John Hancock Tower facts for kids
Quick facts for kids 200 Clarendon Street |
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A view of Hancock Place from the Charles River
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°20′57.4″N 71°04′29.2″W / 42.349278°N 71.074778°W |
| Construction started | 1968 |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Owner | Boston Properties |
| Height | |
| Roof | 790 ft (240.8 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 60 |
| Floor area | 2,059,997 sq ft (191,380.0 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Henry N. Cobb of I.M. Pei & Partners |
| Developer | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company |
The John Hancock Tower, also called Hancock Place, The Hancock Tower, or The Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot (241 m) skyscraper in Boston. It was named for the John Hancock Insurance company. The tower was designed by Henry N. Cobb and was completed in 1976. It has been the tallest building in Boston for more than 30 years. It is also the tallest building in New England.
Its street address is 200 Clarendon Street. At first, John Hancock Insurance primarily used the building, but after 2004, some offices moved to a new building.
Architecture
The John Hancock Tower was designed in 1972. It is a glass monolith. It was made in the minimalist and the modernist skyscraper design.
The largest panes of glass possible were used. There are no spandrel panels, and very few mullions. The floor plan has a parallelogram shape. The window glass is tinted slightly blue.
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History
The tower has an observation deck that was a famous attraction. However, the observation deck was closed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
In 2006, Broadway Partners bought Hancock Place for $1.3 billion. By 2009, they had defaulted on the loans they used to buy the building, and it was forclosed. On March 30, 2009, Hancock Place was sold at auction for $660 million to a consortium of "Normandy Real Estate Partners" and "Five Mile Capital Partners". In October 2010, Boston Properties bought the John Hancock Tower for $930 million.
The Hancock Tower was built by "John Hancock Insurance".
- Oct. 15, 1973. "Those Window Pains", TIME.
- Harl P. Aldrich, James R. Lambrechts (Fall 1986). "Back Bay Boston, Part II: Groundwater Levels ", Civil Engineering Practice, Volume 1, Number 2.
Related pages
- John Hancock, for whom John Hancock Insurance was named
- Prudential Tower for an image of the Boston skyline from Cambridge in 1963, with the old 26-story Hancock building a conspicuous landmark.
- John Hancock Tower in the Structurae database
| Preceded by Prudential Tower |
Tallest Building in Boston 1976–Present 241 m |
Succeeded by None |
Images for kids
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The tower during the time when windows that had fallen out were replaced with plywood
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The John Hancock Tower seen from the Prudential Tower; on the left is Copley Square (and Trinity Church), to the upper left is the Boston Common, on the right is the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) and to the top right is Logan International Airport.
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View of the John Hancock Tower during a blue hour
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The dark vertical notch is prominent in this view
See also
In Spanish: John Hancock Tower para niños
