One Financial Center

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This is an article about a building in Boston; for the second-tallest building in Providence, see: Sovereign Bank Tower (Providence)

One Financial Center is a modern skyscraper in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1983, it is tied with the First National Bank Building as Boston's 8th-tallest building, standing 180 m (590 ft) tall, and housing 46 floors. An unusual 90 ft tall glass-roofed lobby occupies the first two stories. The remaining stories are offices, home to a number of law firms, Certified Public Accountants, and financial services companies.

The building is located on an historic 1.23-acre triangular piece of land next to South Station and the Federal Reserve Bank Building, joining the Fort Point Channel area with Boston's Financial District.

During the Big Dig (a project to create a new underground highway under the centre of Boston), extra care was needed to avoid subsidence of the soil under the building, as construction was underway just 25 ft from the building's foundation. The building was constructed on soil rather than bedrock due to the geography of the site.

The tower is topped off by two antennas. Apart from these and their supporting cables, the roof of the building is flat with no crown.