The Bank of America Plaza is within walking distance to numerous business, government, and cultural centers, including Tampa City Hall, County Courthouse, Federal Courthouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Riverwalk, Tampa Convention Center, and numerous hotels and restaurants. Landscape designer Edward D. Stone Jr created a "living-room for the city" comprising a casual seating area shaded by many live oak trees and surrounded by pedestrian walk lights providing a relaxing atmosphere to tenants and guests. To further enhance the ambiance, Charles O. Perry's sculpture, "Solstice" appears to float above a reflecting pool with water cascading over dark green marble weirs into a larger pool with 70 geysers. Rising into the Tampa skyline in 1985, Bank of America Plaza remains the first impression of Downtown Tampa. With its attractive white, Spanish marble, and deep-green dual-panel reflective windows, Bank of America Plaza's elegance and simplicity reflects the best thinking of internationally recognized architectural designers, artists, and landscape architects. The white marble of the building's exterior was quarried in Spain and the three-story lobby area combines a mix of warm wood panels and the luster of polished marble floors. Elevator lobby areas feature polished marble and granite quarried in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The lobby is enhanced by sitting areas, greenery, and a fountain creating an open and inviting setting for tenants and visitors. The office tower is connected to a 14-story parking garage located to the south and accessed via a climate-controlled sky bridge. Located on the ground level of the parking garage is a variety of retail shops and restaurants, including a hotel bar, Tropical Smoothie, European Wax Center, Designing Eyes Optical Shop, American Reprographics, Gen-X Tavern, Pint & Brew, and KJ's Auto Detail Center.