At 284 feet, it’s about as high as New York’s Flatiron Building. Just below that are tall timber buildings in Asia, Canada and Europe, with some of the most ambitious projects rising in old ...

At 792 feet, the Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway was the tallest in the world from 1913 to 1930. ... Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: It’s Old Buildings, New Views.

The issue in 227-year-old Cincinnati is less about building height and more about age and materials used. Many of the older Cincinnati buildings, Cunningham said, ...

The Cairo building is the tallest private building in D.C. at 164 feet, and it sits at the center of the city’s height act. ... Yet changing the century-old Height Act may not be easy.

The proposal includes construction of a 30-story, 380-foot-tall residential and hospitality tower at 45 Union St. and a timber and glass retail pavilion at 55 Union St.