100 Front Street
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100 Front Street is a high-rise building located in downtown Worcester
, Massachusetts
. It is the third tallest building in Worcester (behind Sky Mark Tower and Worcester Plaza
, both 288 feet (87.8 m) high), rising 69 metres (226.4 ft). It was completed in 1971, as a part of the Worcester Center
urban renewal
project, and has 280000 square feet (26,012.9 m²) of interior space. The building is not perfectly square, but rather rectangular, with the short sides being 5 windows across, and the long sides being 7 windows across. The short sides each feature an "M" at the top of the façade
above the top floor, because of the original name of the building. The building is 20 stories high.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. It is the third tallest building in Worcester (behind Sky Mark Tower and Worcester Plaza
Worcester Plaza
The Worcester Plaza is a building located in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. Its address is 446 Main Street. Designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, it was completed in 1974, and is currently tied with Sky Mark Tower as the tallest building in Worcester...
, both 288 feet (87.8 m) high), rising 69 metres (226.4 ft). It was completed in 1971, as a part of the Worcester Center
Worcester Common Outlets
The Worcester Common Outlets, located off Interstate 290 in Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, is a vacant two level shopping mall which originally opened on July 29, 1971 as the Worcester Center Galleria...
urban renewal
Urban renewal
Urban renewal is a program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. Renewal has had both successes and failures. Its modern incarnation began in the late 19th century in developed nations and experienced an intense phase in the late 1940s – under the rubric of...
project, and has 280000 square feet (26,012.9 m²) of interior space. The building is not perfectly square, but rather rectangular, with the short sides being 5 windows across, and the long sides being 7 windows across. The short sides each feature an "M" at the top of the façade
Facade
A facade or façade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
above the top floor, because of the original name of the building. The building is 20 stories high.
External links
- Emporis Page on building