List of tallest buildings in Jersey City

Skyline of Jersey City (Use cursor to identify)

This list of tallest buildings in Jersey City ranks skyscrapers and high-rises in the U.S. city of Jersey City, New Jersey by height. The tallest building in Jersey City is the 42-story 30 Hudson Street, known widely as the "Goldman Sachs Tower", which rises 781 feet (238 m) and was completed in 2004.^[1] It is currently the 49th-tallest building in the United States, and the tallest building in the state of New Jersey. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is 101 Hudson Street, which rises 548 feet (167 m) and stands as New Jersey's third-tallest building.^[2] Ten of the twenty tallest buildings in New Jersey are located in Jersey City. With a population of less than 250,000, Jersey City is the least populous city in the U.S. with a building over 750 feet (229 m).

The history of skyscrapers in Jersey City began with the 1928 completion of Labor Bank Building, which is often regarded as the first skyscraper in the city; it rises 15 floors and 179 feet (55 m) in height.^[3][4] The building, now known as "26 Journal Square", was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[3] Jersey City went through a relatively small building boom in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and then entered a larger period of commercial and residential high-rise construction in the late 1990s. This second boom has resulted in the construction of many of the city's tallest buildings, including 30 Hudson Street and the Harborside Financial Center development. There are currently 16 completed buildings that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) in height, with another 36 under construction, approved for construction, or proposed for construction. In addition, Jersey City is the site of nine buildings that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height, including those under construction. Overall, Jersey City's skyline is ranked (based on existing and under-construction buildings over 492 feet (150 m) tall) first in New Jersey, fifth in the Northeast (after New York City, Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh) and fourteenth in the United States.^[A] As of April 2008, there are 88 completed high-rises in the city.^[5]

Jersey City's skyscraper construction boom that began in the late 1990s has continued to the present, with 10 of the city's 16 tallest buildings being completed after 1997. The tallest building under construction in the city is The Residences at Liberty National Tower III, which is set to be completed by 2009 and contain 50 floors.^[6] The approved Harborside Plaza 7 would become the tallest building in the city upon completion, rising 800 feet (244 m) and 59 floors.^[7] As of April 2008, there are 52 high-rise buildings under construction, approved for construction, and proposed for construction in Jersey City.^[5]

Skyline of Jersey City viewed from lower Manhattan in New York City

Tallest buildings

This list ranks Jersey City skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	30 Hudson Street		781 / 238	42	2004	176th-tallest building in the world, 54th-tallest in the United States. Has been the tallest building in Jersey City and the state of New Jersey since 2004. Tallest building in the United States that is not located in its metropolitan area's largest city.[1][8]
2	Merrill Lynch Building		548 / 167	42	1992	Tallest building constructed in Jersey City in the 1990s.[2][9]
3	Trump Plaza		532 / 162	55	2008	[10][11]
4	Newport Tower		531 / 162	36	1991	[12][13]
5=	70 Greene Street		500 / 152.4	48	2010	[14]
5=	77 Hudson Street		500 / 152.4	48	2009	[15]
7=	Monaco North		499.45/ 152.23	47	2011	[16]
7=	Monaco South		499.45/ 152.23	47	2011	[17]
9	Exchange Place Centre		490 / 149	30	1989	Tallest building constructed in Jersey City in the 1980s.[18][19]
10	Harborside Plaza 5		480 / 146	34	2002	[20][21]
11=	Southampton Apartments		450 / 137[B]	36	2000	Tied as the tallest all-residential building in the city with the other three buildings of the Towers of America complex.[22][23]
11=	Atlantic Apartments		450 / 137[B]	36	1998	Tied as the tallest all-residential building in the city with the other three buildings of the Towers of America complex.[24][25]
11=	Riverside Apartments		450 / 137[B]	33	1998	Tied as the tallest all-residential building in the city with the other three buildings of the Towers of America complex.[26][27]
11=	East Hampton Apartments		450 / 137[B]	33	1999	Tied as the tallest all-residential building in the city with the other three buildings of the Towers of America complex.[28][29]
15	Crystal Point		436 / 133	42	2009	[30]
16	Marbella Apartments		427 / 130	40	2003	[31][32]
17	Newport Office Center VII		411.94/ 125.56	29	2004	[33]
18	50 Columbus		386.26/ 117.73	36	2007	[34]
19=	Liberty View Towers East		380 / 116	36	2003	[35][36]
19=	Liberty View Towers West		380 / 116	36	2003	[37][38]
21	Athena Tower		352.48/ 107.44	33	2007	[39]
22	Grove Pointe		348.66/ 106.27	29	2007	[40][41]
23	Aquablu		331 / 101	33	2009	[42]
24	B.S. Pollack Hospital		320 / 98	22	1936	Tallest building constructed in Jersey City in the 1930s. Also known as The Criterion.[43][44]
25	The James Monroe		312 / 95	34	1989	[45][46]
26	The Pacific at Newport		311.15/ 94.84	29	2002	[47]
27	International Financial Center		303 / 92	19	1989	[48][49]
28=	The Shore North		300.23 /91.51	28	2008	[50]
28=	The Shore South		300.23/ 91.51	28	2007	[51]

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

Under construction

This lists buildings that are under construction in Jersey City and are planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m), but are not yet completed structures.

* Table entries without text indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, and/or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Approved

This lists buildings that are approved for construction in Jersey City and are planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m).

* Table entries without text indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, and/or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Proposed

This lists buildings that are and proposed for construction in Jersey City and are planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m).

* Table entries without text indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, and/or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

Exchange Place Center, which stood as the tallest building in Jersey City from 1989 until 1991

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Jersey City.

See also

• Hudson Waterfront
• List of tallest buildings in Albany
• List of tallest buildings in Atlantic City
• List of tallest buildings in Baltimore
• List of tallest buildings in Buffalo
• List of tallest buildings in Charleston
• List of tallest buildings in Fort Lee
• List of tallest buildings in Newark
• List of tallest buildings in New York City
• List of tallest buildings in Norfolk
• List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia
• List of tallest buildings in Pittsburgh
• List of tallest buildings in Richmond
• List of tallest buildings in Rochester
• List of tallest buildings in Syracuse
• List of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C.

Notes

A. ^{^} New York has 216 existing and under construction buildings at least 492 feet (150 m), Chicago has 114, Miami has 32, Houston has 31, Los Angeles has 26, Dallas has 20, San Francisco has 21, Atlanta has 19, Boston has 19, Las Vegas has 16, Seattle has 15, Philadelphia has 15, Minneapolis has 11, Pittsburgh has 10, Jersey City has 9. Source of skyline ranking information: SkyscraperPage.com: New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Jersey City.

B. ^ ^{a b c d e} This number is an estimate, as an exact height for this building has never been released by the developer.

C. ^{^} This building was originally known as the Labor Bank Building, but has since been renamed 26 Journal Square.

References

General

• Emporis.com - Jersey City

Specific

External links

• Diagram of Jersey City skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage