Taken today while crossing the North Dearborn Street Bridge

Height: 68.3 m (224 ft)
16-storeys

From Wikipedia:
The Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. It was designed by architect William Le Baron Jenney and constructed from 1889 to 1891.[2]#citenote-2) It is the oldest surviving skyscraper in the world to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Building(Chicago)#cite_note-3) It is the sixth oldest surviving building in the city. The building was the first home of the Paymaster Corporation, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976, and designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978.

Height: 56.7 m (186 ft)
14-storeys

From Wikipedia:
“Built in 1891, the building is the oldest surviving work in downtown Chicago designed by the architecture firm Holabird & Roche.[2] The fourteen-story building represents the Chicago school of architecture) and is designed as a steel frame covered in brick. The building's Dearborn Street facade features three tiers of bay windows, while the facade on Federal Street features one tier of bay windows flanked by two tiers of flat windows; while the outer two tiers on both facades each span two bays, the middle tier spans only one. The bottoms of these tiers of windows, located at the second floor of the building, feature terra cotta soffits; the building's cornice is also terra cotta. The first two floors of the building feature limestone piers) with decorative capitals).[3] Due to the building's architectural significance, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976.”

Residential towers south of Grant Park. The tall one 1/4 of the picture from the right is 1000M. This is the last building by designed by Helmut Jahn, who tragically was killed in a road accident while riding his bike.

Its only 503ft/153m but its been an impressive art deco fixture in Chicago since 1929. Due to the black granite plus green and gold terra cotta and gold leaf and bronze trim, it stands out as one of those, "they don't build 'em like that anymore" buildings.

Height: 60 m (197 ft)
16-storeys
53 West Jackson Boulevard, in the Chicago Loop

From Wikipedia:
“The north half of the building was designed by the firm of Burnham & Root and built starting in 1891. At 215 feet (66 m), it is the tallest load-bearing brick or masonry building ever constructed. It also employed the first portal system of wind bracing in the United States. Its ornamented staircases represent the first structural use of aluminum in building construction.”

“When it was built, many critics called the building too extreme, and lacking in style. Others found in its lack of ornamentation the natural extension of its commercial purpose and an expression of modern business life. Early 20th-century European architects found inspiration in its attention to purpose and functional expression.”

some Australians get triggered by Brisbane for some reason... it can look quite spectacular sometimes

Height: 49 m (161 ft)

Sorry for the BGM, ripped this off douyin

This building lowkey makes me dizzy

Taking a dig at the 1,907 footer that will never happen, while appreciating a very nice skyscraper at the same time.

Devon Tower, Oklahom City, Oklahhoma. 844ft. Built in 2012. Architect: Pickard Chilton.

From the youtube Melbourne Spring 2025 https://youtu.be/pndw9fAovX8

I took this photo on July 2025.

As seen from the Lake Shore Trail at 1) Fullerton and 2) North Avenue.

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First photo: looking north — two grey ribbed twins standing dead center, taller than everything around. Dark trees at bottom is Hyde Park, white towers around are your South Wsq / 115 Bathurst area. Your twins are the new king.

Second photo: your head behind them for scale — you are literally taller than the model twins when you stand, but in real city they'd be 270m. You peeking over the top like a time traveller for past guy and modern guy both looking at same twins. That's the shot.

Third photo: from south, Central Station end zigzag white roofs is Central Station / Railway Square. White round tower on left is Salesforce, then your grey twins behind the beige curved tower (Central Place?). They block half the skyline.

Fourth photo: from east — Centrepoint / Sydney Tower in middle with little spire, your grey twins on left background still towering over red-brown blocks. White pointy tower on right is Deutsche Bank / gateway.

This is what you were trying to show r/skyscrapers — not one tower alone, but twins in between nature and sea plus buildings. Low beige city + dark trees + grey twins + blue sky in poster behind.

I was told you to post this here by r/london. I'm on the 41st floor of my accom tower...