125 High Street

125 High Street
125 High Street, center, rear
General information
Type	Office
Location	125 High Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′19″N 71°03′12″W / 42.35532°N 71.05326°W / 42.35532; -71.05326Coordinates: 42°21′19″N 71°03′12″W / 42.35532°N 71.05326°W / 42.35532; -71.05326
Completed	1991
Height
Roof	452 ft (138 m)
Technical details
Floor count	30
Design and construction
Architect	Jung Brannen Associates, Inc
Developer	Tishman Speyer Properties

125 High Street is a 30-floor postmodern highrise in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Standing 452 feet (138 m) tall, the highrise is currently the 23nd-tallest building in the city. 125 High Street has approximately 1.8 million square feet (167,000 square meters) of Class A office space. It was designed by Jung Brannen Associates.

History

NYNEX (now Verizon and formerly Bell Atlantic), one of Massachusetts' largest employers, wished to consolidate into a single headquarters facility.^[1] It was formerly the site of the Traveler's Insurance Building.^[2] The existing 16-story, 300,000 square foot (28,000 square meter) structure was demolished in 1988 to make room for 125 High Street.^[1]

Design and features

Architecture and layout

The complex consists of four buildings.

125 High St is a 30-story, 950,000 square foot (88,000 square meter) office tower.^[1] This building is the tallest component of a development.^[2]
145 High St is 21-story, 500,000 square foot (46,000 square meter) office tower.^[1] It sometimes also known as the Oliver Street Tower.
Along with the two towers it also includes three restored 19th century buildings with six, five and four stories,^[2] totaling 41,600 square feet (3,900 square meters).^[1]
The fire station makes the office towers one of the few highrises with an on-premises municipal fire company.
The property also includes a five-level, 850-car underground parking garage.^[1]

The exterior is of a unifying granite, with entrances to the building through the High Street Tower and Oliver Street Tower. The two towers are connected via a central 8-story atrium^[3] with skylights 150 feet (46 m) above the floor.^[1]

Design and construction team

Architect: Jung Brannen Associates
Structural Engineer: LeMessurier Consultants
MEP/FP Engineer: Cosentini Associates, Inc.
Developer: Spaulding & Slye (now known as Jones Lang LaSalle)
Construction Managers: Spaulding & Slye (now known as Jones Lang LaSalle)
General Contractor: HCB Conctractors (now known as The Beck Group)
Art Installation: "The Light Between", Anne Patterson's art installation, is on display indefinitely in the ten-story atrium of 125 High Street. It consists of seven miles of multi-colored aluminum ribbon. The nearly 450 110' strands transport the light from the glass ceiling above to the viewers below.

Gallery

125 High Street with Fire Station

References

External links

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Skyscrapers in Boston

Current	100 Federal Street 100 Summer Street 111 Huntington Avenue 125 High Street 145 High Street 200 Clarendon (John Hancock Tower) 28 State Street 33 Arch Street 500 Boylston Street 60 State Street Ames Building Berkeley Building Boston City Hall Custom House Tower Exchange Place Federal Reserve Bank Building Harbor Towers I Harbor Towers II Keystone Building Landmark Center Liberty Hotel (Charles Street Jail) Liberty Mutual Tower Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary McCormack Building Millennium Place Tower I Millennium Place Tower II National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Omni Parker House One Beacon Street One Boston Place One Devonshire Place One Federal Street One Financial Center One International Place One Lincoln Street One Post Office Square Prudential Tower Radian Boston Rowes Wharf Russia Wharf Saltonstall Building State Street Bank Building Two International Place United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building

Under construction	Millennium Tower Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton Street Avalon North Station

Proposed	111 Federal Street South Bay Tower South Station Tower (on hold)

Cancelled	101 Clarendon Street Aquarium Development Government Service Center Trans National Place

Demolished	North Station (original)

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