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Key Tower, Cleveland, U.S.A., Building, House, Structure, Image, Photo, Emporis,View from the southwest - 2007-7-13 (549515)
(c) Marshall Gerometta
 
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Key Tower, Cleveland, U.S.A., Building, House, Structure, Image, Photo, Emporis,From the 21st floor of the Celebreeze Federal Building - 2007-7-13 (402517)
(c) Frank Gerlak
 
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Key Tower, Cleveland, U.S.A., Building, House, Structure, Image, Photo, Emporis,View from the north - 2007-7-13 (133247)
(c) Frank Gerlak
 
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Identification
Official name Key Tower
Alternative names *
Emporis Building Number 121788
 
Location
Address *
Bordering street #1 Public Square
Bordering street #2 St. Clair Avenue
Bordering street #3 West Mall Drive
Postcode *
Exact Latitude *
Exact Longitude *
Location Map (POI) *
Complex Key Center
Zone Civic Center
Neighborhood Downtown
City Cleveland
State Ohio
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
Height (tip) *
Height (struct.) 289 m 947 ft
Height (roof) *
Floors (OG) 57
Construction start *
Construction end 1991
GFA *
 
Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
Architectural style *
Status existing [completed]

Facts
- Philip Johnson bid on this project but lost out to Cesar Pelli (see concept model photo in this building's photo files).
- Key Tower's steel skeleton surpassed the height of the flagpole on Terminal Tower the week of November 26, 1990 making it the tallest building in Ohio.
- The Key Tower looks very similar to the rejected first proposal presented by Pelli of the Wells Fargo Center (then called Norwest Tower), which was built 3 years earlier in Minneapolis.
- The design is also similar to the unbuilt Society Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
- This was the tallest building between Chicago and New York City until the Comcast Center in Philadelphia was topped out in 2007.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect:
Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc.

Other companies:
American Bridge Company, American Bridge Company, Baker Concrete Construction, CENTRIA Architectural Systems, E.G. Smith Construction Products, Flour City International, Inc., Frank Novak & Sons, Inc., Gorman-Lavelle Corporation, Harrington Electric Co, HighRise Systems, Inc., Independence Excavating, KeyCorp, Lake Erie Electric, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Oliver Design Group, Oliver Design Group, Osborne, Inc., Otis Elevator Co., The GQ Contracting Company, The Richard E. Jacobs Group, Inc., Turner Construction Company, Weaver Boos Consultants.