Tidewater Building

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Tidewater Building


built = 1971
use = Office
location = New Orleans, USA
roof = convert|288|ft|m|0
top_floor = convert|288|ft|m|0
antenna_spire = unknown
floor_count = 24 [26 actually]
floor_area =
elevator_count = 10 total: 6 (G to 24), 3 (G to 12) 1 (24 to 25)
architect = Kessels-Diboll-Kessels
skyscraperpage_id = |The Tidewater Building, also formerly known as Tidewater Place, located at 1440 Canal Street in the Medical District of the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is officially a 24-story, convert|288|ft|m|0-tall high-rise building designed in the by Kessels-Diboll-Kessels. The building has lesser-known 25th and 26th floors that are accessible only from the 24th floor and are much smaller in area than the other floors.

It originally was built as the corporate office for Tidewater Marine in 1971. Tidewater Inc. donated the building to Tulane University in 1993. The building is the home to Tulane University Health Sciences Center administrative offices and Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. A few other Tulane offices are housed there as well. In early 2005, Tulane replaced all external signage which read "Tidewater" with signs that read "Tulane University Health Sciences Center" and "Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine."

WWOZ, radio station 90.7 FM in New Orleans, has its antenna and transmitter atop the building. [ [http://www.wwoz.org/blog_df2.php WWOZ blog] ]

As a result of the deluge from the levees breaking during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the building suffered from approximately four feet of floodwaters on the ground floor. Repopulation of the building began in November 2005. [ [http://tulaneresearchnews.blogspot.com/ Tulane Research Blog] ] The building reopened in January 2006. [ [http://www.tulane.edu/newwave/111405_tidewater.html The New Wave Tulane News] ]

Location

1440 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

The Tidewater Building is located at the corner of Canal Street and LaSalle Street.

Zone: Medical District
Neighborhood: Central Business District
District: French Quarter/CBD

ee also

* List of tallest buildings in New Orleans

References

Footnotes

Sources
* [http://www.sph.tulane.edu/main/overview/buildinginfo.htm Tulane University School of Public Health building information]
* [http://www.tdw.com/company/timeline.html Tidewater timeline]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=135889 Emporis profile]