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 23rd-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

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and is owned and operated by Tishman Speyer.

History

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

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. This building is the tallest component of a development.125 High Street, Boston
/ref> * 145 High St is 21-story, 500,000 square foot (46,000 square meter) office tower. 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, totaling 41,600 square feet (3,900 square meters). * 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

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. 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 with skylights 150 feet (46 m) above the floor.

Design and construction team

*Architect:

*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

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References

External links

Official website

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