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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: 1010 Midtown, 1180 Peachtree, 1280 West, 171 17th Street, 191 Peachtree Tower, 2828 Peachtree, 55 Marietta Street, Allen Plaza, Alliance Center, Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta Plaza, Atlantic Center Plaza, Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta), Candler Building (Atlanta), CityPlace at Buckhead, Coastal States Building, Five Points Plaza, Flatiron Building (Atlanta), Georgian Terrace Hotel, Healey Building, J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building, List of tallest broadcasting towers in Atlanta, List of tallest buildings in Atlanta, Mandarin Oriental, Atlanta, One Park Tower (Atlanta), Park Avenue Condominiums, Park Place (Atlanta), Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, Spire (Atlanta), Terminus (Atlanta), The Atlantic (Atlanta), The Paramount at Buckhead, TWELVE Midtown, ViewPoint, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Winecoff Hotel. Excerpt: Atlanta, the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Georgia, is home to 256 completed high-rises, 37 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The majority of the city's skyscrapers are clustered around Peachtree Street in the Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead neighborhoods, with the suburban city of Sandy Springs also being the site of several skyscrapers. The tallest building in Atlanta is the 55-story Bank of America Plaza, which rises 1,023 feet (312 m) and was completed in 1992. The Bank of America Plaza is also the tallest building in the United States outside of New York City and Chicago, and the 9th-tallest building in the U.S. overall. The second-tallest building in Atlanta is SunTrust Plaza, which rises 871 feet (265 m). The history of skyscrapers in Atlanta began with the completion in 1892 of the Equitable Building. The city later went through a major building boom that began in the 1980s and continued until the mid-1990s; the majority of the city's skyscrapers, including its four tallest, have all been completed since 1985. Overall, Atlanta is the site of 15 completed buildings that are at least 492 feet (150 m) high. As of 2012, the skyline of Atlanta is ranked second in the Southeastern United States (behind Miami), seventh in the United States and 30th in the world with 56 buildings rising at least 330 feet (100 m) in height. Of the 20 tallest buildings in Georgia, 18 are located in Atlanta; the other two, Concourse Corporate Center V & VI are located in the neighboring city of Sandy Springs and stand as the tallest suburban buildings in the country. As of 2012, there are several active high-rise developments that are under construction or proposed for construction in the city. The largest of these proposals is TWELVE Midtown, which, at 746 feet (227 m), would rank as the new fifth-tallest building in the city if completed as planned. A second skyscraper development in the city is 50 Allen Plaza, a 501-foot (153 m) tower that was approved for
