1650 Market Street, aka One Liberty Place, is often called “Philadelphia’s Chrysler Building” for its graceful spire. The skyscraper was first to break the “gentlemen’s agreement” limiting heights to the height of City Hall’s statue of William Penn. Name: One Liberty Place Location: 1650 Market Street Year Completed: 1990 Architect: Helmut Jahn Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: […]
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Buffalo Savings Bank is a Beaux Arts landmark on Fountain Plaza with a stunning gold dome and spectacular interior. Unlike many such landmarks, this building still serves its original purpose: banking. Name: Buffalo Savings Bank Location: 1 Fountain Square Year Completed: 1901 Architect: Green & Wicks Style: Beaux Arts Wikipedia: Buffalo Savings Bank Google Map
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200 Clarendon Street, aka John Hancock Tower, reflects the sky and everything around it in the famous blue glass panels. Name: 200 Clarendon Street aka John Hancock Tower Location: 200 Clarendon Street Year Completed: 1976 Architect: Henry N Cobb, I M Pei & Partners Style: Postmodern Wikipedia: John Hancock Tower Google Map
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Lockwood Place, 500 East Pratt Street, is a postmodern office building overlooking Harborplace. Name: Lockwood Place Location: 500 East Pratt Street Year Completed: 2004 Architect: Cope Linder Architects Style: Postmodern Property website: Lockwood Place Google Map
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Carew Tower, a Cincinnati Art Deco landmark since 1930, is a mixed-use skyscraper containing offices, hotel, and restaurant and shops. Name: Carew Tower Location: 441 Vine Street Year Completed: 1930 Architect: Delano & Aldrich, W W Ahlschlager & Associates Style: Art Deco Wikipedia: Carew Tower Google Map
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Great American Tower at Queen City Square dominates the Cincinnati skyline. Architect Gyo Obata based the glass-and-aluminum skyscraper’s crown on Princess Diana’s tiara. A fitting homage to the “Queen City.” Name: Great American Tower at Queen City Square Location: 301 East Fourth Street Year Completed: 2011 Architect: Gyo Obata – Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Style:
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Cincinnati landmark Dixie Terminal keeps reinventing itself. It has served as a streetcar terminal, bus terminal, stock exchange, railroad ticket office, and office building. The Fourth Street entrance is a grand two-story arch lined with colorful Faience tiles. The lobby is a two-story barrel-vaulted arcade. Name: Dixie Terminal Location: 49 East 4th Street Year Completed:
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State Tower Building in downtown Syracuse was built as a commercial high-rise in 1928, but the skyscraper is now apartments. The Art Deco landmark on South Warren Street is part of the Hanover Square Historic District. Name: State Tower Building Location: 109 South Warren Street Year Completed: 1928 Architect: Thompson & Churchill Style: Art Deco
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Niagara Mohawk Building, aka Niagara Hudson Building, was built in 1932 for Niagara Mohawk Power when the company was the nation’s largest electric utility. The Art Deco landmark on Erie Boulevard West is now occupied by National Grid. Name: Niagara Mohawk Building, Niagara Hudson Building Location: 300 Erie Boulevard West Year Completed: 1932 Architect: Bley
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A Downtown Providence Historic District landmark, with a memorable stone carving fashioned after an 1800’s ship’s figurehead. Name: Turk’s Head Building Location: 11 Weybosset Street Year Completed: 1913 Architect: Howells & Stokes Style: neoclassical Wikipedia: Turk’s Head Building Google Map
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