Architectural Details
The main features are a two-tower with a glass front and aluminum-sheathed sides.
From the Bank's website The office tower linked to a four-story wing was erected between December 1972 and November 1974. The architects designed the tower office floors that rise from a 140-foot bridge "suspended" in the air between two end cores. A 600 ton major steel structure truss marks the beginning of the tower's "office in the air." The exterior is natural anodized aluminum, which acts as a curtain wall and weatherproof facing. The aluminum spandrels shade the building interior from the sun in the summertime and allow more sunlight in the winter months.
It features an auditorium that is named for Frank E. Morris. Morris was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 1968 to 1988. It was designed to meet the Bank’s needs and is also available to the community, offering lunchtime concerts as well.
Gardens are incorporated above street level.
The computer room was the first to house a Fedwire communications switch.
There are surveillance cameras on the Federal Reserve Bank building.
Read more about this topic: Federal Reserve Bank Building (Boston)
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