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Gables Republic Tower is 36-stories and has a roof height of 452 feet (138 m), but when its 150-foot (46 m) spire is included, the building reaches a height of 602 feet (183 m). Currently, it is the 11th-tallest building in the city when the spire is included.
The ninth floor, the first floor of the tower, housed the bank's top executives, lounge areas and executive dining room. It was surrounded by an extensive rooftop garden, heavily landscaped and filled with sculptures and fountains. [13] The 8th floor contained the Dallas Room, a 300-seat auditorium, and the bank employees' cafeteria. [17]
The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is the Renaissance Tower, which rises 886 feet (270 m) and was completed in 1974. [5] The Comerica Bank Tower, completed in 1987 and rising 787 feet (240 m), is the third-tallest building in Dallas. [6] Three of the ten tallest buildings in Texas are located in Dallas. [7]
On May 31, 1924, a banquet was held in the former rooftop garden of the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. This year, the venerable hotel, now part of the Royal Sonesta chain, celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Its height was later surpassed in the city by Republic Center Tower II. [1] For many years after the building's opening, the most exclusive restaurant in downtown Dallas was the Chaparral Club on the 37th floor, and an observation deck occupied the top of the tower. Southland Life vacated the complex when Cityplace Center opened in 1988.
A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement, habitats or corridors [ 1 ] for wildlife, recreational opportunities, and in large scale it may even have ecological benefits. [ 2 ]
In 1986 the tower was renamed First Republic Bank Plaza after InterFirst Corporation's merger with Republic Bank Corporation. First Republic Corporation later failed and was sold in 1988 to Charlotte-based North Carolina National Bank by the Resolution Trust Corporation becoming NCNB Texas. The tower was renamed NCNB Plaza.
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