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Above: close-up skyline picture, with:
One Shell Plaza, Wells Fargo Plaza, Heritage Plaza,
One Allen Center, Three Allen Center,
and 1100 Louisana (behind Three Allen Center).


Above: 1100 Louisiana, home of the Southwest Bank Of Texas. (228m/748f, 55 stories, 1980).


Above left and middle: a few pictures of the Exxon Building
(185m/606f, 44 stories, 1963).It was Houston's tallest from 1963-1971.
Above right: KBR Tower (formally known as Kellegg Tower; 168m/550f, 40 stories, 1973).


Above left: Continental Center I (a.k.a. 1600 Smith Building, 223m/732f, 53 stories, 1984).
Above right: One Shell Plaza (218m/714f, 50 stories, 1971).
With the spire on top the building height would be 305m/1,000f.


Above left: First City Tower (202m/662f, 49 stories, 1981).
Above middle: two pics of Chevron Tower (221m/725f, 52 stories, 1982).
Above right: One Houston Center (207m/678f, 46 stories, 1978).
On the left is Chevron Tower.


Above left and middle left: Centerpoint Energy Plaza (a.k.a. Reliant Energy Plaza; 226m/741f, 47 stories, 1974)
(the top of the building was added in 1996, which gave the building an extra height of almost 28m/90f).
Above middle and middle right: the Pennzoil Place Buildings 1 and 2 (159m/523f, 36 stories, 1975).
The two Pennzoil Place buildings are held in tense equilibrium by a 10-foot/3 metres wide slot that seperates them.
Above right: Wedge International Tower (168m/550f, 43 stories, 1983),
with Continental Center I (223m/732f, 53 stories, 1984) in the background.


Above: another shot of Houston's skyline.


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Houston's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. JPMORGANCHASE TOWER 305m/1,002f, 75 stories, 1982
2. WELLS FARGO PLAZA 296m/972f, 71 stories, 1983
3. WILLIAMS TOWER 275m/901f, 64 stories, 1983
4. BANK OF AMERICA CENTER 238m/780f, 56 stories, 1983
5. HERITAGE PLAZA 232m/762f, 53 stories, 1987
6. 1100 LOUISIANA 228m/748f, 55 stories, 1980
7. CENTERPOINT ENERGY PLAZA 226m/741f, 47 stories, 1974
8. CONTINENTAL CENTER I 223m/732f, 53 stories, 1984
9. CHEVRON TOWER 221m/725f, 52 stories, 1982
10. ONE SHELL PLAZA 218m/714f, 50 stories, 1971


The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.

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