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December 10, 2007
Towers could top Williamsburgh Bank
NY Daily News
By Jotham Sederstrom
Nearly two dozen existing and proposed buildings — many designed by world-renowned architects — will soar to 30 stories or higher within the next five years.
"All the Manhattanites are gonna be jealous," said Felix Garcia, 34, an employee for the Coca-Cola Co. who was making deliveries at the South Street Seaport. "When you say New York, people are going to think Brooklyn from now on."
An estimated $7 billion is being pumped into mammoth buildings in Brooklyn.
The towers include Frank Gehry's 511-foot "Miss Brooklyn" tower, set to be part of the Atlantic Yards project, a $4.2 billion plan that calls for an NBA basketball arena and 16 soaring towers with residential and commercial space to rise in Prospect Heights.
The former Williamsburgh Savings Bank building is now the borough's tallest structure at 512 feet. But [Forest City Ratner's] City Tech Tower and City Point, both slated for downtown Brooklyn, could reach higher.
Posted by lumi at December 10, 2007 5:39 AM