| City Club Apartments Union Central | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Neo-classical |
| Location | 1 West 4th Street Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39°05′58″N 84°30′47″W / 39.099556°N 84.512967°W |
| Completed | 1913 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 31 |
| Lifts/elevators | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Garber & Woodward Cass Gilbert |
| Engineer | Gunvald Aus Company |
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The 4th & Vine Tower (formerly known as the Union Central Tower[6] and Central Trust Bank Building) is a 151 m (495 ft) skyscraper in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. It stands 31 stories tall, overlooking the Ohio River waterfront. It is easily one of the most recognizable buildings in the city's skyline, owing to the elaborate Hellenic architecture in the upper portion of the tower, which was modeled to resemble reconstructions of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.[7] Few PNC Bank employees now work in the 4th & Vine Tower today, as most report to the newer PNC Center. PNC Bank has the signage rights to the building, but PNC Tower is not the official name. It is officially the 4th & Vine Tower.
PNC acquired Central Trust in 1988. However, the signage on the building remained "Central Trust" until February, 1993. On September 16, 1992, PNC Bank announced it would scrap the names of its various banks in favor of the PNC Bank name. The lights on the old sign, which had been a fixture of the Cincinnati skyline since 1964, were turned off for the last time at 6:00AM on Monday, February 8, 1993.[8] when workers began removing the "Central Trust" signage from the building and replacing it with a similarly-styled red-neon-lettered sign. [9] The work on replacing the sign was completed in late-May of 1993 and three sides of the building were lighted with the new lettering. A nesting peregrine falcon had prevented the lighting of the sign on the east façade. This final sign was illuminated on July 26, 1993.
- ^ "Fourth and Vine Tower". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 122082". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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- ^ "Fourth and Vine Tower". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Fourth and Vine Tower at Structurae
- ^ Rolfes, Steven (Oct 29, 2012). Cincinnati Landmarks. Arcadia Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 9780738593951. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ^ Painter, Sue Ann. Architecture in Cincinnati: An Illustrated History of Designing and Building an American City. p.152-153.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/765222706
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/765223691/