The tallest Tucson buildings
The tallest structures in the Tucson area are not buildings at all. We have 863 federally licensed antenna towers and 25 licenced cell towers, and more than a dozen exceed 200 feet in height. For instance, one transmission tower on West Ajo near Three Points is 486 feet.
The University of Arizona has dozens of multi-story buildings, but they are relatively low-rise. Two of the UA's tallest are the Coronado and Arizona-Sonora dorms, just northeast of East 6th Street and North Euclid Avenue. They are 114 feet tall.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
The downtown Tucson skyline is seen from Sentinel Peak on Tuesday, July, 2, 2013, in Tucson, Ariz.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
One South Church Avenue, 330 feet: Built in 1986, it was first called United Bank Tower, then Norwest Tower, then UniSource Energy Tower. It has 23 floors.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
Bank of America Plaza, 33 N. Stone Ave., 262 feet: Pima County actually owns the building, constructed in 1977. It has 22 stories. This photo was taken from the roof of the Chase Building at 2 E Congress St looking toward the northwest. The Bank of America Plaza, right, is at 33 N Stone Ave. The photo was taken on Wednesday, January 7, 2015.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
Pima County Legal Services, 32 N. Stone Ave., 260 feet: Designed by Place and Place and built in 1965 for Tucson Federal Savings. It is 21 stories. It is the building in the middle of the photo.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
Tucson House, 1501 N. Oracle Road, 227 feet: Built in 1963 as luxury housing. The late U.S. Rep. Morris K. Udall lived there for two years. It is now city-owned housing for the elderly and disabled. It is 17 stories tall. Here, David Paredez pushes a full cart past the other arraignments which are waiting to be delivered at Tucson House.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
5151 E. Broadway, 202 feet: Originally called the Great Western Bank Building, it has 16 stories. Photo: A pair of rappellers go "Over the Edge" and descend 17 stories to raise money for the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona on Saturday, March 28, 2015.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
Level, 1020 N. Tyndall170 feet: Fourteen stories of housing for UA students. It opened in 2013. Here, construction continues on the 14-story student housing tower on 1020 N. Tyndall soaring above the existing structures that sit all around it on Saturday, December 22, 2012.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
Next, 1031 N. Park Ave., 160 feet: Thirteen stories of housing for UA students. It opened in 2013. Here, construction crews, now with an additional crane, work on the student housing high-rise at 1031 N. Park Ave., on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The tallest buildings in Tucson
The Hub, 1101 N. Tyndall, 160 feet: Fourteen stories of housing for UA students. It opened in 2014. It is the building in the background.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
Hotel Arizona, 181 W. Broadway, 151 feet: Closed since 2012. It opened in 1973 as Braniff Place and was later a Marriott and a Holiday Inn. Here, the sun is reflected in a window of the Hotel Arizona on Congress Street in downtown Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010.
The tallest buildings in Tucson
The Pioneer Hotel, 100 N. Stone Ave., 151 feet: Originally built as a hotel in 1929. Twenty-nine people died there in a fire in 1970.