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1 Pace Plaza

Building at Pace University in New York City

Field	Value
name	1 Pace Plaza
image	The front exterior facade of One Place Plaza.jpg
alternate_names	Pace College Civic Center Campus
Printing House Square
Maria's Tower
building_type	University building
address	1 Pace Plaza
location_city	Financial District, Manhattan, New York City, New York
location_country	United States
coordinates
groundbreaking_date	December 20, 1966
start_date	1968
completion_date	1970
owner	Pace University
height	199.36 ft
floor_count	18
architect	Eggers & Higgins
architecture_firm	Eggers & Higgins
references

Printing House Square Maria's Tower 1 Pace Plaza is the flagship building complex of Pace University in New York City, located directly across from the City Hall and adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge ramp in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan. The building houses the classrooms, administrative offices, a 2000 sqft student union, the 750-seat community theater of the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, the Peter Fingesten Gallery, and an 18-floor high-rise known as Maria's Tower. The 5th through 17th floors of Maria's Tower houses approximately 500 freshmen residents and the 18th floor holds university administrative offices.

History

Construction on 1 Pace Plaza started in December 1966 and was completed in 1970 on the site of the former New York Tribune Building. It was part of the 1960s Brooklyn Bridge Title I Project, which included the Southbridge Towers, the Beekman Hospital (now New York Downtown Hospital) and the World Trade Center.

The architects of 1 Pace Plaza were Eggers & Higgins. Israeli sculptor Nehemia Azaz, working with Paul Lampl, Chief Designer at Eggers & Higgins, created the "Brotherhood of Man" copper prismed sculpture that still adorns the Pace Plaza entrance on Frankfort Street.

References

Pace Press: Function and style: The origin of One Pace Plaza

References

"Pace Plaza".
Carroll, Maurice. (December 20, 1966). "Ground is Broken for Pace Center; Humphrey and Lindsay Help Dedicate Downtown Site". The New York Times.
Schlegel, Harry. (December 20, 1969). "Committed to Head Start: HHH". New York Daily News.
(September 15, 1970). "Pace Dedicates Campus, 3 Given Honorary Degrees". The New York Times.
Porterfield, Byron. (May 20, 1966). "'Newspaper Row' Shrinking Again; The Old Tribune Building on Nassau Is Giving Way to Pace College Center". The New York Times.
(October 1970). "Sculptures Added To Facade of New Campus". Pace Alumni News.

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