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  1. Shipt Tower 5
    138 m 34 fl 1986
  2. 1901 6th Avenue North 6
  3. City Center 7
    119 m 30 fl 1972
  4. Regions Center 8
    119 m 30 fl 1972
  5. City Federal Building 9
  6. Thomas Jefferson Tower 10
  7. John A. Hand Building 11
  8. Daniel Building 12
    86 m 20 fl 1970
  9. Two North Twentieth 13
  10. Elyton Hotel 14
    75 m 16 fl 1909
  11. Watts Building 15
    72 m 17 fl 1928
  12. Jefferson Tower 16
    72 m 16 fl 1940
  13. Alabama Power Building 17
  14. Bankhead Towers 21
    56 m 15 fl 1926
  15. Parliament House 22
    56 m 11 fl 1964
  16. Ascend 24
    56 m 17 fl 2020
  17. Vulcan Statue 25
  18. Tutwiler Hotel 26
    53 m 13 fl 1914
  19. Highland Manor 27
    53 m 15 fl 1961
  20. Kelly Hotel 30
    51 m 15 fl 1928
  21. Alabama Power Annex 35
  22. City Hall 36
    46 m 4 fl 1901
  23. The Pizitz 37
    45 m 8 fl 1925
  24. YMCA 40
    41 m 9 fl 1911
  25. Birmingham City Hall 42
  26. Frank Nelson Building 43
  27. Molton Hotel 45
    37 m 8 fl 1913
  28. Sparks Center 46
    37 m 10 fl 1969
  29. Sheraton Apartments 49
  30. 50
    35 m 10 fl 1949
  31. 602 18th Street North 52
  32. Hixson Hall 53
    34 m 9 fl 1962
  33. Ideal Building 54
    34 m 7 fl 1928
  34. 55
  35. Jemison Flats 56
    32 m 7 fl 1909
  36. 57
    31 m 7 fl 2007
  37. The Morris Hotel 58
    30 m 6 fl 1888
  38. 61
  39. Alabama Theatre 63
    29 m 7 fl 1927
  40. McWane Center 64
    29 m 6 fl 1916
  41. Phoenix Lofts 67
    28 m 5 fl 1950
  42. Kress Building 71
    26 m 5 fl 1937
  43. 75
    25 m 8 fl 1962
  44. 76
    25 m 8 fl 1969
  45. 77
    24 m 2 fl 1908
  46. 80
  47. Kemper Building 82
    21 m 4 fl 2006
  48. 83
  49. Blaze 85
    4 m 2008
  50. 93
  51. 2121 Building 98
  52. Brown Marx Tower 100
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