FRANKFURT


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Frankfurt, situated on the River Main, is one of Germany's largest cities
(population: about 650,000). It can be considered the banking city of Germany and
even of Europe, as the ECB (European Central Bank) has its headquarters in one of Frankfurt's tallest skyscrapers (Eurotower).
In World War II, Frankfurt was almost completely destroyed,
and had to be rebuilt from scratch. In the early Seventies, the first skyscrapers appeared.
Although controversial at the beginning, nowadays the modern and distinctive looking
skyscrapers of Frankfurt are generally accepted and give the city something special.
At the moment, Frankfurt has just over 70 buildings taller than 50m/165f, and many more are planned.

Although people from London, Moscow, and Paris might not agree, Frankfurt can be considered
Europe's #1 skyscraper city. Without a doubt, it's the only city in Europe that has
a downtown area filled with quite a few (very tall) high-rises.
The fact that today Frankfurt loves its skyscrapers is best shown by a 'Wolkenkratzer' Festival that the city holds every few years.
The last two Festivals, held in May of 2001 and May of 2007, drew thousands of people from Frankfurt and surrounding areas,
but also from other German cities and even some visitors from abroad.
During the Wolkenkratzer Festivals some 15 skyscrapers opened their doors to the public
and in most of them the public could go to one of the top floors and sometimes even the roof of the building.
The next skyscraper festival will probably be held in 2012 or 2013.


The Following buildings can be found on the pictures (when clicking the above picture)
in the sequence as seen below:
(the number in front indicates the ranking of tallest building in the city; top 20)

(1) Commerzbank Tower (259m/850f, 56 stories, 1997)
(2) MesseTurm (257m/843f, 55 stories, 1990)
(3) DZ-Bank Turm / Westend Strasse #1 (208m/682f, 53 stories, 1993)
(4) MAIN TOWER (200m/656f, 55 stories, 1999)
(5) Trianon (186m/610f, 45 stories, 1993)
(6) Silver Tower (166m/546f, 32 stories, 1978)
(7) Plaza Büro Center (159m/523f, 47 stories, 1976)
(8/9) Deutsche Bank Towers I & II (155m/509f, 40/38 stories, 1984)
(10) Skyper (154m/505f, 38 stories, 2004)
(11) Euro Tower (148m/486f, 39 stories, 1977)
(12) Frankfurter Büro Center (142m/467f, 40 stories, 1980)
(13) City-Haus (142m/466f, 42 stories, 1974)
(14) Gallileo (136m/446f, 38 stories, 2003)
(15) Pollux (130m/427f, 33 stories, 1997)
(16) Garden Towers (127m/417f, 25 stories, 1976)
(17) Messe Torhaus (117m/384f, 30 stories, 1985)
(18) AfE-Turm (116m/382f, 32 stories, 1972)
(19) Japan Center (115m/377f, 27 stories, 1996)
(20) Parktower (115m/377f, 29 stories, 1972 (reconstruction: 2007)
Westhafen Tower (112m/368f, 31 stories, 2003)
IBC Tower (112m/367f, 30 stories, 2003)
Eurotheum (110m/361f, 31 stories, 1999)
Neue Mainzer Strasse 32-36 (109m/356f, 28 stories, 1973)
Holiday Inn Hotel (100m/328f, 28 stories, 1972)
WestendDuo (96m/315f, 26 stories, 2006)
Kastor (95m/312f, 22 stories, 1997)
Deutsche Bank IBCF (93m/305f, 21 stories, 1975)
Union Investment (93m/305f, 19 stories, 1977)
MAIN PLAZA (88m/289f, 24 stories, 2001)
Bürohaus an der Alten Oper (89m/292f, 20 stories, 1984)
Radisson SAS (87m/285f, 20 stories, 2005)
Rhein-Main-Center (84m/276f, 22 stories, 1969)
BHF-Bank (82m/269f, 23 stories, 1966)
MainForum (80m/262f, 22 stories, 2003)
Europaturm (331m/1,086f, 1979)
Henninger Turm (120m/394f, 33 stories 1961)




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