[quote name='DaTrain' date='Saturday, January 15th, 2005 @ 6:54pm' post='12158']Williams Tower - formerly known as Transco Tower
Height: 901 feet
64 stories
Circa: 1983
Architects: Johnson Burgee and Morris Aubry
Facts
- Then Transco Tower became Williams Tower when Transco Energy was bought out by Williams Energy Corp. in 1999
- Tallest building outside of any CBD
- Rotating beacon at night on roof every 15 seconds
- Williams Tower functions as two 32-floor towers stacked on top of each other, complete with separate lobbies, elevators, and garages.
- South of the building is a 3-acre park with a large fountain called the "Waterwall" (aka Transco Fountain), designed by the building's architects with Richard Fitzgerald & Partners. The fountain is a stunning work of hydraulic engineering.
- The top of the building features a beacon that sweeps the night sky over the Galleria area.
- Construction took only 16 months, a remarkably short time for a tower of such height.
2 Pics by Patrick Benders
Next four Pics by Mancuso
Former "TRANSCO" inscription
Waterwall
From Soul of America
