The Phoenix Corporate Center (formerly known as First Federal Savings Building) is a 26 floor skyscraper in Phoenix, Arizona. It was built in 1965 and designed in the International Style. The tower was built two miles north of Downtown Phoenix in the Central Corridor. At that time corporate investment turned its attention away from downtown. When the tower was complete it was the tallest building in Phoenix taking that distinction away from the Meridian Bank Tower. It remained the tallest building for 6 years until the Wells Fargo Plaza was completed in 1971.
When Phoenix Corporate Center was originally built all north and south facing windows had balconies. There were seven columns stretching from the ground floor to the top where they formed a series of arches. Each column visually attached to its neighboring column. There was also a glass elevator on the western elevation, which served the top floor.
The buildings exterior was remodeled in the mid-1990s, balconies were removed and glass was reinstalled flush with the slabs edge claiming the area as interior space, several vertical columns on the north and south facades were removed giving the building a smoother more modern appearance. The skylift elevator is no longer functional.
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