Steal a building for Charlotte...she needs more.

[Andyc545]

Very nice Escapists. I'd like to see a large Amphitheater in an uptown park, personally, with a very significant lighting scheme at night such as that you provided.

[QC-NC]

I am surprised this hasnt been named yet:

Bank of America NYC @ Bryant Park

(why does our BOA, no offense, have to be the shortest, weakest, BOA tower of all the major cities - WHEN WE ARE THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS!?)

[SentioVenia]

^ OK, I'll give you that ours is not the tallest, but it is definitely not the weakest. BofA Corp Center is a gorgeous building and its design will still hold up years from now, longer than Wachovia's faddish "handle-in-the-roof" design being built now.

Courtesy of Skyscraperpage, here are all of the Bank of America skyscrapers in the US:

[monsoon]

.....

(why does our BOA, no offense, have to be the shortest, weakest, BOA tower of all the major cities - WHEN WE ARE THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS!?) .....

[Commoner]

Keep in mind the Charlotte building was built as the corporate HQ of NationsBank and was done, basically, as a response to 1 First Union. (Wachovia now) and the C&S tower in Atlanta, (BofA now)

All of the towers, aside from the the one in Charlotte and the new one in NYC were built by other banks.

[monsoon]

Hell - as the HQ for NCNB. A 60-floor HQ for a regional bank is quite impressive today.

[Guest]

The Bank of America Corp Center is very often considered one of the most beautiful bulidings in the country. Honestly having seen the New BofA building in NYC pretty much 2-3 times a week for the past 2 months, its awkward, and nowhere near as magestic as the Corp Center. An 871 foot tower building in 1992 in a city of about 350,000 people is definately phenomenal in my opinion.

[Commoner]

The HQ built for NCNB was the 40 story tower in the incomplete complex across the street. The one with the Grande Disco in front of it.

[cltheel.sdl]

I agree, BofA Corp's timeless architecture puts it at the top of the BofA tower list for me!

[tozmervo]

Honestly having seen the New BofA building in NYC pretty much 2-3 times a week for the past 2 months, its awkward, and nowhere near as magestic as the Corp Center.

[monsoon]

...... NationsBank changed its name after the C&S merger.

I have heard that it was initially a 55-story project, but was raised to 60 stories relatively early in the process. That's why I wrote about NCNB's 60-story project.

[Commoner]

Actually I believe NCNB wanted a 44 story tower. The surprise announcement by Nationsbank was that it was to be a 60 story tower.

[monsoon]

.... if the Charlotte Observer's archives are incorrect,......

[QC-NC]

Actually I believe NCNB wanted a 44 story tower. The surprise announcement by Nationsbank was that it was to be a 60 story tower.

[Commoner]

LOL. Is this where you are are getting your info?

[Miesian Corners]

In September 1987, NCNB selected Pelli's design and announced that the building would have between 55 and 60 floors.

NationsBank was formed December 31, 1991.

The Corporate Center's first tenants moved in in May 1992.

There's no way NationsBank increased the floor count of the project by 5 (or, if the Charlotte Observer's archives are incorrect, 16) floors in time for opening in five months.

It's a trivial point, but we might as well get it right.

[monsoon]

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We're all aware of your disdain for the Observer. Is your general Observer skepticism what you're offering up, here? Where else would you look to find this?

[Andyc545]

Cocoon Tower finishing up in Tokyo:

I'd take the tower at any size in uptown if that architecture, style, and shape were to be used:

[Guest]

I would love Cooper Sq. Hotel to be built in Fourth or third ward a lil ways away from the sq. I'd love for it to stick out a bit. This is in mnhattan just near Union Sq.