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The city of São Paulo, Brazil's largest city, has an impressive skyline. With 6,467 buildings, it is considered to have the 3rd-greatest concentration of buildings in the world, behind only New York City and Hong Kong; Within the city and its metropolitan area, there are 193 buildings taller than 100 meters, mostly concentrated in the downtown along the Paulista Avenue and in the neighborhood of Brooklin. At one time, the city was home to the tallest building in Latin America, the Martinelli Building, which opened in 1929 at a height of 130 meters. Today, São Paulo is a city of low buildings, which rarely reach more than 80 meters and are mostly residential in nature. Some municipal laws limit the construction of large skyscrapers for reasons relating to vehicular or human traffic. The Mirante do Vale, the largest building in the city, is 170 meters in height and was opened in 1960. For that reason, once a neighborhood is fully occupied by skyscrapers, the city's financial center moves to somewhere else. That's why the tallest skyscrapers are located in three different regions. The city of São Paulo has the 10th highest number of buildings in the world taller than 90 meters, behind Hong Kong, New York City, Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok, Guangzhou, Chicago, and Singapore, respectively.
Timeline of tallest buildings
The city was at one time the home to the tallest building in Latin America, the Martinelli Building which opened in 1929 at a height of 130 meters. Today, the tallest building in the city is the Mirante do Vale, which opened in 1960 at a height of 170 meters. The Company Business Towers is currently under construction and will become the tallest building in Brazil upon its scheduled opening in 2010.