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195 Broadway
New York City
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feet
29
floors
1916
year built

195 Broadway is a 29-story building on Broadway in the Financial District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was the longtime headquarters of American Telephone and Telegraph, as well as Western Union for a time. It occupies an entire block on one side of Broadway, running from Dey Street to Fulton Street. It also has the address 15 Dey Street, well known as the site of one end of the first transcontinental telephone call.

Book Tower
Detroit
475
feet
38
floors
1916
year built

The Book Tower is an Italian Renaissance styled tower in Detroit, Michigan. Construction began in 1916 as an addition to the original Book Building and finished a decade later. Designed in the Academic Classicism style, it is 475 feet (145 m) and 38 stories tall (not including two basement levels), with two mechanical floors at the top encasing the green copper roof, a roofing style shared by the nearby Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel.

Bush Tower
New York City
433
feet
30
floors
1916
year built

Bush Tower, also called the Bush Terminal International Exhibit Building is an historic thirty-story skyscraper located just east of Times Square at 130-132 West 42nd Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1916-18 for Irving T. Bush's Bush Terminal Company, owners of Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

289
feet
21
floors
1916
year built

The Constellation Energy Building is a skyscraper in Baltimore, Maryland. Standing at 289 feet (88 m) it was tied with the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower from 1916 to 1923 as the tallest building in Baltimore. It is 21 floors and located at 39 Lexington Street.

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feet
22
floors
1916
year built

The DoubleTree Guest Suites Fort Shelby/Detroit Downtown is an historic high-rise hotel, located at 525 West Lafayette Boulevard (at First Street) in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was originally named the "Fort Shelby Hotel" when it opened its doors in 1916. In 1951 it was renamed the "Pick Fort Shelby" when it was bought out by the Albert Pick Hotels Company. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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feet
23
floors
1916
year built

The Penobscot Building Annex is a high-rise office tower in Detroit, Michigan, located on 144 West Congress Street which is physically connected to the Penobscot Building. It was built in 1913 and stands at 26 storeys tall, with three basement floors, and 23 above-ground floors. It is primarily used as an office building. It was designed in the Chicago School architectural style.

172
feet
12
floors
1916
year built

The Vinton Building is a residential high-rise located at 600 Woodward Avenue (at the northeast corner of Woodward and Congress Street) in Detroit, Michigan. It is located next to the First National Building, and stands across Woodward Avenue from Chase Tower, and across Congress Street from Comerica Tower and the Guardian Building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It stands 12 stories tall, 172 ft. (52 m), with 2 basement levels for a total of 14 floors.

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