| 1 Pace Plaza | |
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| Alternative names | Pace College Civic Center Campus Printing House Square Maria's Tower |
| General information | |
| Type | University building |
| Address | 1 Pace Plaza |
| Town or city | Financial District, Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′41″N74°00′18″W / 40.7114°N 74.0051°W /40.7114; -74.0051 |
| Groundbreaking | December 20, 1966 |
| Construction started | 1968 |
| Completed | 1970 |
| Owner | Pace University |
| Height | 199.36 feet (60.76 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 18 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Eggers & Higgins |
| Architecture firm | Eggers & Higgins |
| References | |
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1 Pace Plaza is the flagship building complex ofPace University inNew York City, located directly across from theCity Hall and adjacent to theBrooklyn Bridge ramp in theCivic Center neighborhood ofManhattan. The building houses the classrooms, administrative offices, a 2,000-square-foot (190 m2)student union, the 750-seat community theater of theMichael Schimmel Center for the Arts, thePeter Fingesten Gallery, and an 18-floor high-rise known as Maria's Tower. The 5th through 17th floors of Maria's Tower houses approximately 500 freshmen residents and the 18th floor holds university administrative offices.
Construction on 1 Pace Plaza started in December 1966[2][3] and was completed in 1970[4] on the site of the formerNew York Tribune Building.[5] It was part of the 1960s Brooklyn Bridge Title I Project, which included theSouthbridge Towers, the Beekman Hospital (nowNew York Downtown Hospital) and theWorld Trade Center.
The architects of 1 Pace Plaza wereEggers & Higgins. Israeli sculptorNehemia Azaz, working with Paul Lampl, Chief Designer at Eggers & Higgins, created the "Brotherhood of Man" copper prismed sculpture that still adorns the Pace Plaza entrance on Frankfort Street.[6]
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