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Great American Tower at Queen City Square

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388: 42: 380:'s 81-year reign as the tallest building in Cincinnati. While the Great American Tower is 91 ft (28 m) taller than the Carew Tower, the latter building's roof is 79 ft (24 m) taller than the roof of the Great American Tower. The building was reviewed and approved by the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority which determined whether its parameters conformed to the outline in the Cincinnati 2000 plan for downtown including a final approval by 450: 429:. Gyo was flipping through books when he came upon a picture of Diana wearing a crown. "That's perfect. Here we have the crown of the building, and the nickname for the city is Queen City," said Joe Robertson of 376:. In 2002, the project was revived. Plans called for a tower with over 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m) of office space. When the tower opened in 2011, it was 660 ft (200 m), ending the 352:
at a cost of $ 322 million including $ 65 million of taxpayer-funded subsidies. Construction on the tower had begun in July 2008. Half of the building is occupied as the headquarters of the
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remarking to Gyo when he first saw the picture. The building is constructed of glass and aluminum. The ground floor lobby interiors were designed by
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says that the design is similar to buildings constructed in the United States during the 1980s, that it does not break any new ground at all.
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Western & Southern had promoted the idea of constructing a tower for 20 years following the last construction boom in
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Great American Insurance Building at Queen City Square
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which opened in January 2011. The tower was built by
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Tenants include American Financial Group, law firms
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Insurance company headquarters in the United States
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Great American Insurance Building at Queen City Square

Carew Tower
Postmodern
Cincinnati
Ohio
Coordinates
39°05′59″N 84°30′26″W / 39.09983°N 84.507185°W / 39.09983; -84.507185
Gyo Obata
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum
Western & Southern Financial Group
Turner Construction
www.queencitysquare.com/great-american-tower
skyscraper
Cincinnati, Ohio
Western & Southern Financial Group
American Financial Group
Great American Insurance Company
Cleveland
Downtown Cincinnati
Carew Tower
Cincinnati City Council

Great American Ball Park
Frost Brown Todd
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Western & Southern Financial Group
Gyo Obata
Diana, Princess of Wales's
tiara

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