First City Tower - Houston, Texas
Posted by: 
JimmyEv
N 29° 45.342 W 095° 21.839
15R E 271409 N 3294056
Quick Description: Morris*Aubry Architects designed this 662-foot tower in 1983 for First City Bank. The black-and-white horizontal bands and off-set vertical cuts - creating the letter 'F' for First City - makes this one of the most prominent buildings in the skyline.
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 5/24/2008 6:15:13 AM
Waymark Code: WM3VW6
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Long Description:Part of the Houston Center complex, First City still holds the name
and symbol of a bank that doesn’t exist anymore. First City Bank
boomed with Houston’s oil and gas industry until things went sour
in the late 1980s. By 1992, the 20 banks comprising First City were
seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), and the
bank declared bankruptcy. The founder of the precursor to First
City,
City
National Bank, also founded Houston’s largest law firm, Vinson
& Elkins, still headquartered in the building. Waste Management
was also an investment of First City, and is now the building’s
primary tenant.
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