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Skyline of Phoenix in 2009. Phoenix, the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona, has 58 completed high-rises taller than 200 feet (61 m). [1] The tallest building in Phoenix is the 40-story Chase Tower, completed in 1972 with 38 habitable floors rising to 483 feet (147 m). [2] It is also the tallest building in Arizona.
In 2004, prominent New York real estate developer Donald Trump proposed a $200 million luxury hotel-condominium development at 26th Street and Camelback Road in the highly upscale Camelback Corridor (near the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and the Biltmore Fashion Park shopping center) of Phoenix.
The tallest building in the U.S. by architectural height is currently Central Park Tower in New York, which is approximately 1,550 feet (470 m)—more than the combined heights of the tallest buildings in Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.
Bank of America then occupied the tower until 2001 when the Bank of America Tower was completed at the Collier Center. In January 2005, [147] this tower was renamed U.S. Bank Center and underwent a modest renovation to reflect the building's newest and largest tenant. 1977 Maricopa County Central Court Building 234 ft (71 m) [148] 13 [148]
The 240 ft (73 m) steel tower and 40 ft (12 m) antenna on top of the building were erected in 1949 to broadcast Phoenix's first television station, KPHO-TV channel 5, taking the total height of the structure to 488 ft (149 m), making it the tallest structure in Downtown Phoenix. [18] In 1960, KPHO moved to its new transmitter on South Mountain.
The towers were built in 1957 and are located at 2201 N. Central Avenue. Phoenix Towers was built as a resident-owned cooperative community, Phoenix Towers is now considered an outstanding example of mid-century architecture and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 2, 2008, reference #07001334.