Newark buildings and sites
- Emporis Top Twenty
Panorama
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