Geography

How many meters tall was the world's tallest building in the year 1900?

119

Background

Around 1900 the Park Row Building in New York was the world's tallest at 119 meters. Today that almost sounds cute. Modern skyscrapers are more than six times higher. Back then it was a world sensation and people stared at it every day.

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