LIST OF TALLEST BUILDINGS IN NEW ORLEANS

For much of its history, New Orleans' skyline consisted of only low and mid rise structures. The soft soils of New Orleans are susceptible to subsidence, and there was doubt about the feasibility of constructing large high rises in such an environment. The 1960s brought the trailblazing World Trade Center New Orleans and Plaza Tower which demonstrated that high-rise could stand firm on New Orleans' soil. One Shell Square took its place as the city's tallest building in 1972, a title it will hold until the completion of the Trump International Hotel & Tower, scheduled in 2009. The oil boom of the early 1980s redefined New Orleans' skyline again with the development of the Poydras Street corridor. Today, New Orleans' high-rises are clustered along Canal Street and Poydras Street in the Central Business District.

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Tallest completed buildings in New Orleans

Under construction

Construction approved

Historical tallest in New Orleans

Tallest buildings in New Orleans's suburbs

See also

Reference

Tallest completed buildings in New Orleans

Rank	Name	Street Address	Height feet / meters	Floors	Year
1	One Shell Square	701 Poydras Street		51	1972
2	Place St. Charles	201 St. Charles Avenue		53	1984
3	Crescent City Towers	1001 Howard Avenue		45	1969
4	Energy Centre	1100 Poydras Street		39	1984
5	First Bank and Trust Tower	909 Poydras Street		36	1987
6	Sheraton New Orleans	500 Canal Street		48	1985
7	New Orleans Marriott	555 Canal Street		42	1985
8	Texaco Center	400 Poydras Street		32	1983
9	One Canal Place	365 Canal Street		32	1979
10	1010 Common	1010 Common Street		31	1970
11	World Trade Center New Orleans	2 Canal Street		33	1967
12	Dominion Tower	1450 Poydras Street		26	1989
13	225 Baronne Street	225 Baronne Street		29	1965
14	Hyatt Regency New Orleans	500 Poydras Plaza		27	1976
15	Entergy Tower	639 Loyola Avenue		28	1983
16	Hibernia Bank Building	812 Gravier Street		20	1921
17	1250 Poydras Plaza	1250 Poydras Street		24	1979
18	1515 Poydras	1515 Poydras Street		29	1984
19	Hilton New Orleans Riverside	2 Poydras Street		29	1977
20	JW Marriott Hotel New Orleans			30	1984
21	National American Bank Building	200 Carondelet Street		23	1929
22	Harrah's New Orleans - Poydras Street Hotel	230 Poydras Street		26	2006
23	Pan American Life Center	601 Poydras Street		28	1980
24	Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Place			29	1983
25	Poydras Center	650 Poydras Street		27	1983
26	Tidewater Building	1440 Canal Street		24	1971
27	Amoco Building	1340 Poydras Street		20	1977
28	W New Orleans			23	1984
29	Charity Hospital	1532 Tulane Avenue		20	1939
30	Freeport McMoRan Building	1615 Poydras Street		23	1984
31	Loews New Orleans Hotel	300 Poydras Street		22	1972
32	Louisiana Superdome				1972
33	1555 Poydras	1555 Poydras Street		22	1984
34	Windsor Court Hotel			22	1984
35	First National Bank of Commerce Building	210 Baronne Street		19	1927
36	Hilton New Orleans			20	1926
37	Chevron Place	935 Gravier Street		21	1981
38	Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel	817 Common Street		18	1925
39	The Fairmont Hotel New Orleans			15	1907
40	Gravier Place Apartments			14	1924
41	1501 Canal Street			17	1954
42	The Fairmont New Orleans Annex			15	1924
43	Hale Boggs Federal Complex			14	1962
44	Grand Palace Hotel			16	1951
45	Whitney National Bank Building			14	1909
46	Ritz-Carlton New Orleans			14	1909
47	Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans			14	2002
48	Staybridge Suites New Orleans			17	2004
49	Lake Marina Tower			19	1982
50	Charity School of Nursing			15	1939
51	625 Saint Charles	625 St. Charles Avenue		12	2002
52	F. Edward Hebert Federal Building			12	1939
53	Pontchartrain Hotel	2031 St. Charles Avenue		12	1927
54	Latter & Blum Building			11	1895
55	LSU Clinical Sciences Building			8	1931
56	New Orleans VA Medical Center			10
57	Le Pavillon Hotel			10	1907
58	Aquarium of the Americas				1990

Under construction

Tall buildings that are currently being built in New Orleans include:

Rank	Name	Street Address	Height feet / meters	Floors	Year
1	Trump International Hotel & Tower	501 Poydras Street		69	2009

Construction approved

Rank	Name	Street Address	Height feet / meters	Floors	Year

Historical tallest in New Orleans

The title of tallest building in New Orleans has changed several times over the decades.

Name	Street Address	Height feet / meters	Floors	Year
One Shell Square	701 Poydras Street		51	1972
Crescent City Towers	1001 Howard Avenue		45	1969
World Trade Center New Orleans	2 Canal Street		33	1967
225 Baronne Street	225 Baronne Street		29	1965
Hibernia Bank Building	812 Gravier Street		20	1921
The Fairmont Hotel New Orleans	123 Baronne Street		15	1907

Tallest buildings in New Orleans's suburbs

A few high-rise buildings are located in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, an unincorporated area of Jefferson Parish.

Rank	Name	Location	Height feet / meters	Floors	Year
1	Three Lakeway Center	Metairie		34	1987
2	The Galleria	Metairie		21	1986
3	Two Lakeway Center	Metairie		19	1983
4	Heritage Plaza	Metairie		18	1983
5	Executive Tower One	Metairie		14
6	One Lakeway Center	Metairie		14	1982

See also

★ List of buildings

★ List of tallest buildings in the world

★ List of tallest buildings and structures in the world

★ List of tallest buildings and structures in the world by country

★ List of tallest structures in the world

★ List of tallest structures in the world by type of use

★ List of towers

Reference

★ "New Orleans Buildings." Emporis.com. 27 Mar 2007 [1]