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Gehry Downsizes Tower Design for Atlantic Yards

Canada Architecture News - May 26, 2008 - 10:48   11171 views

Even Frank Gehry projects don’t seem to be immune to the current economic downturn.

AtlanticYards, a 22-acre, 8-million-square-foot mixed-use New York City projectthat’s been mired in controversy from day one, is now scaling back itssignature building, Miss Brooklyn, from 620 to 511 feet in height.Along with the downsizing comes a change in function: originally, thetower was to feature condos and offices, but the new design calls forjust 650,000 square feet of commercial space. As such, developer ForestCity Ratner Companies is also renaming it, from Miss Brooklyn, for theborough it will sit in, to the more prosaic Building One.


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