500 Boylston Street, Postmodern skyscraper in Back Bay, Boston, United States.
The 500 Boylston Street building rises 25 floors with carved rose granite cladding, two-story windows, and a vaulted copper roof line in Boston's skyline.
Constructed in 1989 for 100 million dollars, this skyscraper was designed by John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson as a design consultant.
The building stands next to Trinity Church, creating an architectural contrast between contemporary and traditional designs in Boston's urban landscape.
The structure contains 715,000 square feet of office space, retail areas on the first six floors, and shares an underground parking facility for 1,000 vehicles.
The television series Boston Legal featured this building as the location of the fictional law firm Crane, Poole & Schmidt on its upper floors.
Location: Massachusetts
Inception: 1989
Architects: John Burgee
Architectural style: postmodern architecture
Floors above the ground: 25
GPS coordinates: 42.35070,-71.07440
Latest update: May 14, 2025 04:39
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