222 Second Street

• Riallaro — Frank Stella
  Pixel painting on canvas; building lobby; artwork is accessible during normal business hours, when POPOS is open, 8-6.
  Installed 1997.
• The Pequod Meets the Delight — Frank Stella
  Mixed media on honeycomb aluminum; building lobby; artwork is accessible during normal business hours, when POPOS is open, 8-6.
  Installed 1992. The city's inventory titles it “Shards”.
• Shards III — Frank Stella
  Pixel painting; building lobby; artwork is accessible during normal business hours, when POPOS is open, 8-6.
  Installed 1983. The city's inventory titles it “The Pequod Meets the Delight”.

1. Apr 1990

   Erect a fourteen story office structure.

   Expired Permit 9007239S $$$ $26,000,000
2. Nov 2007

   Construction of 26 stories, 2 basements, office building with public assembly, food/beverage handling, retail sales, parking.

   Complete Permit 200711309386 $$$ $48,000,000
3. May 2013

   Excavation shoring for new construction on the same address 222 2nd street. (reference permit application 200711309386s).

   Complete Permit 201305036129 $$$ $1,500,000
4. May 2015

   Full floor tenant improvement 5th fl. partitions, ceiling, lights, mep.

   Complete Permit 201505267078 $$$ $904,568
5. Jun 2015

   6th floor ti consisting of ceilings, partitions, furniture, finishes, lighting fixtures, mechaniical, plumbing, electrical, selective structural reinforcement. life safety deferred.

   Complete Permit 201506179204 $$$ $900,000
6. Jun 2015

   T.i. including ceiling, partitions, furniture, finishes, lighting fixtures, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire alarms, selective structural reinforcements. fire sprinklers deferred. n/a ordinance #155-13.

   Complete Permit 201506179153 $$$ $900,000
7. Jun 2015

   7th flor t.i.: consisting of ceilings, partitions, furniture, finishes, lighting, fixtures, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, selective structural reinforcements. fire alarm, spklrs, sep permits.

   Complete Permit 201506179207 $$$ $900,000
8. Jul 2015

   Ti partitions, lighting, mep and minor structural.

   Complete Permit 201507101140 $$$ $1,445,000
9. Jul 2015

   9th floor commercial t.i. on plumbing, selective structural reinforcment. n/a for maher. life safety deferred.

   Complete Permit 201507131284 $$$ $1,200,000
10. Jul 2015

    10th floor commercial t.i. partitions, fixtures, mechanical, electrical, plmg, selective structual reinforment. n.a for the maher. life safety deferred.

    Complete Permit 201507131285 $$$ $1,200,000
11. Jul 2015

    11th floor t.i.: partitions, lighting, mep, structural reinforcing life safety sep permits.

    Complete Permit 201507222104 $$$ $1,200,000
12. Jul 2015

    12th floor t.i.: partitions, lighting, mep, structural reinforcing life safety sep permits.

    Complete Permit 201507222099 $$$ $1,200,000
13. Aug 2015

    3rd floor: t.i. for kitchen, dining and restroom facilities consisting of: partitions, ceilings, lighting fixtures, mechanical, electrical & plumbing, maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201508184602 $$$ $1,500,000
14. Aug 2015

    2nd floor: commercial t.i. including partitions, ceilings, finishes, plumbing, mechanical, electrical & structural; maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201508184604 $$$ $1,500,000
15. Aug 2015

    14th floor: ti - including partitions, ceiling, lighting, fictures, mechanical, plumbing electrical.maher na.

    Complete Permit 201508265350 $$$ $1,200,000
16. Aug 2015

    13th floor: ti - including partitions, ceiling, lighting, fictures, mechanical, plumbing electrical.maher na.

    Complete Permit 201508265351 $$$ $1,200,000
17. Sep 2015

    17th floor: full floor leed comm. t.i. for office, food serving and dining facilities consisting of partitions, ceilings, lighting fixutres, mechanical, electrical and plumbing. n/a for maher.

    Complete Permit 201509096488 $$$ $1,500,000
18. Jan 2016

    15th floor: : full interior tenant improvement including mep's; maher n/a.

    Complete Permit 201601136951 $$$ $1,300,000
19. Jan 2016

    16th floor, complete interior ti including mep's.

    Complete Permit 201601147158 $$$ $1,700,000
20. Jun 2019

    24th floor. partial floor t.i with new partions, ceilings, finishes, millwork, furniture, lighting, plumbing, mechanical and electrical incl employee cafeteria with limited prep with mostly pre-packaged food. some prep such as loose dry goods, perishable packaged goods, self-serve drinks.

    Issued Permit 201906264413 $$$ $1,500,000
21. Nov 2019

    24/f: partial t.i. for new video production studio; new raised floor system, partitions, ceiling lighting, finishes, plumbing & mecahnical; structural includes lighting grid support, floor system & accoustical glazing.

    Complete Permit 201911076724 $$$ $1,500,000
22. Jun 2020

    18/f: partial tenant improvement including new partitions, ceilings, finishes, millwork, furniture, lighting, mechanical, electrical, plumbing including new catering support room with limited food prep. no structural scope of work.

    Filed Permit 202006048169 $$$ $1,500,000
23. Jan 2022

    18/f: interior t.i., selective demolition & construction of non-load bearing partitions, doors, frames, new ceiling grid & tile, new finishes.

    Complete Permit 202201115789 $$$ $2,500,000
24. Feb 2025

    13/fl- -ti work includes new interior partitions, doors, finishes, ceilings and associated mep.

    Complete Permit 202502130273 $$$ $5,000,000

DBI holds 230 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 230. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Rather than commission a work, the developer bought three existing Frank Stella paintings for $1 million to satisfy the city's 1% art requirement. They hang in a ground-floor room of teak walls and polished concrete that opens onto Howard Street through 22-foot portals. Stella (1936–2024) was an American painter, sculptor and printmaker.

The city's inventory titles one of them “Shards”; a published catalogue of the room gives Shards III, of 1983.