Render courtesy of Inhabitat
Current Status: Completed
Bank of America Tower Vital Stats
Address: One Bryant Park, aka 1111 Avenue of the Americas (Community Board 5)
Type: Commercial and Office Buildings
Name: Bank of America Tower
Construction: Begun 2004; Completed 2009
Design Architect: COOKFOX Architects
Executive Architect: Adamson Associate Architects
Engineer: Severud Associates
Developer: Durst Organization
Builder: Tishman Construction Corporation
Height: 1,200 feet, (365.8 Meters); 55 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 2,099,985 square feet; 195,095 square meters
Site Area: 87,863 square feet; 8,162.7 square meters
Density: ___
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Superlatives:
Loopholes Exploited: This building includes a Privately Owned Public Space (POPS) called the Urban Garden Room on 43rd Street and 6th Avenue
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Out of this world!
GOTHAMIST picks up where it left off last week in its expose on the City Planning Commission's Zoning Text Amendment. Journalist Elizabeth Kim notes that although this language may impact the design of 36 West 66th Street, to revise "the design of a 160-foot tall...
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