Height: 201m/658 feet
Floors: 50
Year: 1990
Location: Long Island City, Queens
Architect: SOM

On a direct axis with the Citicorp headquarters building at 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, the 1,375,000 sf building is placed on a two-acre site bounded by wide streets and small parks, a landmarked residential block, and a historic courthouse. The 50-story tower with its curtain wall of glass spandrels enclosing pale green metal panels features graduated corner setbacks at the highest floors, and is a defining element of the Long Island City skyline. A low-rise building adjacent to the tower houses ancillary services and retail space, while a seven-story glass-enclosed rotunda is the focal point for the entrance plaza, two subway stations, and the pedestrian concourse entrance.

An "intelligent" building, the design incorporates computerized building management systems for life safety, security, HVAC, and energy savings. Easy-access raised flooring throughout all office space permits rapid installation and renovation of power, telephone, and computer signal needs, and is especially suited for fiber-optics technology. The tower contains floors of approximately 26,000 sf and features 45-foot clear spans from a central elevator and service core.

Did You Know?

The Citibank Building is the Tallest building on Long Island.

The Pictures:

http://members.aol.com/smurphy110/queens/citibank.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103citibank.jpg

http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v156/AtlanticaC5/skyscrapers/citi.jpg

http://www.som.com/resources/projects/2/6/6/citilic_716.jpg

8/10

I love the setbacks and the base, a bit like BoA in Dallas. The glass could be better though. Strange that I've not seen it before.

8.5/10 I like the colors. It sticks out from the rest of the skyline because it's by itself.

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You probably haven't seen it before because the building is in Queens rather than Manhattan. Although, it's right across the river. I think if the building was in Manhattan it would be one of those hid treasures.

7/10

Stunning set-back with a gorgeous green...Made it's self as a Queen's Landmark....9/10

7/10. the glass i don't like that much, but the setbacks are ok

not so beautiful. bec it's the tallest in the area, it's quite good at getting attn. 7/10

Nice setbacks. 8.5/10

I really like the building, but the top and its setbacks are dissapointing.....7

5/10

Setbacks are cool.And the colour too :)7.5/10

Ohh! awesome building, its a masterpiece, another SOM 10/10

the entrance is good , 7

8/10 beautifull building. :cheers:

the shape is really nice but the facade is horrible, still great though, 7

hmm.. color is, yes appealing. shape is nice. it seems not complete in some way.

6.5

Don't know, mmmm 6.5/10.

6.5

5

9.5

Woo the AQUA
And I like the design! :D

nice facade, ugly shape 6/10

I think it looks quite good...7.5/10

6/10

its ok..

4.5/10

Remove the logo´s from the top and I´ll give it a 5/10

6/10. Not bad at all but little bit boring.

Mwa 6.5

7.5/10
Intresting design. The setbacks look nice, and I like the way it reflects the different colours of the sky.
:)

8.5 i like it those setbacks are nice

good looking building...8/10
so is it all alone (no other scrapers beside it?)?

peversely likable.

7.

8/10



interesting tower

I love that building. Its the one thing I always look when going through Queensborough bridge. 10/10
Especially the fact that its not in Manhattan gives it an A+, because its looks better alone. But I never knew it was over 200m high. I always figured its 150m max

Tallest building in the area

I like the design of the building

Really nice facade

9/10

8/10

6.5/10. Could have gone better then this.

8.5/10 There are some good views of this building when you ride the subway into Manhattan from Queens. :cool:

the queen of Queens......7

8.5/10...I see this big guy towering over everyday, if you look at it enough, you'll start loving it. It's Queens jewel for now and the tallest tower outside of Manhattan. It looks so isolated but I think it's location compliments the tower well. The color and facade is pretty interesting, but when you see the tower up close, it looks kind of messy/sloppy.

The setbacks at the top are a good ending to the tower's overall great massing.

BTW, it has a brand new Citibank logo at the top now and lights up bright at night! I'll try and snap it.

Here's a picture I got of it one afternoon:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/24042004_0510Image0011.JPG

8.0

8/10

Great setbacks. The logo at the top kind of spoils it though.

Nice glass facade, but the tower has a too boring shape. 7/10

Magestic shape, but i don't like the colour. 6.5/10

It's so lonely, yet so close. It's on the wrong side of the river IMO. I would have built small mid-size almost surburban office park in LIC. That might have benfited the city much more.

nice building. the only drawback is that it is too fat

8/10

Sometime good, and sometimes bad. I give it a 6.5/10. :dunno:

In the middle of nowhere. 6

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7/10

Location means people will notice it (instead of being lost in Manhattan).
Design is better than 1960s boxes but the setbacks are not very well proportioned.
7/10

8/10

7.5/10 plain.

Nothing special, but looks nice. 7,5/10

6.5/10

7,5/10

Not the best building, but if things go the way I'm hoping, the Queens waterfront should have a pleasant enough skyline before I'm dead (Pepsi sign and all!). This building was the first step, and only in very recent history have any further steps been made. A very biased 7.5

7/10

looks bare by itself

6.5

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8.5

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7/10

Really out of place but it has good setbacks. 7/10

6/10

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nice facade

6.5/10.

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7.5/10. like the green colour but the building is too alone for my taste.

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

9/10 really cool

6.5/10

I took this one before a thunderstorm:
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r192/beanhead4529/The%20City%20of%20New%20York/DSC09784.jpg

nice building 10/10

everything is better in NY 10--10

10/10

10/10

8/10 Good setbacks. :)

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