Interesting Facts
There are many short distance elevators located throughout the building. For example, four small capacity elevators exist that provide service only between floors two through eight. Two more elevators exist for service only between floors 38 - 41.
In the basement garage, accessible by vehicles from Oliver Avenue for deliveries, exists a working vehicle turntable. Trucks can enter, unload, and then be "turned around" by operating the turntable to exit the building.
There is a tunnel that runs between 525 William Penn Place and One BNY Mellon Center on Grant Street, running under the Union Trust building. This tunnel connects all three buildings and while not open to the public, remains in daily use by building tenants.
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