Houston Attractions: J P Morgan Chase Tower
The J P Morgan Chase Tower is the tallest tower in TEXAS, and the 15th tallest building in the United States, and I was able to experience it. This video is my experience of that day!
JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)
The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 305.41 m (1,002.0 ft), 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas. It is currently the tallest building in the city, the tallest building in Texas, the tallest five-sided building in the world, the 13th tallest building in the United States, and the 79th tallest building in the world.
24. JPMorgan Chase Tower, Sky Lobby 60th floor
JPMorgan Chase Tower was designed by I.M. Pei and associate architect 3D International. The building was completed in 1981 as Texas Commerce Tower. JPMorgan Chase Tower is 75 stories (1,049 feet) tall; just shy of three and a half football fields. The tower has 1.98 million square feet of gross office building space.
JPMorgan Chase Tower was originally planned to be 80 stories tall, but the Federal Aviation Administration limited this and future buildings to 75 stories; anything higher would be labeled by the federal agency as hazardous to air navigation. JPMorgan Chase Tower has an emergency helipad on the rooftop, but has never been utilized and the rooftop is now an antenna site. The office tower is clad in pale gray polished granite, stainless steel, and gray glass. The western corner of the tower has been sheared off to form a five-sided structure. The western facet of the tower is formed by an 85 foot wide free span of glass that ascends the full height of the building. The lobby of JPMorgan Chase Tower was designed to harmonize not only with the height of the structure, but also with the portico of Jones Hall. For that reason, a story glass wall supported by a stainless steel space frame spans the entire 85-foot width of the front entrance, making the lobby area light and airy and opening up the space to the plaza outside.
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JPMorgan Chase Tower (HD)
Here is a video of the JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, TX. This tower is currently the tallest in the city of Houston. Watch in HD and please subscribe! :)
JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 305.41 m (1,002.0 ft), 75-story skyscraper in Houston, Texas. It is currently the tallest building in the city, the tallest building in Texas, the tallest five-sided building in the world, 12th tallest building in the United States, and the 54th tallest building in the world.
The tower was built in downtown Houston at 600 Travis Street in 1981 as Texas Commerce Tower. It was designed by noted architects I. M. Pei & Partners. In some early plans, the building reached up to 80 stories; however, the FAA expressed concern that additional height was a risk for aircraft going into and out of nearby William P. Hobby Airport. Nonetheless, when it was completed, it was the eighth tallest building in the world. The building was developed as part of a partnership between Texas Commerce Bank and Khalid bin Mahfouz.
Upon its completion, the building surpassed Aon Center in Los Angeles to become the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River, a title it held until Los Angeles's Library Tower, now known as the U.S. Bank Tower, was built in 1990.
JPMorgan Chase Tower is also connected to the Houston Downtown Tunnel System. This system forms a network of subterranean, climate-controlled, pedestrian walkways that link twenty-five full city blocks. The lobby of JPMorgan Chase Tower has been designed to harmonize not only with the height of the structure but also with the portico of Jones Hall, home of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and which occupies the city block immediately to the west. For that reason, a five-story glass wall supported by a stainless steel space frame spans the entire 85 foot width of the front entrance, making the lobby area light and airy, and opening up the space to the plaza outside.
The sky lobby observation deck is located on the 60th floor. The sky lobby acts as a transfer point for persons traveling to the upper (61-75) floors, but also as an observation deck for the public during the working hours of 8:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. Monday--Friday, free of charge. One can take the express elevator, providing a panoramic view of the city of Houston thanks to the use of wide glass spans and thirteen-foot ceilings. In the large plaza area at the entrance of the building is a multi-colored sculpture entitled Personage with Birds, which was designed by painter and sculptor Joan Miró, and which was installed in the plaza in early 1982.
While the tower's name reflects the bank JPMorgan Chase, the only space designated to Chase is a single branch office on the bottom floor. The tower is owned by Prime Asset Management and managed by its original owner, Hines Interests.
On September 13, 2008, many of the tower's windows were blown out as Hurricane Ike moved through the area leaving desks exposed, metal blinds hanging in a twisted heap and smoky black glass covering the streets below. Police were forced to cordon off the area due to the amount of debris lying in the streets.
At first, it was speculated that the glass came off the building due to impact from debris or due to high-speed winds in the confined spaces. However, flying glass debris must be entirely governed by drag and lift forces that overcome gravity for a considerable time period. Also, the high speed in confined spaces theory is not entirely justified since the height of damage seen in the tower exceed too significantly the height of the Chase Center parking garage next to the tower. This theory was proposed because an increase in wind speed produce a drop in external pressure in the side and leeward walls and the pressure inside the building remained normal (high) thus resulting in a force that would overcome design pressures. Other interesting observations include those of ABS Consulting engineers who suggest that glazing damage may have been produced by organized vortices produced by the upwind Calpine Center and steady vortices between the Tower and the Chase Center parking garage. The NatHaz Modeling Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame is currently conducting an investigation of the flow field around the structure, modeling the tower and the immediate area surrounding it using Computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Preliminary findings suggest that the localized damage is the result of a confluence of multiple mechanisms arising from the arrangement of nearby buildings, critical flow directionality and the possible entrapment of debris within evolving flow structures.
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The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 305.4-meter (1,002-foot), 2,243,013-square-foot (208,382.7 m2), 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. It is currently the tallest building in the city, the tallest building in Texas, the tallest five-sided building in the world, the 22nd-tallest building in the United States, and the 107th-tallest building in the world.
JP Morgan Chase Tower In Houston, TX
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The tallest building in Texas - 305.41 m (1,002.0 ft)
JPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston TX. The tallest building in Texas - 305.41 m (1,002.0 ft)
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Report: Texas' tallest tower and downtown Houston skyscraper to be sold for $627 million
The downtown Houston skyscraper commonly called JPMorgan Chase Tower and the adjacent Chase Center building reportedly are being sold in a deal that could be worth $627 million. The tower, at 600 Travis St., was completed in 1982 for Texas Commerce Bancshares and is the tallest building in Texas at 75 stories.
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40 Tallest Building in each U.S. State Height Comparison - 3D
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40 Tallest Building in each U S State Comparison 3D
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Washington, D.C.
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Delaware Wilmington River Tower
Mississippi Biloxi Beau Rivage Casino Hotel
South Carolina Columbia Capitol Center
New Mexico Albuquerque Albuquerque Plaza
Kansas Wichita Epic Center
Utah Salt Lake City Wells Fargo Center
Rhode Island Providence Industrial National Bank Building
Hawaii Honolulu First Hawaiian Center
Arizona Phoenix Chase Tower
Virginia Virginia Beach The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center
Maryland Baltimore Transamerica Tower
Connecticut Hartford City Place
Arkansas Little Rock Simmons Tower
Oregon Portland Wells Fargo Center
Kentucky Kentucky 400 West Market
Wisconsin Milwaukee U.S. Bank Center
Tennessee Nashville AT&T Building
Missouri Kansas City One Kansas City Place
Iowa Des Moines 801 Grand
Nebraska Omaha First National Bank Tower
Nevada Paradise The Palazzo
Louisiana New Orleans One Shell Square
Colorado Denver Republic Plaza
Alabama Mobile RSA Battle House Tower
Michigan Detroit Detroit Marriott
Massachusetts Boston John Hancock Tower
Minnesota Minneapolis IDS Center
Indiana Indianapolis Salesforce Tower
Oklahoma Oklahoma City Devon Tower
Florida Miami Panorama Tower
North Carolina Charlotte Bank of America Corporate Center
New Jersey Jersey City 99 Hudson Street
Washington Seattle Columbia Center
Ohio Cleveland Key Tower
Texas Houston JPMorgan Chase Tower
Georgia Atlanta Bank of America Plaza
California Los Angeles Wilshire Grand Center
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Comcast Technology Center
Illinois Chicago Willis Tower
New York New York City One World Trade Center
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Houston Architecture Series: JP Morgan Chase Tower
The JP Morgan Chase Tower is the tallest building in Houston, tallest building in Texas and the tallest five sided building in the world. It has a beautiful sky lobby on the 60th floor. I hope you enjoy this video, which is one of a series on Houston Architecture on a YouTube channel which continually talks about Houston.
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The JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly Texas Commerce Tower, is a 305.41 m (1,002.0 ft), 75-story skyscraper at 600 Travis Street in Downtown Houston, Texas. It is currently the tallest building in the city, the tallest building in Texas, the tallest five-sided building in the world, the 15th tallest building in the United States, and the 107th tallest building in the world.[1]
JP Morgan Chase Building
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The tower was built in downtown Houston at 600 Travis Street in 1981 as the Texas Commerce Tower. It was designed by noted architects I.M Pei & Partners. The local architect and architect of record is 3D/International. In some early plans, the building reached up to 80 stories; however, the FAA expressed concern that additional height was a risk for aircraft going into and out of nearby William P. Hobby Airport. Nonetheless, when it was completed, it was the eighth tallest building in the world.
Upon its completion, the building surpassed Aon Center in Los Angeles to become the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River, a title it held until Los Angeles' Library Tower, now known as the U.S. Bank Tower, was built in 1990.
JPMorgan Chase Tower is also connected to the Houston Downtown Tunnel System. This system forms a network of subterranean, climate-controlled, pedestrian walkways that link twenty-five full city blocks. The lobby of JPMorgan Chase Tower has been designed to harmonize not only with the height of the structure, but also with the portico of Jones Hall. For that reason, a five story glass wall supported by a stainless steel space frame spans the entire 85 foot width of the front entrance, making the lobby area light and airy, and opening up the space to the plaza outside.
The sky lobby, aka observation deck, of this building is located on the 60th floor. The sky lobby acts as a transfer point for persons traveling to the upper (61-75) floors, but also as an observation deck for the public during the working hours of 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. One can take the express elevator, providing a panoramic view of the city of Houston thanks to the use of wide glass spans and thirteen-foot ceilings. At the entrance of the building is a multi-colored sculpture designed by Joan Miró.
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Tallest Buildings in Each U S State
The following is a list of the tallest buildings by U.S. state. Forty are in their respective state's largest city and 18 are in their state's capital city. The tallest building in the U.S. by architectural height is currently One World Trade Center in New York, which is approximately 1,776 feet — more than the combined heights of the tallest buildings in Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and West Virginia. Many are attributed to banks: three to JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Bancorp, and two to Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
The list includes the tallest (completed or topped out) buildings in each state of the United States. The following is current tallest building in each state:
1. ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
New York City, NEW YORK
Height : 541.3 m (1,776 ft.)
2. WILLIS TOWER
Chicago, ILLINOIS
Height : 442 m (1,450 ft.)
3. WILSHIRE GRAND CENTER
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Height : 335.3 m (1,100 ft.)
4. BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA
Atlanta, GEORGIA
Height : 312.1 m (1,024 ft.)
5. JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER
Houston, TEXAS
Height : 305.4 m (1,002 ft.)
6. COMCAST CENTER
Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA
Height : 296.6 m (973 ft.)
7. COLUMBIA CENTER
Seattle, WASHINGTON
Height : 294.7 m (967 ft.)
8. KEY TOWER
Cleveland, OHIO
Height : 288.7 m (947 ft.)
9. BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER
Charlotte, NORTH CAROLINA
Height : 265.5 m (871 ft.)
10. PANORAMA TOWER
Miami, FLORIDA
Height : 264.6 m (868 ft.)
11. DEVON ENERGY CENTER
Oklahoma City, OKLAHOMA
Height : 259.1 m (850 ft.)
12. SALESFORCE TOWER
Indianapolis, INDIANA
Height : 247.2 m (811 ft.)
13. IDS CENTER
Minneapolis, MINNESOTA
Height : 241.4 m (792 ft.)
14. 200 CLARENDON STREET
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS
Height : 240.8 m (790 ft.)
15. 30 HUDSON STREET
Jersey City, NEW JERSEY
Height : 238.1 m (781 ft.)
16. RSA BATTLE HOUSE TOWER
Mobile, ALABAMA
Height : 227.1 m (745 ft.)
17. RENAISSANCE CENTER
Detroit, MICHIGAN
Height : 221.6 m (727 ft.)
18. REPUBLIC PLAZA
Denver, COLORADO
Height : 217.6 m (714 ft.)
19. ONE SHELL SQUARE
New Orleans, LOUISIANA
Height : 212.5 m (697 ft.)
20. THE PALAZZO
Paradise, NEVADA
Height : 195.7 m (642 ft.)
21. FIRST NATIONAL BANK TOWER
Omaha, NEBRASKA
Height : 193.2 m (634 ft.)
22. 801 GRAND
Des Moines, IOWA
Height : 192 m (630 ft.)
23. ONE KANSAS CITY PLACE
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Height : 190.2 m (624 ft.)
24. AT&T BUILDING
Nashville, TENNESSEE
Height : 188.1 m (617 ft.)
25. U.S. BANK CENTER
Milwaukee, WISCONSIN
Height : 183.2 m (601 ft.)
26. 400 WEST MARKET
Louisville, KENTUCKY
Height : 167.3 m (549 ft.)
27. SIMMONS TOWER
Little Rock, ARKANSAS
Height : 166.7 m (547 ft.)
28. WELLS FARGO CENTER
Portland, OREGON
Height : 166.4 m (546 ft.)
29. CITY PLACE I
Hartford, CONNECTICUT
Height : 163.7 m (537 ft.)
30. TRANSAMERICA TOWER
Baltimore, MARYLAND
Height : 160.9 m (528 ft.)
31. THE WESTIN VIRGINIA BEACH TOWN CENTER
Virginia Beach, VIRGINIA
Height : 154.8 m (508 ft.)
32. CHASE TOWER
Phoenix, ARIZONA
Height : 147.2 m (483 ft.)
33. FIRST HAWAIIAN CENTER
Honolulu, HAWAII
Height : 130.8 m (429 ft.)
34. 111 WESTMINSTER STREET
Providence, RHODE ISLAND
Height : 130.5 m (428 ft.)
35. WELLS FARGO CENTER
Salt Lake City, UTAH
Height : 128.6 m (422 ft.)
36. EPIC CENTER
Wichita, KANSAS
Height : 117.35 m (385 ft.)
37. ALBUQUERQUE PLAZA
Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO
Height : 107 m (351 ft.)
38. CAPITOL CENTER
Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA
Height : 106.4 m (349 ft.)
39. BEAU RIVAGE
Biloxi, MISSISSIPPI
Height : 105.5 m (346 ft.)
40. RIVER TOWER AT CHRISTINA LANDING
Wilmington, DELAWARE
Height : 103.6 m (340 ft.)
41. EIGHTH & MAIN
Boise, IDAHO
Height : 98.5 m (323 ft.)
42. CONOCO-PHILLIPS BUILDING
Anchorage, ALASKA
Height : 90.2 m (296 ft.)
43. WEST VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL
Charleston, WEST VIRGINIA
Height : 89 m (292 ft.)
44. CITY HALL PLAZA
Manchester, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Height : 83.8 m (275 ft.)
45. FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER
Billings, MONTANA
Height : 82.9 m (272 ft.)
46. NORTH DAKOTA STATE CAPITOL
Bismarck, NORTH DAKOTA
Height : 73.8 m (242 ft.)
47. AGORA GRAND EVENT CENTER
Lewiston, MAINE
Height : 67.1 m (220 ft.)
48. WHITE HALL
Laramie, WYOMING
Height : 61 m (200 ft.)
49. CENTURYLINK TOWER
Sioux Falls, SOUTH DAKOTA
Height : 53 m (174 ft.)
50. DECKER TOWERS
Burlington, VERMONT
Height : 37.8 m (124 ft.)
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Houston, Texas United States. History, Economy
Houston is the most populous city in the Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States. Houston is a dynamic mix of imagination, talent and first-class attractions that makes it a world-class city.
America's fourth-largest city is a cosmopolitan destination, filled with world-class dining, arts, hotels, shopping and nightlife. Houston is the No. 1 city for job creation in the U.S
HISTORY
Founded in 1836 on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. The city is named after former General Sam Houston, who was president of the Republic of Texas and had won Texas' independence from Mexico.
POPULATION
The city has a population from various ethnic and religious backgrounds and a large and growing international community. Houston is the most diverse metropolitan area in Texas. Houston is a diverse city with a large and growing international community. The Houston Metropolitan area is home of residents who were born outside the United States.
EDUCATION
Four distinct state universities are located in Houston. The University of Houston (UH) is a nationally recognized research university. Several private institutions of higher learning are located within the city. Rice University is one of the country's best undergraduate schools, ranked 18th nationally, with particularly strong programs in applied sciences.
CLIMATE
Houston's climate is classified as humid subtropical. The city experiences very hot, long, and humid summers, and mild winters. Spring supercell thunderstorms sometimes bring tornadoes to the area.
Prevailing winds are from the south and southeast during most of the year, which bring heat and moisture from the nearby Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay.
During the summer, temperatures in Houston commonly reach over 32 °C. Houston has mild winters. In January, temperature is 12 °C, with an average of 13 days per year with a low at or below 0 °C.
NASA
Houston is the home of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. It's the home of America's astronaut corps, and the place where they — and many international astronauts — get trained to go to space.
COMMUNICATION
Houston is considered an automobile-dependent city, with an estimated 77.2% of commuters driving alone to work. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) provides public transportation in the form of buses, light rail, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes, and paratransit to fifteen municipalities throughout the Greater Houston area.
GOVERNMENT
The city of Houston has a strong mayoral form of municipal government. The city's elected officials are the mayor, city controller and 16 members of the Houston City Council. Houston's mayor serves as the city's chief administrator, executive officer, and official representative, and is responsible for the general management of the city and for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced.
ARCHITECTURE
Houston has the fourth-tallest skyline in North America after New York City, Chicago, and Toronto. The 75-floor, 1,002-foot (305 m)-tall JPMorgan Chase Tower, formerly the Texas Commerce Tower completed in 1982. It is the tallest structure in Texas. In 1983, the 71-floor, 992-foot tall Wells Fargo Plaza (formerly Allied Bank Plaza) was completed, becoming the second-tallest building in Houston and Texas. Based on highest architectural feature, it is the 17th-tallest in the United States.
ECONOMY
Houston is recognized worldwide for its energy industry—particularly for oil and natural gas—as well as for biomedical research. Houston's economy is industrial based in energy, manufacturing, aeronautics, and transportation. The Houston Ship Channelis also a large part of Houston's economic base. The Houston area is a leading center for building oilfield equipment.
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