633 17th Street

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name=633 17th Street


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use=Officecite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1403|title=633 17th Street|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com]
status=Built
location= 633 17th Street, Denver, Colorado, USA
roof=434 ft (132 m)cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1interstatetowernorth-denver-co-usa|title=First Interstate Tower North|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=Emporis.com]
floor_count=32
opening=1974
floor_area=
architect=
developer=Derr Steel Erection Company, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
owner=|

633 17th Street, formerly known as the First Interstate Tower North, is a high-rise building in Denver, Colorado. The building was completed in 1974, and rises 32 floors and convert|434|ft|m|0|lk=on in height. The building stands as the tenth-tallest building in Denver and Colorado. It also stood as the tallest building in the city at the time of its 1974 completion, and held that distinction for four years until it was surpassed by the convert|709|ft|m|0|adj=on 555 17th Street in 1978. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=55517street-denver-co-usa|title=555 17th Street|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=Emporis.com]

At the time of its completion, 633 17th Street was known as "First Interstate Tower North" after First Interstate Bancorp, its primary tenant.cite web|url=http://www.denverskyscrapers.com/tallbuildings_downtown_366_448.html|title=Downtown's supporting cast|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=DenverSkyscrapers.com] After First Interstate merged with Wells Fargo in 1996, the building's official name became its address. First Interstate Tower North was built adjacent to the pre-existing First Interstate Tower South, now known as 621 17th Street, which rises convert|386|ft|m|0 in height. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=62117street-denver-co-usa|title=621 17th Street|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=Emporis.com] The two buildings together form the First of Denver Plaza. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=100761|title=First of Denver Plaza|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=Emporis.com]

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in Denver

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