The New York Landmarks Conservancy Tells Whom You Know the Winner of their Skyscraper Survey
The New York Landmarks Conservancy tells us:
And the Winner is...
Wow! We had a tremendous response to our survey as hundreds of you voted for your favorite skyscraper. It was a very tight race for first with the Empire State Building pulling ahead to beat the previous survey winner, the Chrysler Building.
Top Ten Results:
Empire State Building: 39.9%
Chrysler Building: 35%
Woolworth Building: 7.3%
Flatiron Building: 5.2%
General Electric Building (570 Lexington Avenue): 3.5%
American Radiator Building (Bryant Park Hotel): 3.1%
Seagram Building: 2.1%
MetLife Tower: 1.7%
AIG / American International Building (70 Pine): 1.0%
1 Hanson Place (Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower): 0.8%
other votes:
One World Trade Center, 9 West 57th Street, Irving Trust - 1 Wall Street, New York by Gehry (8 Spruce), 15 Park Row, 20 Exchange Place, 30 Rockefeller Center, 40 Wall Street, Hearst Tower, 140 Broadway - Former Marine Midland Building, Ford Foundation Building, Lipstick Building, CBS Building (52nd & 6th Ave), McGraw Hill 330 West 42nd Street, Fred French Building, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, and Lever House.
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