List of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings

The following is a list of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings.

List

Rank	Building name	City	Height	Floors	Year completed	Year demolished	Method	Reason
1	Singer Building	New York City	614 ft (187 m)	47	1908	1968	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza
2	Morrison Hotel	Chicago	526 ft (160 m)	45	1925	1965	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for Bank One Plaza
3	Deutsche Bank Building	New York City	517 ft (157.6 m)	39	1973	2011	manual demolition	Heavily damaged from the September 11 attacks
4	One Meridian Plaza	Philadelphia	492 ft (150 m)	38	1972	1999	manual demolition	Heavily damaged from a fire on February 23, 1991
5	City Investing Building	New York City	487 ft (148 m)	33	1908	1968	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for One Liberty Plaza
6	Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka	Tokyo	463 ft (141 m)	39	1982	2013	manual demolition
7	The Harmon	Las Vegas	453 ft (138 m)	47	2009	2015	manual demolition	Found to be structurally deficient and demolished. Never opened.
8	J.L. Hudson's Department Store and Addition	Detroit	439 ft (134 m)	29	1927	1998	implosion	Was neglected for 12 years, and considered beyond repair. The decision was controversial.
t-9	Savoy-Plaza Hotel	New York City	420 ft (128 m)	33	1927	1965	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for General Motors Building.
t-9	State Office Block	Sydney	420 ft (128 m)	32	1965	1997	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for Aurora Place.
11	First National Bank Building	Pittsburgh	387 ft (118 m)	26	1912	1970	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for One PNC Plaza.
12	AfE-Turm	Frankfurt	381 ft (116 m)	32	1972	2014	implosion
13	Landmark Tower	Fort Worth	380 ft (116 m)	30	1952	2006	implosion	Damaged in tornado in 2000
14	Richfield Tower	Los Angeles	372 ft (113 m)	30	1929	1969	manual demolition
15	Landmark Las Vegas	Las Vegas	364 ft (111 m)	31	1969	1995	implosion	Demolished to make way for a parking lot for Las Vegas Convention Center
16	Wilson Mendes Caldeira Building	São Paulo	361 ft (110 m)	32	1963	1975	implosion	Imploded to make way for the Sé metro station and Praça da Sé
17	Stardust Las Vegas	Las Vegas	354 ft (108 m)	32	1991	2007	implosion	Demolished to make way for Echelon Place and Resorts World Las Vegas
18	Farmers Bank Building	Pittsburgh	345 ft (105 m)	27	1902	1997	implosion
19	Sparkasse Hagen tower	Hagen	331 ft (101 m)	21	1975	2004	implosion
20	CRA Building	Melbourne	325 ft (99 m)	26	1962	1988	manual demolition	Demolished to make way for 101 Collins Street
21	1515 Tower	West Palm Beach	320 ft (98 m)	30	1974	2010	implosion	Damaged by hurricanes in 2004
22	Houston Main Building	Houston	312 ft (95 m)	21	1952	2012	implosion
23	Sander Hall	Cincinnati	297 ft (91 m)	27	1971	1991	implosion
24	21 Birnie Court	Glasgow	292 ft (89 m)	31	1966	2013	implosion
25	Hotel Grand Chancellor	Christchurch	279 ft (85 m)	26	1986	2012	manual demolition	Damaged by 2011 Christchurch earthquake
26	Dunes Las Vegas	Las Vegas	275 ft (84 m)	24	1961	1993	implosion	Demolished to make way for Bellagio Las Vegas
27	Sheraton-Oklahoma Hotel	Oklahoma City	245 ft (75 m)	24	1932	1977	implosion	Demolished because it was in the way of an urban development.