One Financial Center
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| The One Financial Center | |
| Basic data | |
| Place: | Boston , Massachusetts , United States |
| Opening: | 1983 |
| Status : | Completed |
| Architectural style : | Build new |
| Architect : | Pietro Belluschi |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | office building |
| Client : | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height to the top: | 208 m |
| Height to the roof: | 180 m |
| Floors : | 46 |
| Building material : | Steel, glass, concrete |
| Height comparison | |
| Boston : | 7. ( list ) |
| address | |
| Address: | 10 Dewey Square |
| Post Code: | 02125 |
| City: | Boston |
| Country: | United States |
The One Financial Center building is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . Completed in 1983, it is the seventh tallest building in the city at 590 ft (179.83 m ) high and 46 stories . A 90 ft (27.43 m ) high lobby extends as a glass-roofed atrium over the first two floors. The remaining floors contain office space that is rented by law firms , certified public accountants and companies from the financial services sector.
The building stands in Dewey Square on a historic 5,000 m² site next to Boston South Station and the Federal Reserve Bank Building , thus connecting the area around Fort Point Channel with the Boston Financial District .
During the Big Dig special care was required to a reduction of the soil to prevent underneath the building because the construction work at a distance of only 25 ft (7.62 m past led) at the foundations of the tower, due to the local geography on earth and not stand on the rock .
Including the two transmitter masts on the roof of the building , the building reaches a height of 683 ft (208.18 m ) and is in this respect the third tallest building in Boston. Apart from these structures and the associated cables , the roof is flat and has no crown.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 21 '8.6 " N , 71 ° 3' 23" W.