111 Westminster Street (formerly Bank of America Building , officially known as Building Bank National Industrial , and is often referred to as Superman Building ) is the tallest building in Providence, Rhode Island, the highest in the state of Rhode Island, and the 28th highest in New England. Standing at 428 feet (130 m) with 26 floors, this building occupies a trail on the eastern outskirts of Kennedy Plaza.
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Before the current building was erected, it was the location of the six-storey Butler Exchange building. Located on 55 Exchange Place and built in 1872, the land was supposedly buried by the original heirs of Samuel Butler. Since the address changes throughout the city, in 1913 it gave birth to the 123 Westminster address. The 1872 building became the site of the Rhode Island Commercial School purchased and merged into Bryant & amp; Stratton College in 1916, the ancestor of modern Bryant University. It accommodates many retail businesses such as Dodge and Camfield (importers and retailers), A. & amp; L. Tirocchi Gowns, and Waite Auto Supply Company. The Providence Ladies' Sanitary Gymnasium is also a tenant. The building was destroyed in 1925, after a devastating fire, to make way for the new tower.
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Assigned in 1925 by the Industrial Trust Company (founded in 1886 by Samuel P. Colt), the building is currently built and opened during the period of the inter-war boom as the Industrial Trust Tower in 1927. Designed in the popular Art Deco style of the time, the building was opened for renters on October 1, 1928.
His name became Bank Fleet Tower in 1982 when Industrial Confidence changed its name to Fleet Financial Group in 1982. It will remain Fleet's headquarters until Fleet joined Shawmut National Bank in 1995 and moved to Boston.
In 1998, then FleetBoston Financial, (later current owner) was acquired by Bank of America; and the building is known as Bank of America Building . In 2008, just before a major recession in the United States, the building was purchased by High Rock Development of Massachusetts for $ 33.2 million. Bank of America is the sole tenant in the building, and utilizes about half the building. Bank of America invested $ 7 million in new sprinklers and fire safety systems.
End of emptiness
In 2012, Bank of America, still the only tenant, decided not to renew the lease. The bank emptied the building, leaving it empty. High Rock demand for public funds to rebuild buildings was rejected. State taxpayers, still clever from controversial loan losses for 38 Studio in 2012, are not interested in offering public funding or tax credits.
It is estimated that at least $ 115 million is needed to rehabilitate the building. In 2013, High Rock sued Bank of America for millions of dollars, claiming that the bank had ignored the maintenance of the building and left it in a state of deterioration. The building is full of lost limestone crevices, and is surrounded by scaffolding to prevent injury to passers-by.
Bank of America litigation
In 2013, High Rock brought charges against Bank of America in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, claiming that the bank failed to meet its repair and replacement liabilities under a long-term lease, making the building unpleasant. High Rock seeks up to $ 54 million in losses. The bank brings up a counter-claim to find the money spent on removing furniture from the building after the lease expires. The lawsuit was later dismissed by the court (Smith, J.), and the case was scheduled for trial in May 2017. Shortly after the empanelment jury, the bank settled the lawsuit with a secret requirement.
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Architecture details
From the steel frame structure enclosed by Indiana's limestone, with the Deer Island granite at its base, the tower was advertised as "Business Building for Business Building." It has six wings coming from the central tower. Although high rise buildings in New York City have become a common solution to the 1916 tight zonation policy in Manhattan regarding adequate light and air, there are no such restrictions in Providence; However, the architects of New York Walker & amp; Gillette chose to incorporate innovative symmetrical forward moves, with the help of local architect George Frederick Hall.
The base and trim at the base of the base is built to match the height of the cornice from the adjacent four-story building (now existing). It was one of the tallest buildings in New England when it was completed, and ranks third after its construction to the 5219 Ft. Tourist Towers in 1919 in Hartford, Connecticut and 496 feet 1915 extension of the Custom House Tower in Boston. The majority of relief art is found at the base of the tower. Twenty-two frames depict scenes from Native American & amp; Colonial interactions and stages of Industrialization together four seals, and four eagles.
Double-level street staircase, up on the eastern and west end of the large, stately columns. The hall itself was about three floors high, and stretched along the building; room contains large windows overlooking Kennedy Plaza and the Arcade Building. The balcony level of the large hall contains a lobby and entrance to an intimate ballroom with marble fireplace and brass chandeliers.
The 26th floor hosts the executive office for the Industrial Trust Company. This suite contains a secretarial staff room, dining and office space. A ladder leads to a higher "north-facing" dining room to the north, or a Gondola room designed to resemble an airplane's gondola; the room contains wine cabinets and dark skin details. A peregrine eagle nest box is also located in the area. Floors 28 and 29 contain a gravity water service system and two large tanks are placed at this level for building use. The 29th floor also contains a small ensuite for service to the Gondola rooms and adjoining balconies.
The basement contains a safe. The safe was designed to hold small and large items, provided with storage areas for client's belongings such as fine carpets. The 17-ton door is the main safety feature of the vault.
Doors and metal trims are made by Dalhstrom Metal Door Company, from Jamestown, New York. Some of these street-level doors have relief art from eagles in brass. The original glass of the flare is a green hue, and decorated with ornamental spheres, surrounded by seven semicircles of stone eagles. In 1932, he was damaged and repaired after a light strike. This architectural feature was removed in 1950 after an eagle fell to the street below in 1930.
Floors 5, 12, 14, 17, 18, 26 and 30 each receded to form a distinctive profile building. From dusk to midnight, the top of the building is traditionally illuminated in bright blue with varying red and green colors on Christmas, and Valentine's Day. The building has remained relatively unchanged over the years with the exception of the lobby, the upper windows and the 2-story turret tower and the light beacon. Due to the empty occupancy, the exterior lights that illuminate the superstructure are not lit. In 1973, the flare tower was turned off for the first time since 1928 to save energy.
Rehabilitation effort
The building is relatively unchanged for years. The latest update occurred when the tenants of Bank of America installed a new fire suppression system at a cost of $ 7 million USD around 2007.
In 2011, speculation boiled that Bank of America, the last tenant of the building, will move at the end of ten year lease term; which ultimately leads to the 2012 bank announcement that it will vacate the space of the year to come. In March 2013, Bank of America officially ceased operations in a building that left Providence landmark Kennedy Plaza has faced since then. The Providence nighttime skyline is then affected as the exterior night lighting used to illuminate the upper structure is turned off, with the exception of the peak light.
Furthermore, the new owner of High Rock Development - which bought the building in 2008 for $ 33 Million USD - proposed a plan to convert the building into most luxury apartments, involving $ 80 million in tax credits from the State. This plan was rejected and the State has applied to move some of their Health and Human Services offices into the currently empty property. High Rock Development has since offered a four-year plan that will require $ 40 million in new funding for tower rehabilitation into a mix of uses that includes retail, business and 285 residential units. The first and new financing proposals were met with mixed reactions with some people who claimed High Rock Development had $ 200 million available for use in rehabilitation efforts but refused to do so.
In 2014, after an independent assessment in 2012, the Providence, Scotti and Associates groups decided that the building was "worthless".
In December 2017, Paolino Properties and Gilbane Development announced plans that would involve building demolitions and replacing them with a new 36-story building. This is one of several plans proposed to Hasbro for a new headquarters in downtown Providence.
In popular culture
111 Westminster Street is often referred to as the "Superman Building", because of its resemblance to the Building of the Daily Planet in the Superman comic book. However, Superman co-creator Joe Shuster claimed that he drew his inspiration instead of the Providence (or AT & amp; T Huron Road Building which was also rumored in Cleveland, Ohio, where Shuster lived at the time) , but from her hometown of Toronto (such as Commerce Court North and Fairmont Royal York). The buildings featured in the television program, however, are the Los Angeles City Hall.
The downtown building of Providence, and its neighbors, is prominently displayed on the horizon of the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, the setting of the American animated animated comedy Family Guy . The building is often seen behind the Griffin family house on Spooner Street fictitious.
The current building at 111 Westminster Street is influenced by the design elements seen in the two towers of Providence Place Mall.
See also
- List of tallest buildings by the US state
References
External links
- Entries at Skyscraperpage.com
- Sign in Emotions
- Who's Who in DC Comics - The Daily Planet
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