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Originally Posted by CGII
Cool list.
Milwaukee's City Hall would remain the tallest building until 1973, when the First Wisconsin Center would open [which remains tallest to this day]. This made City Hall the tallest building in the city for 78 years, certainly one of the longest holders of 'city tallest' in the country. It was also the tallest skyscraper in the world for four years until the Park Row Building in NY was completed in 1899.
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Yep, I once went through Emporis' chain of world's tallest buildings and I remember MCH. Off the top of my head, Philadelphia City Hall holds the "tallest for the longest" record at 86 years, while the Carew Tower in Cincy (79 years and counting) is up there too.
Interestingly, Milwaukee's population would increase to the mid 700k range in 1960, but the city area doubled in the 1950s, suggesting suburban annexation helped keep Milwaukee's population from dropping as early on as the other big industrial cities.