Cosmopolitan on the Park, Residential skyscraper in Pearl District, Portland, United States
Cosmopolitan on the Park is a high-rise condominium building in Portland's Pearl District, Oregon. Construction began in 2014 and was completed in 2016. It is the tallest building in the Pearl District and the tallest residential tower in Portland. Its glass curtain wall was designed and manufactured by Benson Industries of Portland, which produced a similar exterior for One World Trade Center in New York City.
Construction started in 2014 and the building opened in 2016, during a period when the Pearl District was already well into its shift from warehouses and rail yards to housing and shops. It was one of several towers built in the neighborhood around the same time.
The building sits right next to Fields Park, one of the few large green spaces in the Pearl District. People walking through the neighborhood can see how this park and the surrounding residential towers together shape a walkable urban living area.
The building stands at the edge of Fields Park and is easy to reach on foot from most of the Pearl District. Since it is a residential building, the interior is not open to the public, but the glass facade is clearly visible from the park and the surrounding streets.
Benson Industries, the Portland firm behind the tower's glass curtain wall, designed and manufactured a similar exterior system for One World Trade Center in New York City. The same local company thus worked on both this Pearl District condominium and the Manhattan skyscraper.
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