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November 6, 2006
Under Cover: Gehry Perfection
Downtown Express
Construction may have just started on Bruce Ratner’s Frank Gehry-designed tower on Beekman St., but the famed architect is still tinkering with his T-square and does not yet have the final design.
“Maybe by the time we’re at the eighth floor, we’ll have a rendering,” Ratner’s spokesperson joked.
In addition to residential units, the 75-story tower will house an occupational health center run by the New York Downtown Hospital and a K-8 public school. But while the building is going up, renderings of what it will look like are still not going out to the public. According to the spokesperson, that’s because the building design continues to change and the meticulous Gehry doesn’t want to publish plans until all the interior and exterior designs are finalized.
NoLandGrab: The spokesperson may be joking, but Ratner and Gehry aren't kidding — developers are allowed to file plans and permits in stages.
Posted by lumi at November 6, 2006 8:23 AM