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7,723 structuresNew YorkManhattan, Jersey City, Brooklyn→
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1,186 structuresDubaiHome of the Burj Khalifa→
5,234 structuresSingaporeA city of tropical skyscrapers→
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  1. Grand Trunk Grain Elevator #2 1
    Grand Trunk Grain Elevator #2
    United StatesPortland
    53 m 1902
  2. Old City Hall 2
    Old City Hall
    United StatesBangor
    50 m 4 fl
  3. Grand Trunk Grain Elevator 1 3
    Grand Trunk Grain Elevator 1
    United StatesPortland
    49 m 1896
  4. Union Station 4
    Union Station
    United StatesPortland
    42 m 2 fl 1888
  5. Bangor Union Station 5
    Bangor Union Station
    United StatesBangor
    40 m 3 fl 1907
  6. Stearns Building 6
    Stearns Building
    United StatesBangor
    29 m 7 fl 1906
  7. Morse Oliver Building 7
    Morse Oliver Building
    United StatesBangor
    28 m 7 fl 1900
  8. Saco-Lowell Company Machine Shop 8
    Saco-Lowell Company Machine Shop
    United StatesBiddeford
    27 m 5 fl
  9. ▢
    9
    York Mill Storehouse No. 5
    United StatesSaco
    7 fl
  10. Augusta House 10
    Augusta House
    United StatesAugusta
    7 fl
  11. ▢
    11
    Crossett Shoe Factory
    United StatesAugusta
    7 fl 1915
  12. Falmouth Hotel 12
    Falmouth Hotel
    United StatesPortland
    6 fl
  13. Fiske House 13
    Fiske House
    United StatesOld Orchard Beach
    6 fl 1882
  14. The Samoset Hotel 14
    The Samoset Hotel
    United StatesRockland
    6 fl 1889
  15. ▢
    15
    Old Orchard House
    United StatesOld Orchard Beach
    6 fl 1876
  16. Poland Spring House 16
    Poland Spring House
    United StatesPoland
    6 fl 1876
  17. New Chase House Hotel 17
    New Chase House Hotel
    United StatesPortland
    6 fl
  18. ▢
    18
    Saco-Lowell Company Storehouse
    United StatesBiddeford
    6 fl
  19. R. P. Hazzard Shoe Company Factory 19
    R. P. Hazzard Shoe Company Factory
    United StatesAugusta
    6 fl
  20. Edwards Mill 20
    Edwards Mill
    United StatesAugusta
    6 fl
  21. Old Orchard House 21
    Old Orchard House
    United StatesOld Orchard Beach
    6 fl
  22. R. P. Hazzard Company Shoe Factory 22
    R. P. Hazzard Company Shoe Factory
    United StatesGardiner
    6 fl
  23. Pepperell Mill Nos. 5, 6, 7, & 8 23
    Pepperell Mill Nos. 5, 6, 7, & 8
    United StatesBiddeford
    6 fl
  24. Hotel Velvet 24
    Hotel Velvet
    United StatesOld Orchard Beach
    6 fl
  25. Augusta Trust Company Building 25
    Augusta Trust Company Building
    United StatesAugusta
    6 fl
  26. Jefferson Theater 26
    Jefferson Theater
    United StatesPortland
    5 fl 1897
  27. United States Hotel 27
    United States Hotel
    United StatesPortland
    5 fl 1803
  28. West End Hotel 28
    West End Hotel
    United StatesPortland
    5 fl
  29. YMCA Building 29
    YMCA Building
    United StatesPortland
    5 fl 1897
  30. Granite Block 30
    Granite Block
    United StatesAugusta
    4 fl
  31. Portland City Hall 31
    Portland City Hall
    United StatesPortland
    4 fl 1866
  32. Old Post Office 32
    Old Post Office
    United StatesPortland
    3 fl 1867
  33. Grand Trunk Station 33
    Grand Trunk Station
    United StatesPortland
    2 fl 1903
  34. Second Parish Presbyterian Church 34
    Second Parish Presbyterian Church
    United StatesPortland
    1868
  35. First Parish Congregational Church 35
    First Parish Congregational Church
    United StatesSaco
    1863
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