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I love it. It's nice not to have a boring box going up all the time.
     
     
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If this building is able to stay true to the rendering this will be an exciting addition to the area. If your going to continue to hem in the Woolworth Bldg. at least do so with structures that have interesting crowns. Also, the original base would be a treat for pedestrians, the revision looks like an attempt to cut cost.
     
     
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Thanks for the render hookup, but why does the rendering look so amateur though, and what's the source?
     
     
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Thanks for the render hookup, but why does the rendering look so amateur though, and what's the source?
It was posted over at wirednewyork.com.

The base in the revision doesn't fit the tower.
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I prefer the original render. But this is still a great looking design.
     
     
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Silverstein may not be used to so many positive reviews...
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Oh wow: a really classy, original design. Deserves kudos...
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the new base is virtually identical to that of the Orion. same developer?
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Different developer, different architect. It is probably the result of the New York development tendency of cost-cutting.
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Different developer, different architect. It is probably the result of the New York development tendency of cost-cutting.
Even then, it could be better. It looks like the base for another tower.
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Silverstein's 99 Church Street project still in "pre-design"

28-AUG-07


Silverstein Properties issued a statement today to CityRealty.com that its plans for 99 Church Street near Ground Zero were "still in the pre-design phase."

Last week, a rendering appeared on the WiredNewYork and Curbed websites of a skyscraper with a flared top at the Silverstein site, which is on the same block as the great Woolworth Building.

One of those websites, Curbed.com, today ran the following item:

"Regarding the astounding renderings from architect Costas Kondylis for a 60-story tower adjacent to the Woolworth Building at 99 Church Street, a highly reputable tipster bursts our bubble: 'Your information is completely incorrect! SLCE will be the architect of record, and RAMSA will be the design architect.' Whoa, Robert A.M. Stern heading downtown? We've asked for clarification from the supposed involved parties, but haven't got word as yet."

In response to a query from CityRealty.com, Silverstein Properties's statement said that the new development "will be a wonderful addition to Downtown and is expected to contain a 5-star hotel with a luxury condominium component." "Silverstein Properties is committed to excellence in design for all its properties," the statement continued, without any reference to specific architectural firms.

The Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway is widely considered the third greatest New York City skyscraper after the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings and its visual isolation on the skyline has been recently encroached upon by the new, 56-story apartment tower nearing completion at 10 Barclay Street developed by Glenwood Management of which Leonard Litwin is a principal.

Silverstein Properties and the California State Teachers' Retirement System acquired the 11-story office building at 99 Church Street last fall from Moody's Corporation for about $170 million. Moody's is planning to relocate its headquarters into 7 World Trade Center, the recently completed, sleek, 52-story office tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Silverstein Properties, which is also planning to build several of the office towers planned for the redevelopment of Ground Zero nearby.

The Moody's building was erected in 1951 and contains about 300,000 square feet of office space. It has frontages on Church and Barclay Streets and Park Place.
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Silverstein Is Going Upscale Downtown

By BRADLEY HOPE
October 15, 2007

The main developer of ground zero, Larry Silverstein, is bringing a piece of the magic that broke records at the residential project 15 Central Park West to Lower Manhattan.

Today he will announce the hiring of architect Robert A.M. Stern to design a five-star hotel and luxury condominium tower at 99 Church St., just a block from the World Trade Center site. Mr. Stern is known most recently for his ultra-luxury limestone building at 15 Central Park West, developed by Zeckendorf Development LLC. A condominium there sold for $42 million to a former chief executive of Citigroup, Sanford Weill, a record for a single-unit condo.

"He's a world-class architect who probably understands luxury residential better than anybody," Mr. Silverstein said of Mr. Stern.

Mr. Silverstein bought the 11-story office building that presently sits at 99 Church St. from Moody's in partnership with the California State Teachers' Retirement System for $170 million in 2006.

The windows are already boarded up and demolition is expected to begin in mid-November and finish by May 2008. The new building, expected to be about 60 stories tall, will be completed and ready for occupancy in early 2011, Mr. Silverstein said.

The new building will fit directly into Mr. Silverstein's constellation of projects near the World Trade Center. It is situated about a block away from the 52-story 7 World Trade Center and three planned towers along Church Street that will contain more than 6 million square feet of office space.

The building will "serve a duality of roles," Mr. Silverstein said.

On the one hand, it will be interdependent with the tenants of the new World Trade Center buildings, providing hotel rooms, event space, and a restaurant for the thousands of business people expected to move into the area. On the other, the luxury condominiums will allow senior executives of those firms to live close to their work and with the amenities of more traditional neighborhoods of Manhattan, Mr. Silverstein said.

The development decision comes as 13 other hotel projects are under way or planned for sites below Canal Street, according to the Real Estate Board of New York's August list of Manhattan hotel development. The projects include a new W Hotel below the World Trade Center site at 123 Washington St. by the Moinian Group and a Global Hyatt in the old headquarters of the JPMorgan building at 75 Wall St. One of the largest hotel developers in the city, McSam Hotel LLC, has two sites under construction and three more planned, the list shows.

The business improvement district for the area, Downtown Community Alliance, estimates that another 2,000 to 2,500 hotel rooms will be added to the existing 2,000 hotel rooms by 2010.

"There is a lot of hotel supply coming to that area," the head of Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman's hospitality group, Mark Gordon, said. "By hiring a landmark architect, he is distinguishing it from the others."

The plan is another step toward making downtown a "24/7 neighborhood," the president of Community Board 1, Julie Menin, said.

"This area is kind of in between the financial district, the civic area, and TriBeCa," she said. "It's an area that needs more activation — more grocery stores and amenities for residents who live there."

Mr. Menin said she hoped Mr. Silverstein would also open up space in the building for cultural events and performances.

"It's going to be a new landmark in Lower Manhattan," Mr. Stern, 68, who is the dean of the Yale University School of Architecture, said. He also designed the Westminster in Chelsea, as well as Tribeca Park and Tribeca Green.

Most of the design elements for 99 Church St. are under development, he said, but there are plans for event space, a high-end restaurant, a health club, and a public plaza between it and the Woolworth building.

"This is a critical moment in the evolution of New York and Lower Manhattan in general," Mr. Stern said. "Everybody involved wants to make this a really important building."

By May of next year, demolition will be finished and foundation work will start in June. The general contractor will be Tishman Construction Corp., which also built 7 World Trade Center.
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I still amazes me that all this development is happening in Lower Manhattan, after just 5 years ago it was a said that a skyscraper would never be built in Manhattan again. Skyscrapers live on. By 2014, the Lower Manhattan skyline will be unbelieveably amazing. Not to mention everything in Midtown.

As for this one, after seeing what Stern did at Central Park, I have no doubt that this will be one fantastic design. He is (like Silverstein said) the best when it comes to residential highrises.
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By BRADLEY HOPE
October 15, 2007

Most of the design elements for 99 Church St. are under development, he said, but there are plans for event space, a high-end restaurant, a health club, and a public plaza between it and the Woolworth building

The windows are already boarded up and demolition is expected to begin in mid-November and finish by May 2008. The new building, expected to be about 60 stories tall, will be completed and ready for occupancy in early 2011, Mr. Silverstein said.By May of next year, demolition will be finished and foundation work will start in June. The general contractor will be Tishman Construction Corp., which also built 7 World Trade Center.

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Robert A. M. Stern to design mixed-use tower at 99 Church Street



15-OCT-07

Silverstein Properties announced today that it has selected Robert A. M. Stern to design its planned mixed-use tower at 99 Church Street between Barclay Street and Park Place just to the west of the Woolworth Building.

Larry A. Silverstein, the president and CEO of Silverstein Properties, said that he was "delighted to welcome Robert A. M. Stern Architects to the roster of world-class architects - David Childs, Lord Norman Foster, Fumihiko Maki and Lord Richard Rogers - who are working with us to transform the landscape downtown while at the same time honoring its rich architecture heritage." Mr. Silverstein is building major skyscrapers nearby at Ground Zero.

"Lower Manhattan is one of the world's great places, and I am thrilled by the invitation of Larry Silverstein and his organization to be part of its rebirth with the design of a first-rate hotel and residences on a key site," Mr. Stern said, adding that for him "this is a dream project, a chance to help Lower Manhattan realize its potential as a great place to live."

Mr. Stern is the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, the co-author of a monumental five-volume series on the history of New York City architecture and the architect of numerous luxury residential high-rise buildings in Manhattan including the limestone-clad 15 Central Park West.

An article by Bradley Hope in today's edition of The New York Sun quoted Mr. Stern as saying that there will be a public plaza between the new building and the Woolworth Building.

No renderings or details of Mr. Stern's design have been released yet.

Last August, a rendering by Costas Kondylis appeared on the WiredNewYork and Curbed websites of a skyscraper with a flared top at the Silverstein site, which is on the same block as the great Woolworth Building. At the time, Silverstein Properties issued a statement in response to a query from CityRealty.com that it was "committed to excellence in design for all its properties," the statement continued, without any reference to specific architectural firms.

The Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway is widely considered the third greatest New York City skyscraper after the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings and its visual isolation on the skyline has been recently encroached upon by the new, 56-story apartment tower at 10 Barclay Street developed by Glenwood Management of which Leonard Litwin is a principal.

The Moody's building was erected in 1951 and contained about 300,000 square feet of office space.

Last March, a spokesperson for the developer at Howard J. Rubenstein Associates confirmed for CityRealty.com a report by Lauren Elkies in The Real Deal that the project will include a "boutique" hotel on the lower 20 floors below condominium apartments.

Silverstein Properties is planning to erect a 60-story mixed-use tower at 99 Church Street just to the west of the Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway.
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I still amazes me that all this development is happening in Lower Manhattan, after just 5 years ago it was a said that a skyscraper would never be built in Manhattan again. Skyscrapers live on. By 2014, the Lower Manhattan skyline will be unbelieveably amazing. Not to mention everything in Midtown.
That's true. We haven't seen the best New York yet.
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That's true. We haven't seen the best New York yet.
Regardless of what Downtown comes to look like, I will always say the best Downtown skyline shots are the Brooklyn Bridge with the WTC as well as the WFC with the WTC. Those are classic New York.
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Regardless of what Downtown comes to look like, I will always say the best Downtown skyline shots are the Brooklyn Bridge with the WTC as well as the WFC with the WTC. Those are classic New York.
Those are classic, but I believe the new Downtown skyline will be the best yet.
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More on the schedule:
http://www.observer.com/2007/silvers...tern-99-church


The demolition of the existing building at 99 Church Street will begin in October 2007. Foundation work for the new tower is expected to start in June 2008.

The general contractor on the project is Tishman Construction Corp. Tishman built 7 World Trade Center for Silverstein Properties in 2006 and is the general contractor for several other Lower Manhattan projects including the Freedom Tower and the Goldman Sachs headquarters. The demolition contractor is Waldorf, which has 74 years experience in major demolition projects in New York. Recent projects include work at Lincoln Center, 55 Water Street, 40 Center Street and 85 10th Avenue.


The project schedule is as follows:

Mid-October – Erection of exterior scaffolding and sidewalk bridges begins
Mid-November – Erection of exterior scaffolding and sidewalk bridges complete
Mid-November – Structural demolition of exterior begins
May 2008 – Structural demolition of exterior complete
June 2008 – Foundation work begins on new building
Early 2011 – New building complete
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