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Took this on 6/27/10. Oh, and SkyscrapersOfNewYork, that house was being displayed there for a few weeks or so. I heard you could take a tour of it while it was there but they've since moved it to it's permanent location in NJ.

http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/DSCF5195.jpg

Building still looks incomplete with those missing panels on the cladding.

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Originally Posted by NYC4Life (Post 4895154)

Building still looks incomplete with those missing panels on the cladding.

I guess that images are few months old

Seeing something that large and that bright must be astonishing in person.

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Originally Posted by OneWorldTradeCenter (Post 4894939)

Some more shots

^^Nice find! Those shots are sick! Here's one that I took yesterday >>

http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/DSCF5299.jpg

That's quite the ship.

^ The largest ever to dock in Manhattan.

http://www.observer.com/2010/real-es...tery-park-city

Goldman Sachs' Battery Park City Plans

By Sam Levin
July 30, 2010

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Goldman Sachs has unveiled its plans to bring a Shake Shack, a Blue Smoke barbecue joint, and a "fancier restaurant" to its complex in Battery Park City, City Room reports.

On Wednesday, Community Board 1 received an update on the latest details of the plan: an upgrade to the Embassy Suites hotel near its headquarters, and the addition of restauranteur Danny Meyer and his Union Square Hospitality Group, which is currently expanding its franchises around the city.

Those new restaurants will be filling the void created by the departure of restaurants in the neighborhood, including Applebee's and Chevys.

"If we as a residential neighborhood can benefit from it, that's wonderful," said Linde Belfer, chairwoman of the board's Battery Park City committee. She added, though, "If all they're going to do did increase the cost of everything, then it's not so wonderful."

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...park-city/?dbk

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Mr. Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group has been expanding its Shake Shack and Blue Smoke franchises around the city and beyond. One of each opened for business at the Saratoga Race Course upstate last weekend and a customers have been lining up for burgers and shakes at a Shake Shack that opened this month on Eighth Avenue at 44th Street.

By the end of next year, those restaurants will replace some that have closed or are slated to close, including an Applebee’s and a Chevys, said Linde Belfer, chairwoman of the community board’s Battery Park City committee.

She added that Goldman Sachs also planned to renovate the Embassy Suites hotel in the complex and turn it into a luxury hotel that will carry the Conrad brand. She said that Goldman Sachs had assured community leaders that it would keep the movie theaters that had served as an anchor of the complex.

great but what happened to the lights???

Justin Bieber ate them.

great addition to the skyline! i just cant get enough of it! :D

when are the lights gonna kick back on?

Well it's not the greatest building ever, and I wish it were taller, but it looks pretty darn good. It certainly outdoes it's much cheaper looking Chinese counterparts, and will probably look even better when the WTC is complete.

I think the A/C units on top of that monster are as big as my house.

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork (Post 4969943)

when are the lights gonna kick back on?

Don't know about that. It may have been a decision by Goldman not to be too flashy, but it's one of the brightest buildings Downtown as it is. A little more light wouldn't hurt anything.