- First City Tower
Infobox skyscraper
building_name= First City Tower
location= 1001 Fannin Street, Houston,Texas , USA
roof= 662 ft (202 m)
floor_count= 49
use= Office
status = Completed
construction_period= 1981
opening=
architect= Morris-Aubry
developer=Vinson & Elkins
owner= First City Liquidating Trust,JMB Realty
references= cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5721|title=First City Tower|accessdate=2008-04-06|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com]First City Tower is a
skyscraper in Houston,Texas . The building rises convert|662|ft|m|0|lk=on in height.cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1citytower-houston-tx-usa|title=First City Tower|accessdate=2008-04-06|publisher=Emporis.com] It contains 49 floors, and was completed in 1981. First City Tower currently stands as the 14th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building wasMorris-Aubry , and the structure is an example of late-modernist architecture. The tower, which formerly housed the headquarters of the now-defunctFirst City National Bank , now serves as the global headquarters ofWaste Management, Inc , the largest disposal service in the world.The building is noted for its distinctive "staircase cuts" on the north and south
facade s, and is composed mostly ofaluminum and green-tinted glass. These designs were designed to represent the letter "F " for the building's developer and first major tenant, First City Bank,cite web|url=http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/US/TX/HoustonFirstCity.html|title=First City Tower|accessdate=2008-04-06|publisher=Atrefaqs] which was itself a subisdiary of the international law frimVinson & Elkins . First City Tower was constructed in a diagonal rotation away from Houston's main north-south street grid, which gives the impression that the structure has a larger footprint than it actually does.Besides Waste Management and Vinson & Elkins, other major tenants of First City Tower include Insignia/ESG and Ocean Energy Inc..cite web|url=http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2002/10/28/focus13.html|title=First City Tower implements in-house courier service|date=2002-10-25|accessdate=2008-04-06|publisher=Houston Business Journal] In October 2002, the building became the first in Houston to implement an in-house
courier intercept center in order to provide a central collection point for all inbound and outnound deliveries serving its several tenants.ee also
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List of tallest buildings in Texas
*Architecture of Houston References
External links
* [http://www.fctower.com/home.axis Official site]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=355789 Image of First City Tower on Emporis]
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