The Prudential Tower, also known as the Prudential Building or, colloquially, The Pru, is an international style skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts. The building, a part of the Prudential Center complex, currently stands as the 2nd-tallest building in Boston, behind 200 Clarendon Street, formerly the John Hancock Tower. The Prudential Tower was designed by Charles Luckman and Associates for Prudential Insurance. Completed in 1964, the building is 749 feet (228 m) tall, with 52 floors, and is tied with others as the 114th-tallest in the United States. It contains 1.2 million sq ft (110,000 m2) of commercial and retail space. Including its radio mast, the tower's pinnacle height reaches 907 feet (276 m).
Vertical panoramic view of the Prudential Tower
The Prudential Tower as seen from the Back Bay, near the intersection of Commonwealth and Massachusetts Avenues.
Unfinished Prudential Tower in 1963, dwarfs the Old John Hancock building at left
Prudential Tower showing the "GO SOX" light pattern in support of the Boston Red Sox
200 Clarendon Street, previously John Hancock Tower and colloquially known as The Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot (240 m) skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. It is the tallest building in New England. The tower was designed by Henry N. Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners and was completed in 1976.
A view of Hancock Place from the Charles River
Full vertical view of the John Hancock Tower
Cloud reflections on the glass sheathing
The dark vertical notch is prominent in this view
