Wells Fargo Center

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• Oregon's tallest building since 1972.
• Due to public outcry over the tower's heigth and the potential development of newer and taller buildings, Portland created a height restrictions on all new and future developments after the tower's opening.
• A skybridge connects the tower to the adjacent four-story building.
• The marble on the base is 1/16th inch thick.
• Wells Fargo Center was originally known as the First National Bank Tower, and then First Interstate Bank Tower.
• The building features 60,000 square feet of Italian Appenine mountains marble.
• Neither the side of Columbia Street or Jefferson Street has an adequate pedestrian sidewalks.
• In order for the chillers to be replaced, during the 2001 upgrade, a lift-crane was constructed on top of the building.
• The 30 year old Trane chillers, at that time, were replaced by DuPont Engineering, Jacobs Facilities, Inc., Interstate Mechanical, and TraneOregon in 2001.
• The building was the main headquarters of Willamette Industries before it was bought out by Weyerhaeuser in 2002.
• The Tower Restaurant, on the 21st floor, was closed in May 2002.
• In 1999, Wells Fargo occupied as much as 40 percent of the Class A commercial property.
• First National Bank Tower was dedicated on May 25, 1972.
• The First Interstate Tower was renamed the Wells Fargo Center in 1997.
• The top corners are lit in green and red alternately during winter holidays.
• Cromwell Apartment House was demolished to make way for this building.