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* (*)The height assigned to Exchange Place is in fact, inaccurate. After subtracting the tower's base height above mean sea level (AMSL), surveying estimates consign Exchange Place to stand within range of 542~544' tall. |
* (*)The height assigned to Exchange Place is in fact, inaccurate. After subtracting the tower's base height above mean sea level (AMSL), surveying estimates consign Exchange Place to stand within range of 542~544' tall. |
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*Exchange Place was built at a time when building heights had become a serious bone of contention in Boston, with preservationists bound and determined to cap building heights. Not long after, the Flynn Administration set a moratorium on building heights, with only 1 International Place sneaking through after a prolonged review period. |
*Exchange Place was built at a time when building heights had become a serious bone of contention in Boston, with preservationists bound and determined to cap building heights. Not long after, the Flynn Administration set a moratorium on building heights, with only 1 International Place sneaking through after a prolonged review period. Globe reporter Tim Logan writes, "Many Bostonians have come to love the relatively modest scale of the city’s neighborhoods. That affection surfaces every time someone proposes a building of substantial height. Invariably, issues like shadows and wind are raised." |
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*By the 1980s, it had become settled practice to give building heights according to their "tallest occupied floor" during the review phase – then years later, the architectural (total) heights would quietly promulgate throughout the town and press media. **Call it just one of those Boston truanderies for high-rise construction. |
*By the 1980s, it had become settled practice to give building heights according to their "tallest occupied floor" during the review phase – then years later, the architectural (total) heights would quietly promulgate throughout the town and press media. **Call it just one of those Boston truanderies for high-rise construction. |
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**examples; Millennium Tower given as 625' during the review phase all the way through construction, stands 685' tall. 1 Dalton/Four Seasons was given as 699' during the review phase and many months after construction began, actually stands 742' tall... The list goes on and on. |
**examples; Millennium Tower given as 625' during the review phase all the way through construction, stands 685' tall. 1 Dalton/Four Seasons was given as 699' during the review phase and many months after construction began, actually stands 742' tall... The list goes on and on. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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| Exchange Place | |
|---|---|
 Exchange Place at dusk | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42°21′30″N 71°03′23″W / 42.35832°N 71.05645°W |
| Completed | 1984 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 40 |
| Floor area | 1,121,599 sq ft (104,200.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | WZMH Architects |
| Developer | Brookfield Properties Corporation |
| References | |
| [1] | |
Exchange Place is a modern skyscraper in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1985, it is Boston's 13th tallest building, standing *510 feet (155 m) tall, and containing 40 floors.
The modern glass skyscraper rises out of a previous building, the 12-story Boston Stock Exchange, built in 1896.
Brookfield Office Properties, which had previously purchased the building from Harold Theran in 2006,[2] sold Exchange Place to UBS Realty Investors LLC in 2011.[3] It is home to the Boston Consulting Group, law firm Goodwin Procter, advertising agency Hill Holliday, marketing agency Optaros, software company Acquia, Hachette Book Group and The Blackstone Group. In June 2017, The Boston Globe moved into Exchange Place from its longtime headquarters on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester, Boston.[4]
- (*)The height assigned to Exchange Place is in fact, inaccurate. After subtracting the tower's base height above mean sea level (AMSL), surveying estimates consign Exchange Place to stand within range of 542~544' tall.
- Exchange Place was built at a time when building heights had become a serious bone of contention in Boston, with preservationists bound and determined to cap building heights. Not long after, the Flynn Administration set a moratorium on building heights, with only 1 International Place sneaking through after a prolonged review period. Globe reporter Tim Logan writes, "Many Bostonians have come to love the relatively modest scale of the city’s neighborhoods. That affection surfaces every time someone proposes a building of substantial height. Invariably, issues like shadows and wind are raised."
- By the 1980s, it had become settled practice to give building heights according to their "tallest occupied floor" during the review phase – then years later, the architectural (total) heights would quietly promulgate throughout the town and press media. **Call it just one of those Boston truanderies for high-rise construction.
- When Exchange Place was completed, no one at City Hall was keen to talk about the 542' skyscraper casting its shadow upon the Old State House, and Faneuil Hall Marketplace for much of the day. This is the reason no memo about the building's true height was given, or will ever come.
Exchange Place is in fact, 542' tall (or possibly a foot or two taller).
- examples; Millennium Tower given as 625' during the review phase all the way through construction, stands 685' tall. 1 Dalton/Four Seasons was given as 699' during the review phase and many months after construction began, actually stands 742' tall... The list goes on and on.
See also
References
- ^ "Exchange Place". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- ^ Craig M. Douglas (2011-02-28). "Exchange Place gets a valuation bump as cash flow strengthens". Boston Business Journal Real Estate Daily.
- ^ http://www.crenews.com/general_news/general/brookfield-sells-bostons-53-state-st.-for-610mln.html
- ^ Mark Arsenault (2017-06-21). "With an eye on the future, Globe returns to downtown Boston". The Boston Globe.
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