How Old Is Your Tallest?

An interesting way to think about dynamism in our cities

In what year was each major American city’s tallest building built? Does this tell you anything about a place’s attitudes towards growth?

I’m not sure how meaningful a measure it is, but I thought of this in the observation deck of the Columbia Center tower in Seattle, looking out over the city. That building, the city’s tallest, was finished in 1985. Th…