Bank of America Tower, Office skyscraper in Downtown Jacksonville, United States
The Bank of America Tower is a 42-floor office skyscraper at the northwest corner of Bay and Laura streets in downtown Jacksonville. Its facade alternates vertical bands of dark blue solid panels and lighter blue and grey horizontal slats with large grid sections of dark glass windows divided by thick light-blue horizontal bands. The reinforced concrete structure rises 617 feet.
The tower was completed in 1990, replacing the previous Heard National Bank Building at this site. Its construction marked a turning point in the city's architectural evolution and reinforced Jacksonville's role as a regional financial center.
The building opened in 1990 as the Barnett Center, headquarters of Barnett Bank. It became the NationsBank Tower in 1998 and took its current name in 1999 after NationsBank merged with Bank of America. The 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11 used it as a branding location.
The tower occupies the northwest corner of Bay and Laura streets in downtown Jacksonville. The lobby is a working banking-floor entrance rather than a public observation deck, so visitors see the building from the street and nearby blocks. It stands within walking distance of the downtown riverfront and the rest of the central business district.
The tower stands on the site of the Heard National Bank Building, which was Florida's tallest structure for twelve years before its demolition. At 617 ft (188 m), the Bank of America Tower is the tallest building in Florida outside the Miami metropolitan area. It was the headquarters of Barnett Bank, founded in Jacksonville in 1877.
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