# 1600 Pacific Tower > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1600_Pacific_Tower > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1600_Pacific_Tower.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1600_Pacific_Tower > Source revision: 1340867239 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Skyscraper in Dallas Texas 1600 Pacific Tower The 1600 Pacific Tower building in 2018 Interactive map of the 1600 Pacific Tower area General information Status Completed Type Office Location 1600 Pacific Tower Dallas, Texas, USA Coordinates 32°46′55″N 96°47′57″W / 32.781860°N 96.799091°W / 32.781860; -96.799091 Opening 1964 Cost $16 million Owner HRI Properties Height Roof 434 ft (132 m) Technical details Floor count 33 Lifts/elevators 8 Design and construction Architects Harwood K. Smith, Dales Young Foster Main contractor The Beck Group **1600 Pacific Tower**, also known as the **LTV Tower** (and also originally **National Bank of Commerce Building**), is a [skyscraper](/source/Skyscraper) in the [City Center District](/source/City_Center_District%2C_Dallas%2C_Texas) of [Dallas, Texas](/source/Dallas%2C_Texas), USA. The building rises 434 feet (132 meters). The structure contains 33 floors, made up originally of office space (but now consists of a hotel and apartments), standing as the [29th-tallest building](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Dallas) in the city. The building is adjacent to [Thanks-Giving Square](/source/Thanks-Giving_Square) and was, for a time, connected to the [Dallas Pedestrian Network](/source/Dallas_Pedestrian_Network). ## History The building was designed in 1961 by architects Harwood K. Smith and Dales Young Foster and opened in 1964 as the fifth tallest building in Dallas. Banking facilities for the National Bank of Commerce were located on the second and third floors, while the 28-story tower portion of the building contained the executive headquarters for LTV (Ling-Temco-Vought), Electro-Science Investors, and American Life Insurance Company plus other leasable space.[1] 2 levels of parking are located below the structure. The ground floor contained a marble and granite pedestrian mall connecting Elm Street and Pacific Avenue, open 24 hours a day for pedestrian passage. An innovative motor bank, called "Teller-Vision", allowed drive-up bank customers to conduct business over a closed circuit television system.[2] Terraces and gardens were located on the roof of the 3-story base, and the top floor of the building contained the private Lancers Club. The building's facade was covered with 125,000 square feet (11,600 m2) of dark glass with strips of aluminum molding and contained the world's largest electronic signboard. Thirty windows on each of the twenty-five floors were individually controlled and could spell out different messages. It often spelled out "LTV", and even had a figure of [Big Tex](/source/Big_Tex) in lights during the State Fair.[3] The quality of the building's construction has been debated over the years. During construction, a section of masonry broke loose and tons of bricks crashed through the roof of a neighboring building. Shortly after opening some of the windows cracked due to heat.[4] In 1970 a bomb threat caused evacuation of the building.[5] The building was sold in 1968, and in 1975 the building was sold again to Dresser, Inc.[6] The building went through a series of successive owners intending to convert it into residences, but because of economic conditions no plans immediately came to fruition. In 2010, work by a San Antonio-based developer began to renovate the building—which was to be renamed The Grand Ricchi—for residential and office condo use. In 2014 a new plan was announced, to convert the building to a combination [Hilton Garden Inn](/source/Hilton_Garden_Inn) and apartments. The hotel lobby would be on the first floor, parking on floors 2–4, the hotel on floors 5–14, and the apartments on 15–32.[7] The apartments began occupancy in July 2015 and the hotel opened in September 2015.[8] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Skyscraper Planned in Downtown Dallas". *[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)*. December 7, 1961. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Bank to Open New Building". *[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)*. May 31, 1964. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Signboard Will Cover 25 Stories". *[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)*. July 10, 1964. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "First Wall, Now Glass Splits". *[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)*. December 3, 1964. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** '"Bomb Warning Routes Workers at LTV Tower". *[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)*. April 4, 1970. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Dallas Public Library](http://dallaslibrary.org/texas/photogallery/downtownliving/1600pacific.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["HRI Launches Reconstruction of Historic LTV Building in Downtown Dallas"](http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article78183.html). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Brown, Steve (August 6, 2015). ["New residents are making a home in downtown Dallas' old LTV Tower"](http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20150806-new-residents-are-making-a-home-in-downtown-dallas-old-ltv-tower.ece). *[The Dallas Morning News](/source/The_Dallas_Morning_News)*. Retrieved August 8, 2015. ## External links - [Hilton Garden Inn-Downtown Dallas](http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/texas/hilton-garden-inn-downtown-dallas-DALPAGI/index.html) hotel website - [LTV Tower Apartments](http://www.ltvtowerapartments.com) website - [1600 Pacific Tower](https://web.archive.org/web/20070101052556/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1600pacific-dallas-tx-usa) on Emporis.com - [1600 Pacific Tower](http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5058) on SkyscraperPage.com - [History of 1600 Pacific](http://dallaslibrary.org/texas/photogallery/downtownliving/1600pacific.htm), Dallas Public Library - [Photo of damage during construction](https://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/3080290289/in/photostream/) - [Photo of building's lighting](https://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/3081128928/in/photostream/) v t e Skyscrapers in Dallas Current Bank of America Plaza Renaissance Tower Comerica Bank Tower Chase Tower Fountain Place Trammell Crow Center 1700 Pacific Avenue Thanksgiving Tower Energy Plaza First National Bank Tower Gables Republic Tower Republic Center Tower II Whitacre Tower Ross Tower Tower at Cityplace Reunion Tower Sheraton Dallas Hotel Mercantile National Bank Building Bryan Tower Magnolia Hotel Harwood Center 717 Harwood 2100 Ross Avenue Renaissance Dallas Hotel One Dallas Center One Main Place 1600 Pacific Tower Omni Dallas Hotel The Mondrian Adolphus Hotel Davis Building Kirby Building Tower Petroleum Building Corrigan Tower Plaza of the Americas Pacific Place The Crescent See also List of tallest buildings in Dallas v t e Downtown Dallas Only items within the "Loop" are listed. Areas Arts District City Center District Convention Center District Farmers Market District Harwood Historic District Government District Main Street District Reunion District West End Historic District Dallas Downtown Historic District Education Primary and secondary schools Dallas ISD Washington PVA Dallas HS (closed) Lassiter ECHS Pegasus of Liberal Arts & Sciences Other education Dallas County Community College District (El Centro College) Dallas Public Library J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Universities Center at Dallas University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law Skyscrapers and complexes 1600 Pacific Tower (LTV Tower) (Hilton Garden Inn) 1700 Pacific 2100 Ross Avenue Adolphus Hotel Bank of America Plaza Bryan Tower Chase Tower Comerica Bank Tower Corrigan Tower Dallas Hilton (Hotel Indigo) Davis Building Energy Plaza First National Bank Tower Fountain Place Hyatt Regency Dallas The Joule Hotel Kirby Building KPMG Centre Magnolia Hotel Mercantile Commerce Building (AC Hotel; Residence Inn) Mercantile Continental Building Mercantile National Bank Building Museum Tower Omni Dallas Hotel One Arts Plaza One Dallas Center One Main Place (Westin Hotel) Pacific Place Plaza of the Americas Renaissance Tower Republic Center Reunion Tower Ross Tower Salazar Center Santa Fe Terminal Complex Sheraton Dallas Hotel Statler Hotel & Residences Thanksgiving Tower Tower Petroleum Building (Cambria Hotel Dallas) Trammell Crow Center Crow Museum of Asian Art Whitacre Tower Parks Civic Garden Park Dealey Plaza Ferris Plaza Main Street Garden Park Pegasus Plaza Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park Thanks-Giving Square Klyde Warren Park Religious buildings Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe Fellowship Church First Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church of Dallas First United Methodist Church St. Jude Chapel St. Paul United Methodist Church Other landmarks AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Annette Strauss Square Butler Brothers Building Citywalk@Akard Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse Dallas City Hall Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red) Dawson State Jail (closed) Dallas Farmers Market Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Dallas Municipal Building Dallas Museum of Art Dallas Pedestrian Network Dallas Scottish Rite Temple Dallas World Aquarium Dal-Tex Building Dealey Plaza Fairmont Hotel Dallas Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Majestic Theatre Manor House Apartments Mayflower Building Moody Performance Hall Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Nasher Sculpture Center Neiman Marcus Building Old Dallas Central Library (The Dallas Morning News) Pioneer Plaza Pioneer Park Cemetery Sanger Harris Building (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Texas School Book Depository (Dallas County Administration Building) Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Thanks-Giving Square Titche–Goettinger Building Wilson Building Transportation Dallas CBD Vertiport DART rail stations Akard Convention Center Pearl/Arts District St. Paul Union Station West End/West Transfer Center Streetcar services M-Line Trolley Dallas Streetcar Crime JFK assassination 2016 shooting of police officers 2019 courthouse shooting First Baptist Academy of Dallas was previously in Downtown Dallas --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1600 Pacific Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1600_Pacific_Tower) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1600_Pacific_Tower?action=history)). 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