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Metropolitan Square 
General information Status Complete Type Commercial offices Location 1 Metropolitan Square
St. Louis, MissouriCoordinates 38°37′39″N 90°11′23″W / 38.6275°N 90.1896°WCoordinates: 38°37′39″N 90°11′23″W / 38.6275°N 90.1896°W Completed 1989 Height Roof 180.7 m (593 ft) Technical details Floor count 42 Floor area 88,559 m2 (953,240 sq ft) Design and construction Owner Trizec Properties, Inc Management Colliers Turley Martin Tucker Main contractor McCarthy/Kwame Construction Architect Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum References [1][2][3] One Metropolitan Square, also known as Met Square, or Met 1, is a skyscraper completed in 1989 in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. At 180.7 m (593 ft), it is the tallest building in the city, and second tallest building in Missouri behind One Kansas City Place in Kansas City. Metropolitan Square is Missouri's tallest building by roof height.
Major tenants include architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, which also designed the building, the Bryan Cave law firm, and Kemoll's Restaurant. There is also a banquet facility on the 42nd floor called Top of the Met.
The building was constructed by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the largest general contractor in St. Louis.
As viewed from the streetSee also
References
- ^ One Metropolitan Square at Emporis
- ^ One Metropolitan Square at SkyscraperPage
- ^ One Metropolitan Square at Structurae
External links
Timeline of the tallest buildings in Missouri Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) · Union Station (70 m) (1894) · Commerce Trust Building (79 m) (1906) · Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) · 925 Grand (91 m) (1921) · Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (145 m) (1931) · One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) · Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980) · AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) · Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986) · One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)
Timeline of the tallest buildings in St. Louis Old Courthouse (59 m) (1864) · Union Station (70 m) (1894) · Railway Exchange Building (84 m) (1914) · Southwestern Bell Building (121 m) (1926) · Laclede Gas Building (122 m) (1969) · One US Bank Plaza (148 m) (1976) · AT&T Center (179 m) (1986) · One Metropolitan Square (181 m) (1989)
Current Metropolitan Square · One AT&T Center · Eagleton Federal Courthouse · One US Bank Plaza · Laclede Gas Building · Southwestern Bell Building · Civil Courts Building · Bank of America Plaza · One City Center · Park East Tower · Queeny Tower · Park Plaza Apartments · St. Francis de Sales Church · 1010 Market Street · Four Seasons Hotel · Millennium Hotel · Crowne Plaza · Mansion House · Gentry's Landing · Continental Life Building · 500 BroadwayProposed See also: List of tallest buildings in MissouriCategories:- Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
- Skyscrapers in St. Louis, Missouri
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