Worcester Plaza (formerly known as Worcester County National Bank Tower) is a
building
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located in downtown
Worcester
Worcester may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England
** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament
* Worcester Park, London, Englan ...
,
at 446 Main Street. Designed by
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, it was completed in 1974, and is currently tied with
The 6Hundred as the
tallest building in Worcester. It stands tall, is 24 stories high, and has of total floor space. Its
façade
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is completely glass, similar to the
John Hancock Tower
200 Clarendon Street, previously John Hancock Tower and colloquially known as The Hancock, is a 60-story, skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. It is the tallest building in New England. The tower was designed by Henry N. Cobb of ...
in nearby
Boston
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.
The current building was built instead of a larger, more iconic design announced in 1969 that was never realized. The original design was a tall, 50 story, slender tower with an angled crown and would have been the "highest standing commercial building in New England.
Worcester Plaza
Emporis.com. Retrieved December 29, 2010
The building was most recently sold in October 2019 to Boston-based Synergy Investments for $16.5 million. It previously sold for $21.5 million in 2000.[
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Photo gallery
File:Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts.jpg, Worcester Skyline (2012)
File:Worcester Plaza Feb 2018.jpg, Worcester Plaza (2018)
File:Worcester County National Bank advertisement, 1971.jpg, Worcester County National Bank Advertisement, pre-construction (1971)
References
External links
Emporis
Page on building
Roche-Dinkeloo buildings
Skyscrapers in Worcester, Massachusetts
Skyscraper office buildings in Massachusetts
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Office buildings completed in 1974