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May 28, 2008
Beekman Tower
Forest City to Unveil Frank Gehry's First Manhattan Apartment Tower
Even though Bruce Ratner's Frank Gehry-designed Beekman St. tower has already broken ground, secured massive subsidies and figures in a deal with State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to provide much-needed classroom space, the public has never actually had a peek at what this tower would look like.
In an effort to gin up publicity for Frank Gehry's first Manhattan residential cloud-buster, the so-called Beekman Tower, developer Forest City Ratner will unveil the design in a ceremony on Friday afternoon.
The development will be Mr. Gehry's second in Manhattan, following his wildly succesful design for the IAC headquarters on 11th Avenue.
The Beekman Tower is slated to rise 76 stories between Spruce and Beekman streets, with 903 market-rate rental apartments inside.
The 1.1 million-square-foot building will also house a public school and an ambulatory care center for New York Downtown Hospital.
Posted by lumi at May 28, 2008 5:00 AM