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Tower Verre- MOMA’s Proposed Expansion

Burdened! Novel Tower Expected to Feel Planning Commish’s 200-Foot Chomp

Posted on July 26, 2010 by archipae

Burned by a post-approval architect swap at Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project—the Brooklyn developer dropped Frank Gehry and his iconic basketball arena earlier this year—the chairwoman of the City Planning Commission is going to new lengths to see that she’s not the victim of a future bait-and-switch. Continue reading →

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MoMa Mia! Opponents of MoMA Tower Accuse it of Brooding, Being Tall

Posted on July 22, 2010 by archipae

The war of petitions over Jean Nouvel’s shrinking Tower Verre continues, and a tipster passed along the challengers’ attorney’s latest memo in the case. Continue reading →

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The Point of the Skyline

Posted on July 20, 2010 by archipae

A skyscraper is not a metaphor. It’s what happens when a team of cost analysts, insurers, engineers, architects, developers, investors, and lenders makes a collective determination that math, physics, and market forces, fused in one enormous hunk of a building, will probably yield a profit. Continue reading →

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Tower Verre

Posted on July 20, 2010 by archipae

Tower Verre, also known as the MoMA Expansion Tower and 53 West 53rd Street, is a supertall skyscraper proposed by the real estate company Hines to rise in Midtown Manhattan, New York City adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art. Continue reading →

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