A winter storm rolls in over 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 neighbourhoods, 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.[5] 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 neighbouring 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 construction in 2008; the project, however, was put on-hold in 2010 following the late-2000s recession. Overall, as of August 2012, there were 43 high-rise buildings under construction or proposed for construction in Atlanta.
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