First National Bank Building (Boston)

First National Bank Building (Boston)

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name= First National Bank Building
location= 100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
roof= 591 ft (180 m)
height_stories= 37
built= 1968 - 1971
use= Office
architect= Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty
developer= UBS PaineWebber, Inc.

The First National Bank Building is a modern skyscraper located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts, property of the First National Bank. The skyscraper, rising 591 feet (180 meters) and 37 floors, is Boston's sixth-tallest building. The building was completed in 1971, and formerly served as the world headquarters of FleetBoston Financial (and the Bank of Boston even earlier). The building now houses Bank of America offices.

Design

The design of the First National Bank Building is unique, as it has a bulge of several stories near its base. Due to this bulge, the building has earned the nicknames the "Pregnant Building", the "Pregnant Bank" and "Building with a Belly." The architect of the skyscraper, Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty, designed the building with the bulge in order to give pedestrians a wider view of the street but at the same time provide the building with more floor space at higher levels. The skyscraper is considered to have an Art Moderne style. [cite web | url=http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.celebrateboston.com/images/strange/pregnantbuilding.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.celebrateboston.com/strange/pregnantbuilding.htm&h=420&w=270&sz=19&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=YLmjar0lALt9TM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=80&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpregnant%2Bbuilding%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den | title=The Pregnant Building | year=2007 | publisher=CelebrateBoston.com | accessdate=2007-06-29]

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in Boston

References

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1nationalbankofbostonbuilding-boston-ma-usa Entry on Emporis]
* [http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1290 Entry on Skyscraperpage.com]
* [http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.celebrateboston.com/images/strange/pregnantbuilding.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.celebrateboston.com/strange/pregnantbuilding.htm&h=420&w=270&sz=19&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=YLmjar0lALt9TM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=80&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpregnant%2Bbuilding%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den Building Description on Celebrateboston.com]


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