The Bank of America Plaza is a
skyscraper
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in
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
, USA. It opened in 1984 as Interfirst Bank Plaza, was designed by the Houston office of
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John Merrill. The fir ...
and is 28 stories high. The building has a
postmodern
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design and a roof height of .
It is the largest office building in the city with 533,171 feet of office space. It is also the city's 6th tallest building.
In 2016 a piece of art called Kinetic Skyline was installed on the side of Bank of America Plaza.
USAA
The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) is a San Antonio-based Fortune 500 diversified financial services group of companies including a Texas Department of Insurance-regulated reciprocal inter-insurance exchange and subsidiaries offeri ...
purchased the building in downtown San Antonio on August 14, 2017, but ended its deal to move 2,000 employees into downtown offices with the City of San Antonio and Bexar County in spring of 2022.
In popular culture
The building was used for establishing shots in the opening credits and in episodes for the offices of the title character in the short lived NBC television series "
J.J. Starbuck."
See also
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List of tallest buildings in San Antonio
The U.S. city of San Antonio, Texas is home to 93 high-rises, 15 of which are skyscrapers that stand at least feet tall. The tallest structure in the city, excluding radio antennas, is the Tower of the Americas, standing tall. Completed for H ...
References
Bank of America buildings
Skyscraper office buildings in San Antonio
Economy of San Antonio
Office buildings completed in 1984
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings