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Architecture Images- Recent 50 West Street |
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architect |
Herzog &De Mueron |
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50 West Street |
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Delayed |
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Blobitecture |
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Office Building |
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steel and glass |
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| What is interesting is the great old building that was demolished recently on this site- Formerly- Built in 1882 a few blocks south of the current WTC site on West Street, designed by William Graul. Demolished in 2008 to make way for the 700-foot 50 West Street by Herzog DeMueron | |
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50 West Street is a 725 ft (221 m) tall skyscraper under
construction in New York City. It will have 542,000 sq ft (50,400 m2) and 63
floors. Murphy/Jahn Architects designed the building. The project also
includes a pedestrian walkway to the neighboring Battery Tunnel Garage. The
building will stand on the site of the now demolished 47 West Street and 50
West Street. Time Equities broke ground in a ceremony back on June 23, 2008. Source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_West_Street |
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50 WEST STREET IF IT'S NOT ONE THING, IT'S ANOTHER Developer Time Equities broke ground in June 2008 on a 66-story hotel/condo tower at 50 West Street. It was a grand affair, with the company’s CEO Francis Greenberger and city officials joined by a vicar, a reverend and a rabbi to bless the site. More than a year later, divine intervention may still be in order. By fall the work had stopped and today that ground remains a neatly maintained but dusty lot. Designed by architect Helmut Jahn, the $600-million mixed-use tower was to include a hotel on the first 14 floors, condominiums above and a public plaza. According to a Time Equities source, who did not want to be identified, delayed completion of the foundation means that construction now must wait, not due to financing, but because the work can’t coincide with the State Department of Transportation’s planned reconstruction of West Street. “The impact that [foundation work] would have on the water table makes it not feasible for us to build,” the source said. |
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