Terminal Tower
Landmark skyscraper in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Terminal Tower is a 52-story, 708 ft (216 m),[5] landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in the downtown core of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Built during the skyscraper boom of the 1920s and 1930s, it was the second-tallest building in the world when it was completed. Terminal Tower stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City from its completion in 1927 until 1964.[6] It was the tallest building in the state of Ohio until the completion of Key Tower in 1991, and remains the second-tallest building in the state.[6] The building is part of the Tower City Center mixed-use development, and its major tenants include Forest City Enterprises, which maintained its corporate headquarters there until 2018, and Riverside Company.[7]
Terminal Tower | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location | 50 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 41°29′54″N 81°41′38″W / 41.49833°N 81.69389°W / 41.49833; -81.69389 |
Construction started | July 1926[1] |
Completed | August 18, 1927[1] |
Opening | June 28, 1930 |
Cost | $179 million |
Owner | K&D Management, LLC |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 771 ft (235 m) |
Roof | 708 ft (216 m) |
Top floor | 52 |
Technical details | |
Floor area | 577,000 sq ft (53,600 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Graham, Anderson, Probst & White |
Developer | Van Sweringen brothers |
Structural engineer | Henry Jouett |
Other information | |
Public transit access | Tower City |
Website | |
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References | |
[2][3][4] |
- ^ a b Harwood, Herbert H. Jr. (2003). Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-253-34163-9.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 121783". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ "Terminal Tower". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Terminal Tower at Structurae
- ^ "Terminal Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ a b Toman, James; Cook, Daniel (2005). "The Tower". Cleveland's Towering Treasure. Cleveleand, Ohio: Cleveland Landmarks Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-936760-20-6.
- ^ "Terminal Tower". Forest City Enterprises. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
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