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Bank of America Tower

Future Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park
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Information
Location Flag of the United States New York City, New York, USA
Coordinates 40°45′19″N 73°59′03″W / 40.75528, -73.98417
Status Under Construction
Groundbreaking 2004
Use office
Height
Antenna/Spire 1200 ft (365.8 m)
Roof 944.6 ft (287.9 m)
Floor count 54
Floor area 2.1 million ft2
Cost $1,000,000,000
Companies
Architect Cook+Fox Architects
Contractor Tishman Construction Corporation
Developer Durst Organization, Bank of America

The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park in New York City is a $1 billion skyscraper project currently undergoing construction, on the west side of Sixth Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Street, opposite Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan. It has been designed by Cook+Fox Architectsto be one of the most highly efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. Construction is expected to be complete in 2009. As its name indicates, Bank of America Corporation will be its anchor tenant. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... This article is about the state. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Skyscraper (disambiguation). ... Sixth Avenue looking south from 18th Street Sixth Avenue is a major avenue in New York Citys borough of Manhattan. ... Main article: Transportation in New York City 42nd Street, NYC 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square. ... Bryant Park, August 2003 Bryant Park is a 9. ... Midtown Manhattan viewed from the World Trade Center. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ...

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The tower will have an architectural spire that is 1,200 feet (366 m) tall. The building will be 55 stories high and will have approximately 2.2 million square feet (204,000 m²) of office space. Upon its scheduled completion, the tower will become the 2nd tallest building in New York City, after the Empire State Building. New York City has the most skyscrapers in the world with 50 buildings taller than 200 meters and 2 taller than 300 meters. ... The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, New York on the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. ...


Several buildings were demolished to make way for the Bank of America Tower, the tallest being the Remington Building.


Features

Bank of America Tower construction site, as seen from the corner of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. July 10, 2006.
Bank of America Tower construction site, as seen from the corner of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. July 10, 2006.

The construction of the Bank Of America tower is being done by using concrete manufactured with a byproduct of blast furnaces. The mixture used in the tower concrete is 55% cement and 45% slag. It makes the concrete stronger. Use of slag cement can reduce damage to the planet by lowering the carbon dioxide greenhouse gas produced by normal cement manufacturing, where each ton of cement produced emits a ton of CO2 into the atmosphere. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2371 KB) Bank of America Tower construction site on Sixth Avenue, New York City. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2371 KB) Bank of America Tower construction site on Sixth Avenue, New York City. ... Slag is also an early play by David Hare. ... Top: Increasing atmospheric CO2 levels as measured in the atmosphere and ice cores. ...


Control of the temperature of Bank of America's tower, and the production of some of its energy, will be done in a environmentally-friendly manner. Insulating glass will reduce thermal loss somewhat, which will lower energy consumption and increase transparency. Carbon dioxide sensors will signal increased fresh air ventilation, when elevated levels of carbon dioxide are detected in the building.


The cooling system will produce and store ice during off-peak hours, and then use ice phase transition to help cool the building during peak load, similar to the ICE BATTERIES in the 1995 Hotel New Otani in Tokyo Japan. Ice batteries have been used since absorption chillers were used to make commercial ice nearly 150 years ago, before the electric light bulb was invented. New green building architects are just now rediscovering the old ice battery technique. In physics, a phase transition, (or phase change) is the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one phase to another. ... In electrical engineering, a load profile is a graph of the variation in the electrical load versus time. ... This article is about green building construction. ...


The tower has a 4.6 megawatt cogeneration plant, which will provide part of the base-load energy requirements. Onsite power generation reduces the significant electrical transmission losses that are typical of central power production plants. Cogeneration (also combined heat and power, CHP) is the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat. ...


The Bank Of America's tower will use a water saving greywater system designed to store rain water and reuse it. Greywater, sometimes spelled graywater, grey water or gray water and also known as sullage, is non-industrial wastewater generated from domestic processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing. ...


Environmental advantages

Building site of Bank of America Tower, seen from Bryant Park
Building site of Bank of America Tower, seen from Bryant Park

In Bank of America's report on the construction of the building, it cited that the design of the building will make it environmentally friendly, using technologies such as floor-to-ceiling insulating glass to contain heat and maximize natural light, and an automatic daylight dimming system. The tower also features a greywater system, which captures rainwater and reuses it. Bank of America also states that the building will be made largely of recycled and recyclable materials.[1] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 872 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3008x2000, 872 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Greywater, sometimes spelled graywater, grey water or gray water and also known as sullage, is non-industrial wastewater generated from domestic processes such as washing dishes, laundry and bathing. ...


Another interesting innovation is that not only is air entering the building purified to an impressive degree, but the air exhausted is also cleaner, thus effectively making the tower a giant air filter for Midtown Manhattan.[2]


The first skyscraper designed to attain a Platinum LEED Certification, One Bryant Park is being called "The World's Most Sustainable Skyscraper."[3] 7 World Trade Center, considered New York Citys first green office tower by gaining gold status in the US Green Building Councils LEED program. ...


Second tallest vs Fourth tallest

Height comparison of buildings in NYC.

When comparing building height, only the structural height is used, according to rules and regulations of the World Council on Tall Buildings.[4] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 575 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (658 × 686 pixel, file size: 137 KB, MIME type: image/png) Created by Severisth. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 575 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (658 × 686 pixel, file size: 137 KB, MIME type: image/png) Created by Severisth. ... The Council on Tall buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was founded at Lehigh University in 1969. ...


In this case, it is debatable as to whether what is being called an "architectural spire" by the developer[5] will count towards the structural height. Doing a comparison of the Bank of America Tower to the current second tallest building, the Chrysler Building, it seems as though the Chrysler Building is smaller (the new New York Times Building is the same height as The Chrysler Building) when comparing two factors: The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. ... A rendering of the New York Times Building The New York Times Building is a skyscraper currently under construction on the west side of Midtown. ...

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Height
Roof
Height
Bank of America Tower 1,200 ft 944.6 ft
Chrysler Building 1,046 ft 925 ft

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Criticism

The tower drew some early criticism when announced in 2003. Critics denounced its usage of $650 million in tax-free liberty bonds, money which was intended to rebuild lower Manhattan after the September 11, 2001 attacks. They also questioned Bank of America's efforts at retaining jobs in the new tower, referencing a deal in 1993 where the New York City Industrial Development Agency (IDA) allowed Bank of America to move into Tower One of the World Trade Center on the condition that they employed 1,300 workers; however, the number of workers dropped to 830 in 1998. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Taxes” redirects here. ... A liberty bond was a special type of war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied cause in World War I. It could be redeemed for the original value of the bond plus interest. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...


Mayor Michael Bloomberg and governor George Pataki countered the criticism by citing the building's environmentally-friendly design and claiming that it will generate enough jobs to compensate for expenses. The IDA also stated that it will concentrate on job retention, and set specific dates with a certain amount of workers needed to acquire full payout; for example, the tower must have at least 4,400 workers by June 30, 2028. Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. ... George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who was the 57th Governor of New York serving from January 1995 until January 1, 2007. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2028 (MMXXVIII) will be a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian Calendar. ...


References

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See also

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