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Towers at Park Lane

San Antonio, Italy

Towers at Park Lane

San Antonio, a major city in the U.S. state of Texas, is home to 36 buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall as of 2026, 12 of which exceed 300 feet (91 m) in height. The tallest building in San Antonio is the Marriott Rivercenter, a 546 ft (166.4 m) tall hotel skyscraper that was built in

1988. However, the city's tallest free-standing structure is the 750 ft (229 m) Tower of the Americas. It is the second-tallest observation tower in the United States. San Antonio's skyline is the largest in Texas outside of the metropolitan areas of Houston, Dallas, and Austin. Despite being more populous than nearby Austin, San Antonio has far fewer tall buildings. San Antonio's first high-rise construction boom occurred in the 1920s. This period saw the completion of the Emily Morgan Hotel, the Milam Building, and the Tower Life Building, each of which became the tallest building in the city. The 280 ft (85 m) Milam Building was the first high-rise air-conditioned office building in the United States, while the 404 ft (123 m) Tower Life Building (originally the Smith-Young Tower) is notable for its late gothic revival architecture and its brick and terracotta octagonal exterior. After...

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