Phoenix City Hall
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Phoenix City Hall is the city hall for the City of Phoenix
, Arizona
, United States
. Located in Downtown Phoenix
, the building rises 20 floors
and 368 feet (112 m) in height. Designed by architect
Langdon Wilson, Phoenix City Hall began construction in 1992 and was completed in 1994. This city hall replaced the former city hall which was located in the Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building (commonly known as Old City Hall). The total cost to build city hall, construct its adjacent parking garage
and renovate the Old City Hall was US$
83 million.
The Calvin Goode Municipal Building is not the same edifice as "Old City Hall", which is located across the Plaza. "Old City Hall" is a duplex style structure with the original Maricopa County Courthouse, whose main entrance faces Washington Street. The Old City Hall entrance faces west, what used to be 2nd Ave but is now a memorial plaza between the building and the Calvin Goode Building. All three of these structures are on the south side of Washington Street, the current City Hall tower is on the north.
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, United States
United States
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. Located in Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is the central business district of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is located near the geographic center of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County and the capital of Arizona, serves as the center of politics,...
, the building rises 20 floors
Storey
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and 368 feet (112 m) in height. Designed by architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Langdon Wilson, Phoenix City Hall began construction in 1992 and was completed in 1994. This city hall replaced the former city hall which was located in the Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building (commonly known as Old City Hall). The total cost to build city hall, construct its adjacent parking garage
Multi-storey car park
A multi-storey car-park is a building designed specifically to be for car parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place...
and renovate the Old City Hall was US$
United States dollar
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83 million.
See also
The Calvin Goode Municipal Building is not the same edifice as "Old City Hall", which is located across the Plaza. "Old City Hall" is a duplex style structure with the original Maricopa County Courthouse, whose main entrance faces Washington Street. The Old City Hall entrance faces west, what used to be 2nd Ave but is now a memorial plaza between the building and the Calvin Goode Building. All three of these structures are on the south side of Washington Street, the current City Hall tower is on the north.