First City Tower - Houston, Texas - Skyscrapers on Waymarking.com

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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Building Name: First City Tower Structure Height: 662 Number of Stories: 49 Year Built: 1981 Architect/Design Firm: Morris*Aubry Architects Style: Post-Modern Use: Office Building Publicly accessible areas: Tunnels beneath. Hours: Monday-Friday, 6am-6pm Cost: None. Address: 1001 Fannin Houston, Texas Building Website: [Web Link] The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) link: [Web Link]

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