PNC Bank Building (Philadelphia)

Last updated
PNC Bank Building
PNC Bank Tower Philadelphia.jpg
the PNC Bank Building in 2009
Street map of Philadelphia and surrounding area.png
Red pog.svg
Location within Philadelphia
USA Pennsylvania location map.svg
Red pog.svg
PNC Bank Building (Philadelphia) (Pennsylvania)
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
PNC Bank Building (Philadelphia) (the United States)
General information
StatusCompleted
Typemodernistic
Location1600 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′09″N75°10′02″W / 39.9525°N 75.1673°W / 39.9525; -75.1673
Completed1983
OwnerAmerican Real Estate Partners [1]
Height
Roof491 ft (150 m)
Technical details
Floor count39
Floor area825,868 sq ft (76,725.6 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP [2]
DeveloperDon Pulver

The PNC Bank Building is a high-rise office building located in the Market West neighborhood of Center City, Philadelphia. Constructed in 1983, it is 491 feet (150 m) in height and has 39 stories. It houses offices for PNC Financial Services. It was constructed on the site of the Fox Theatre and the Stanley/Stanton/Milgram Theatre.

Contents

It is home to a number of businesses, including Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, PC, Huntington & Franklin, P.C., Philadelphia office of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Zarella Law Office LLC, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel's Investment Banking group, BCD m&i., and the Tax Warriors of Drucker & Scaccetti, P.C.

Site

The PNC Bank Building is located at 1600 Market Street in the Market West neighborhood of Center City, Philadelphia. [3] It occupies the northeast corner of a city block bounded by Market Street to the north, 16th Street to the east, Chestnut Street to the south, and 17th Street to the west. [4] The land lot occupies 35,095.5 square feet (3,260.48 m2) with a frontage of 177 feet (54 m) on Market and 16th Streets. [4]

The building shares the city block with the Liberty Place skyscraper complex, with One Liberty Place to the west, Two Liberty Place to the south, and the Shops at Liberty Place to the southwest. Other nearby buildings include Centre Square to the east, One Penn Center to the north, and the BNY Mellon Center to the northwest. [4]

History

Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. was a former tenant of the building. In 1996, the New York-based real estate investment management firm Yarmouth Group oversaw a renovation for the new owners of the building purchased two years before. [5]

PNC Bank formally moved its regional headquarters and PNC Asset Management Group national headquarters to the 1600 Market Street building in 1997, occupying 15 floors. [6]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Downtown Pittsburgh</span> Neighborhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Downtown Pittsburgh, colloquially referred to as the Golden Triangle, and officially the Central Business District, is the urban downtown center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River whose joining forms the Ohio River. The triangle is bounded by the two rivers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">52nd Street (Manhattan)</span> West-east street in Manhattan, New York

52nd Street is a 1.9-mile-long (3.1 km) one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. A short section of it was known as the city's center of jazz performance from the 1930s to the 1950s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montgomery Street</span> Street in San Francisco, United States

Montgomery Street is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Center City, Philadelphia</span> Neighborhood and central business district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It comprises the area that made up the City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation, 1854, which extended the city borders to be coterminous with Philadelphia County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liberty Place</span> Skyscraper complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Liberty Place is a skyscraper complex in Philadelphia. The complex is composed of a 61-story, 945-foot (288 m) skyscraper called One Liberty Place, a 58-story, 848-foot (258 m) skyscraper called Two Liberty Place, a two-story shopping mall called the Shops at Liberty Place, and the 14-story Westin Philadelphia Hotel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Commerce Square</span> High-rise office building complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Commerce Square is a Class-A, high-rise office building complex in Center City Pennsylvania. Commerce Square consists of One and Two Commerce Square, two identical 41-story office towers 565 feet (172 m) high that surround a paved courtyard of 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wells Fargo Building (Philadelphia)</span> United States historic place

The Wells Fargo Building, originally the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building, is a skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the architectural firm Simon & Simon, the building was erected for the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. in 1928. The 30-story high-rise is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The St. James</span> Luxury residential skyscraper

The St. James is a luxury residential skyscraper in Washington Square West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The 498 feet (152 m), 45-story high-rise stands along Walnut Street and Washington Square and is the 15th tallest building in Philadelphia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Centre Square (building)</span> Office complex in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Centre Square is an office complex in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of two concrete high-rise towers: the 417 feet (127 m) Centre Square I, also known as Centre Square East, and the 490 feet (150 m) Centre Square II represent the 24th and 15th-tallest buildings in Philadelphia, respectively. Designed by Vincent Kling & Associates in the 1960s, Centre Square opened in 1973. The complex is credited with shifting Philadelphia's downtown office district from South Broad Street to West Market Street. A tenant since 1975, management consulting firm Willis Towers Watson is Centre Square's largest tenant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1818 Market Street</span> 40-story skyscraper in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1818 Market Street is a 40-story skyscraper in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was designed by the firm Ewing Cole Cherry Brott. Construction began on the property in 1972.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Two PNC Plaza</span> High-rise office building located in the Golden Triangle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Two PNC Plaza is a high-rise office building located in the Golden Triangle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed in 1976, it is 446 feet in height and has 34 stories, making it the tallest of three buildings in PNC Plaza. In order to make room for the structure, a through street called Oliver Avenue was closed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Downtown Omaha</span> Central business district in Omaha, Nebraska

Downtown Omaha is the central business, government and social core of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area, U.S. state of Nebraska. The boundaries are Omaha's 20th Street on the west to the Missouri River on the east and the centerline of Leavenworth Street on the south to the centerline of Chicago Street on the north, also including the CHI Health Center Omaha. Downtown sits on the Missouri River, with commanding views from the tallest skyscrapers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1600 Smith Street</span> Skyscraper in Houston, Texas

1600 Smith Street is a 51-story, 732-foot (223 m) office tower in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It served as the headquarters of Continental Airlines prior to its merger with United Airlines, and at one point also served as the headquarters of ExpressJet Airlines. It is a part of the Cullen Center complex.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">54th Street (Manhattan)</span> West-east street in Manhattan, New York

54th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1095 Avenue of the Americas</span> Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

1095 Avenue of the Americas is a 630-foot-tall (190 m) skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It was constructed from 1971 to 1973 to be the headquarters of New York Telephone Company and has 41 floors. The building also served as the headquarters of NYNEX and Bell Atlantic. Kahn & Jacobs designed the tower, which is the 98th tallest building in the city. The original facade was said to be designed to resemble the relays which were commonly found inside telephones of the time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buildings and architecture of Allentown, Pennsylvania</span>

The buildings and architecture of Allentown, Pennsylvania reflect the city's history from its founding in 1762 through to the present.

References

  1. ↑ "American Real Estate Partners closes on 1600 Market". Philadelphia Business Journal. 2018-02-15.
  2. ↑ "1600 Market Street". Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "1600 Market Street, Philadelphia". Emporis. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. 1 2 3 "1600 Market Street, #883031500". Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ Hazelton, Lynette (18 Nov 1996). "Putting a new face on office building at 1600 Market" . Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "PNC Bank Formally Opens Its New Regional Headquarters, The PNC Bank Center At 1600 Market St". PRNewswire. 15 Oct 1997. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.