Thru the Lens: Bank of America Tower

On Thursday, May 20, Bank of America's global strategy and marketing officer Anne Finucane and The Durst Org.'s chairman Douglas Durst and president Jody Durst were joined by Nobel Prize winner, former VP, and building tenant Al Gore, mayor Michael Bloomberg, city council speaker Christine Quinn, U.S. Green Building (USGBC) Council CEO and founding chair Rick Fedrizzi, New York City schoolchildren and several hundred guests to officially open the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park at 42nd St. and Sixth Ave. The building is one of the first high-rise commercial towers in the United States to achieve a "LEED Platinum rating" for environmental performance and sustainability from the USGBC. At the celebration, to continue its commitment to New York City and environmental causes, Band of America donated $125,000 to the New York City School Gardens Initiative. The funding will help 120 NYC public schools start gardens.