Prudential Tower
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 in surface/roof height, behind the John Hancock Tower.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Office building
- Description: skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Prudential Center”
- Address: 800 Boylston Street, 02199
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 111 Huntington Avenue and Mapparium.
111 Huntington Avenue
Office building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0.
111 Huntington Avenue is a skyscraper on Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Prudential Center complex that also houses the Prudential Tower. 111 Huntington Avenue is situated 380 feet southeast of Prudential Tower.
Mapparium
Planetarium
Photo: Chase Elliott Clark, CC BY 2.0.
The Mapparium is a three-story-tall globe made of stained glass that is viewed from a 30-foot-long bridge through its interior. As of August 2021, it was part of the "How Do You See the World?" exhibit of the Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts. Mapparium is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Prudential Tower.
Prudential station
Railway stop
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prudential station is an underground light rail station on the MBTA Green Line E branch, located below Huntington Avenue next to the Prudential Center complex near Belvidere Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Prudential station is situated 620 feet southeast of Prudential Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back Bay and South End.
Back Bay
Suburb
South End
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Prudential Tower
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and office
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.34717° or 42° 20′ 50″ northLongitude
-71.08251° or 71° 4′ 57″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Levels
52Height
750 feet (229 metres)Open location code
87JC8WW8+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 29869880OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatGeoNames ID
12358550Wikidata ID
Q606823
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Prudential Tower” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Prudential Tower”
- Catalan: “Prudential Tower”
- Chinese: “保德信大厦”
- Chinese: “保诚大厦”
- Czech: “Prudential Tower”
- Dutch: “Prudential Tower”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج برودنشال”
- French: “Prudential Tower”
- German: “Prudential Tower”
- Indonesian: “Prudential Tower”
- Italian: “Prudential Tower”
- Korean: “프루덴셜 타워”
- Persian: “برج پرودنشال”
- Portuguese: “Prudential Tower”
- Slovak: “Prudential Tower”
- Spanish: “Prudential Tower”
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