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a CBD doesn't have anything to do with financial district, it stands for central business district, John Hancock may be outside the loop but it is still in a CBD, just a different one.
If you say John Hancock is outside a CBD then you'd have to say the Freedom Tower is outside a CBD because it's not in Midtown Manhattan.
Actually, Downtown Manhattan is defined as the the Financial District or the CBD, so it would be the Empire State building thats the tallest out of a Downtown (technically speaking.)
No one considers Downtown "the" CBD, downtown and midtown are both considered the Manhattan CBD's, and Midtown is by far the larger of the two.
Either way, I wouldn't consider any of the major NY or Chicago skyscrapers "outside a CBD."
Even though Century City (LA), Uptown (Houston), and Buckhead (Atlanta) are CBD's and within their city limits, they are small enough (relatively speaking, though they are all larger than most medium sized city CBD's) that I guess you could consider those buildings "outside a CBD" but personally I think that is really stretching it. I mean Buckhead has a GDP of $72 billion which is more than many countries.
But if you count those, Century City has one around 500 ft, Uptown Houston's got one at 900 ft, and Buckhead has one at 660 ft.
If you consider "outside a CBD" to at least be outside city limits, then the 570 ft. King and Queen in suburban Atlanta would be the tallest, though it is still located in the Perimeter CBD which, even though it is a suburban CBD, still contains more office space than each of Atlanta's three urban CBD's (Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead).
Well in that case the #1 and #2 spots go to the 570 ft. King and Queen Towers in Sandy Springs, a suburb of Atlanta, like I said.
Other tall suburban buildings include the 450 ft. Lincoln Tower in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle, and the 444 ft. Ravinia in Dunwoody, another suburb of Atlanta, and some 550 ft. tall condos in Sunny Isles Beach, a suburb of Miami.
a CBD doesn't have anything to do with financial district, it stands for central business district, John Hancock may be outside the loop but it is still in a CBD, just a different one.
If you say John Hancock is outside a CBD then you'd have to say the Freedom Tower is outside a CBD because it's not in Midtown Manhattan.
How is Streeterville a CBD? Because it has tall buildings? That doesnt make it a CBD. Streeterville doesnt even function like the Loop. Streeterville will never be and isnt trying to be the Loop/CBD. Streeterville does its own thing, which is shopping, entertainment, and living. The Loop's main focus is to draws money through traditional finance, banking, and investing. Streeterville's main focus is to make money by emptying your pockets and selling you a bunch of ***** you dont need.
How is Streeterville a CBD? Because it has tall buildings? That doesnt make it a CBD. Streeterville doesnt even function like the Loop. Streeterville will never be and isnt trying to be the Loop/CBD. Streeterville does its own thing, which is shopping, entertainment, and living. The Loop's main focus is to draws money through traditional finance, banking, and investing. Streeterville's main focus is to make money by emptying your pockets and selling you a bunch of ***** you dont need.
I think you are confusing the words "financial" and "business"
Shopping and entertainment are all businesses.
Every city has its shopping and entertainment districts, and if they are large, high-density, and contain towers then yeah, they are CBD's. Midtown Atlanta is an arts and entertainment district, with high rise hotels, museums, etc. but it's still a CBD.
And there is an office market in Streeterville.... I mean come on it's home to the John Hancock Center one of the largest, most famous, office towers in the world. Yeah there are condoes but there are also offices in there.
I've seen different definitions of NYC's CBD. Some definitions separate Lower Manhattan from Midtown. Others include Lower Manhattan, Midtown, and everything in-between as the CBD. If we get off the island of Manhattan altogether, I believe the tallest building in an outer borough is the Citigroup Building in Queens:
cityplex tower in tulsa is outside its cbd/downtown and at 647.97ft
the citigroup buidling is a little bigger at 657.8100000000001ft though
That's the most hideous building I have ever seen.
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