New Developments In The News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
The cultural building at Ground Zero takes shape, new towers turn on their night-lights, and a corset will help keep that bodacious OMA/Koolhaas-designed east side condo stable
After years of tweaking, tugging and tinkering, the redesign of the cultural building in the memorial plaza at Ground Zero has been unveiled. Inside the 72-foot-high pavilion will be two trident columns which were part of the base of one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The main "memorial" consists of two large sunken pools inside a forest. Visitors will enter the exhibition galleries of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum through the pavilion, which will also offer a 180-seat auditorium and a small cafe.
The 34-story residential condominium planned for 309 Fifth Avenue between 31st and 32nd Streets will be a hotel instead. The top of the glass-clad tower will be illuminated at night. Also adding its night-light to the Manhattan sky:
More on that impossible-looking, OMA/Rem Koolhaas-designed 24-story condo at 23 East 22nd Street: In the gravity-defying design, in the “areas under greatest stress, the window spacing is modified to provide increased structural area and rigidity, supporting the building like a structural corset." The new residence—a collaboration with Creative Artists Agency—will feature screening facilities for resident film buffs.
ALSO IN NEW YORK CITY INSIDER
- 30 Park Place Vs. The Baccarat Hotel and Residences - JUL 8, 2014
- This Week in NYC Living - JUL 1, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - JUN 26, 2014
- Great NYC Buildings: New in the Heights - JUN 23, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - JUN 20, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - JUN 17, 2014
- Building Vs. Building - JUN 9, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - JUN 6, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - MAY 23, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - MAY 15, 2014
- Great NYC Apartment Buildings: 12 East 13th Street vs. 22 Central Park South - MAY 13, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - MAY 7, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - MAY 1, 2014
- Upping the Architectural Ante in NoHo - APR 22, 2014
- Great NYC Buildings: Brooklyn's Gold Coast Living - APR 15, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - APR 11, 2014
- Building vs. Building - APR 10, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - APR 2, 2014
- This Week in NYC Living - APR 1, 2014
- Notable NYC Neighbors - MAR 26, 2014
- View Articles By Date