The Scripps Center is a high-rise office building located at 312 Walnut Street at the corner of 3rd Street in the
Central Business District
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Cincinnati,
Ohio.
At the height of , with 35 stories, it is the fourth tallest building in the city, and the tallest added between the building of the
Carew Tower in 1931 and the opening of the
Great American Tower at Queen City Square
The Great American Tower at Queen City Square, is a 41-story, skyscraper in Cincinnati, Ohio which opened in January 2011. The tower was built by Western & Southern Financial Group at a cost of $322 million including $65 million of tax ...
– the tallest building in Cincinnati – in 2011. It was completed in 1990,
and includes of office space. The building was designed by
Houston architects Hoover & Furr; Glaser & Associates was architect of record. The building was constructed by developer Daniel C. Staton of Duke Realty Corporation.
The headquarters of the
E. W. Scripps Company is located in the Scripps Center, and it also serves as the 'studio' building for regulatory purposes for the stations of
Ion Media (which Scripps acquired in early 2021), which are otherwise completely
automated. The building is designed to look like a lighthouse, tying in with the company's logo, which in turn is based on the Scripps corporate motto -- "Give light and the people will find their own way."
In connection with the
2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 86th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was played at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday, July 14. It was televised nationally on Fox. The Americ ...
played in Cincinnati, the upper exterior of the Scripps Center was decorated with a gigantic hat and mustache, giving it the appearance of a 19th-century
Cincinnati Redlegs player.
Despite public support for keeping the decorations permanently, the mustache and hat were removed after the game.
[Murray, Sydney (July 16, 2015]
"Despite popularity, Scripps hat, mustache to come down"
'' The Cincinnati Enquirer'' Television cameras were also mounted on the building's roof to provide aerial views of the game.
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Skyscraper office buildings in Cincinnati
1990 establishments in Ohio
Office buildings completed in 1990
Mass media company headquarters in the United States
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