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City Gate (Frankfurt)

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Frankfurt Nibelungenplatz 3.Shell Hochhaus.20130811
Frankfurt Nibelungenplatz 3.Shell Hochhaus.20130811

City Gate, formerly Büro Center Nibelungenplatz (known as BCN) and even prior Shell Tower, is a 27-storey, 110 m (360 ft) skyscraper in the Nordend-West district of Frankfurt, Germany. The building was constructed in 1966 as one of the first buildings to reach over 50 m (160 ft) in Frankfurt, and it is still the tallest building in the Nordend district. It is located at Nibelungenplatz, a busy junction in the Nordend.

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City Gate (Frankfurt)
Nibelungenplatz, Frankfurt Nordend West (Innenstadt 3)

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Citygate (Büro Center Nibelungenplatz)

Nibelungenplatz 3
60318 Frankfurt, Nordend West (Innenstadt 3)
Hesse, Germany
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