List of tallest buildings in Denver
This list of tallest buildings in Denver ranks skyscrapers and high-rises in the U.S. city of Denver, Colorado, by height. The tallest building in Denver is the 56-story Republic Plaza, which rises 714 feet (218 m) and was completed in 1984.[1] It stands as the 109th-tallest building in the United States, and the tallest building in the state of Colorado. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city and the state is 1801 California Street, commonly known as Qwest Tower, which rises 709 feet (216 m).[2] Twenty-nine of the thirty tallest buildings in Colorado are located in Denver.[3]
The history of skyscrapers in Denver began with the completion of the Equitable Building in 1892; this building, rising 143 feet (44 m) and nine floors, was the first high-rise in Denver.[4] The title of the city's "first skyscraper" is usually given to the Daniels & Fisher Tower, which rises 371 feet (113 m) and was completed in 1910.[5][6] The city went through a large building boom that lasted from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. During this time, 21 of the city's 27 tallest buildings were constructed, including Republic Plaza, 1801 California Street, and the Wells Fargo Center. The city is the site of seven skyscrapers over 492 feet (150 m) in height, including two which rank among the tallest in the United States. Overall, the skyline of Denver is ranked (based upon existing and under construction buildings over 492 feet (150 m) tall) second in the Mountain States (after Las Vegas) and seventeenth in the United States.[A] As of June 2008[update], there are 190 completed high-rises in the city.[7]
The most recently completed skyscraper in Denver is the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center, which rises 489 feet (149 m) and 38 floors.[8] As of June 2008[update], there are two skyscrapers under construction in the city, with three more proposed for construction. The tallest building recently completed in Denver is the Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, which rises 45 stories and 565 feet (172 m).[9] It now stands as the fourth-tallest building in Denver, as well as the city's tallest residential tower. As of June 2008[update], there are 25 high-rise buildings under construction, approved for construction, and proposed for construction in Denver.[7]
Tallest buildings
This lists ranks Denver skyscrapers that stand at least 350 feet (107 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
Rank | Name | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | Republic Plaza | 714 / 218 | 56 | 1984 | Has been the tallest building in Denver and Colorado since 1984. Tallest building in the Mountain States. Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1980s.[1][10] |
2 | 1801 California Street | 709 / 216 | 52 | 1983 | The tallest building in Denver and Colorado when completed in 1983 until it was surpassed by the Republic Plaza building in 1984. The roof houses an antenna mast; with this structure included, the building reaches to a total height of 738 feet (225 m). When measuring by pinnacle height this building remains the tallest building in Denver, Colorado.[2][11][12] |
3 | Wells Fargo Center | 698 / 213 | 50 | 1983 | Nicknamed "the Cash Register" because of its unique crown.[13][14] |
4 | Four Seasons Hotel Denver | 565 / 172 | 45 | 2010 | Topped off mid-September 2009.[15] |
5 | 1999 Broadway | 544 / 166 | 43 | 1985 | Built around the historic Holy Ghost Church.[16][17] |
6 | 707 17th Street | 522 / 159 | 42 | 1981 | Formerly known as MCI Plaza.[18][19] |
7 | 555 17th Street | 507 / 155 | 40 | 1978 | Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1970s.[20][21] |
8 | Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center | 489 / 149 | 38 | 2005 | [8][22] |
9 | Spire | 478 / 145 | 41 | Late 2009 | Topped off March 2009.[23] |
10 | 1670 Broadway | 448 / 137 | 34 | 1980 | [24][25] |
11 | 17th Street Plaza | 438 / 134 | 33 | 1982 | [26][27] |
12 | First Interstate Tower North | 434 / 132 | 32 | 1974 | Also known as 633 17th Street.[28][29] |
13 | Brooks Tower | 420 / 128 | 42 | 1968 | Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1960s.[30][31] |
14 | Denver Place South Tower | 416 / 127 | 34 | 1981 | [32][33] |
15 | One Tabor Center | 408 / 124 | 30 | 1984 | [34][35] |
16 | Johns Manville Plaza | 404 / 123 | 29 | 1978 | [36][37] |
17 | Granite Tower | 398 / 121 | 31 | 1983 | [38][39] |
18 | The Ritz-Carlton | 390 / 119 | 38 | 1983 | [40][41] |
19 | U.S. Bank Tower | 389 / 119 | 26 | 1975 | [42][43] |
20 | 621 17th Street | 384 / 117 | 28 | 1957 | Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1950s.[44][45] |
21 | 1600 Glenarm Place | 384 / 117 | 32 | 1967 | Also known as Glenarm Plaza. Originally known as the Security Life building.[46][47] |
22 | One Lincoln Park | 380 / 110 | 32 | 2008 | [48] |
23 | Denver Financial Center | 374 / 114 | 32 | 1981 | [49][50] |
24 | Daniels & Fisher Tower | 371 / 113 | 20 | 1910 | Tallest building located west of the Mississippi River from 1910 until 1914. Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1910s.[6][51] |
25 | Dominion Plaza South | 368 / 112 | 28 | 1982 | [52][53] |
26 | Lincoln Center | 366 / 112 | 30 | 1972 | [54][55] |
27 | 1125 17th Street | 363 / 111 | 25 | 1980 | [56][57] |
28 | United Western Financial Center | 357 / 109 | 24 | 1961 | Also known as Matrix Capital Bank Tower.[58][59] |
29 | World Trade Center II | 357 / 109 | 29 | 1980 | [60][61] |
30 | 1600 Broadway | 352 / 107 | 26 | 1972 | Also known as Colorado State Bank.[62][63] |
31 | The Curtis | 350 / 107 | 30 | 1974 | Also known as Executive Tower.[64][65] |
Tallest under construction and proposed
This lists skyscrapers that are under construction and proposed in Denver and planned to rise over 350 feet (107 m), but are not yet completed structures. A floor count of 40 stories is used as the cutoff in place of a height of 400 feet (122 m) for buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers.
Name | Height* ft / m |
Floors | Year | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two Tabor Center | 630 / 192 | 43 | 2012 | Proposed | [66] |
1501 Tremont Place | 494 / 150.6 | 34 | 2014 | Proposed | [67] |
999 17th Street | 390 / 119 | 24 | 2014 | Proposed | [68] |
* Table entry without text indicate that information regarding building height has not yet been released.
Timeline of tallest buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Denver.
Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height ft / m |
Floors | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equitable Building | 730 17th Street | 1892–1910 | 148 / 45 | 9 | [4] |
Daniels & Fisher Tower | 1601 Arapahoe Street | 1910–1957 | 371 / 113 | 20 | [51] |
621 17th Street | 621 17th Street | 1957–1968 | 384 / 117 | 28 | [45] |
1600 Glenarm Place | 1600 Glenarm Place | 1967–1968 | 384 / 117 | 32 | [47] |
Brooks Tower | 1020 15th Street | 1968–1974 | 420 / 128 | 42 | [31] |
First Interstate Tower North | 633 17th Street | 1974–1978 | 434 / 132 | 32 | [29] |
555 17th Street | 555 17th Street | 1978–1981 | 509 / 155 | 40 | [21] |
MCI Plaza | 707 17th Street | 1981–1982 | 522 / 159 | 42 | [19] |
1801 California Street | 1801 California Street | 1982–1984 | 709 / 216 | 53 | [11] |
Republic Plaza | 330 17th Street | 1984–present | 714 / 218 | 56 | [10] |
Notes
- A. ^ New York has 216 existing and under construction buildings at least 492 feet (150 m), Chicago has 114, Miami has 32, Houston has 31, Los Angeles has 26, San Francisco has 21, Dallas has 20, Atlanta has 19, Boston has 19, Las Vegas has 16, Seattle has 15, Philadelphia has 15, Minneapolis has 11, Pittsburgh has 10, Jersey City has 9, Detroit has 8, Denver has 7. Source of skyline ranking information: SkyscraperPage.com: New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Jersey City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Denver.
References
- General
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- ^ a b "1801 California Street". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Colorado Skyscrapers". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ a b "Equitable Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
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- ^ a b "Daniels & Fisher Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ^ a b "High-rise Buildings of Denver". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ a b "Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Four Seasons Hotel and Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
- ^ a b "Republic Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b "1801 California". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Embassy Suites Downtown". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Wells Fargo Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Wells Fargo Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Four Seasons Mast".
- ^ "1999 Broadway". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "1999 Broadway". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "707 17th Street". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b "MCI Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "555 17th Street". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b "555 17th Street". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Spire from the top". Retrieved 2009-10-05. [dead link]
- ^ "1670 Broadway". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "1670 Broadway". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "17th Street Plaza". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "17th Street Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
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- ^ a b "633 17th Street". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Brooks Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b "Brooks Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Denver Place South Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Denver Place South Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "One Tabor Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "One Tabor Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Johns Manville Plaza". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Johns Manville Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Granite Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
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- ^ "The Ritz-Carlton, Denver". Retrieved 2007-12-25.
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- ^ "US Bank Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "US Bank Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "621 17th Street". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b "621 17th Street". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "1600 Glenarm Place". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b "Glenarm Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "DenverInfill". Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ^ "Denver Financial Center Tower 1". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Denver Financial Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ a b "Dominion Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ^ "Dominion Plaza South". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Dominion Plaza". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Lincoln Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Lincoln Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Bank One Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Bank One Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "United Western Financial Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Matrix Capital Bank Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "World Trade Center II". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "World Trade Center II". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "1600 Broadway". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Colorado State Bank". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "The Curtis". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Executive Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ "Two Tabor Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ^ http://www.denverinfill.com/blog/archives/2008_10_01_archive.html
- ^ "999 17th Street". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
External links
- Diagram of Denver skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage
- DenverSkyscrapers.com