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Skyline of downtown Spokane

As of January 2022, there are 40 high-rise buildings in the U.S. city of Spokane, located in the east of the state of Washington. The city is the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region of the United States, where it serves as a hub for retail trade and services. High-rise development began in 1891, shortly after the Great Spokane Fire of 1889, with the completion of the 146-foot (45 m) Review Building featuring a traditional brick-and-stone construction. After the advent of steel frame building construction, allowing for increased strength to support more floors, local applications of this technology began showing up in a significant way in the early 20th century in the form of the U.S. Bank Building (built 1910) and the Paulsen Medical and Dental Building (built 1929), both of which became the tallest in the city. The current tallest building in Spokane, surpassing the Paulsen Medical and Dental Building, is the 288-foot-tall (88 m) Bank of America Financial Center, which was completed in 1981 and has held the distinction for 41 years. (Full list...)