NY POST

BY Lois Weiss

Three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management is preparing to build a 56-story jumbo rental that will stand directly between the 793-foot-tall Woolworth Building and the 1,776-foot-tall Freedom Tower.

The residential building at 10 Barclay Street will rise next to and west of the Transportation Building at 225 Broadway, a 44-story building favored by law offices, and around the landmarked St. Peter's Church, the oldest Catholic Church in the city.

The new tower is being designed by Costas Kondylis.

According to public records, it will have 381 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Nineteen of the apartments would be affordable, to comply with conditions for $138 million in Liberty Bond financing from the state's Housing Finance Agency.

The entire project, which will cost $184.9 million, will also include 19,271 square feet of community facility space, a health club for residents and a 75-car garage.

Glenwood had expected to finish agreements with adjoining property owners and develop the project in 2002, with 20 percent of its units designated as affordable, but was stalled by the damage to the area and the changed economy.

Today, developers universally complain that lower rents and higher land costs simply don't work out for so-called 80/20 projects, which is why the 95/5 Liberty Bonding is so valuable.

"There is infinite demand for rentals in Manhattan if the price is right," said Nancy Packes, president of Halstead/Feathered Nest leasing consultants. "People have moved beyond looking to leave the [downtown] area."

The Witkoff Group and Cammeby's International also are working with Kondylis to create apartments on the top floors of the Woolworth Building - another plan that was sidetracked after 9/11.

They have applied for $80 million in Liberty Bonds from the city's allocation, and they plan to create 145 rental units.

Steven Witkoff declined to discuss whether the top of the Woolworth Building will be converted or what effect 10 Barclay will have on his Cass Gilbert-designed terra cotta landmark.

"I haven't seen their plans, but if asked what neighbor I would want it would be Glenwood Management," Witkoff told us.

cant wait to see the renderings

Fantastic news. Let's see, the Woolworth, right down the street from me so I will be able to see it from my house. Correct? Great news!

Sounds exciting! Hope it can be seen in the skyline. :dooby:

wow, you are that central in manhattan great sky.

i found the most interesting streets in new york beneath midtown and around canal street and the meat packing district. where do you live? near chinatown or tribeca? near alphabet city?

how long does it take you to walk to greenwich village...i loved that place when i went to new york?

This is a rendering of the OLD design...

http://galleries.soaringtowers.org/albums/Derek2k3/6_12_Barclay_Street_7_Costas_Kondylis_Partners.jpg

Good thing it is the old design. It is nice but does not really blend well with the buildings around it. Then again, nor does Freedom Tower with the old skyscrapers of downtown.


What another great project for NYC! Growth, growth! :D

Sounds great! Let's just hope it will be a nice-looking building! :)

I would like to see a conned top with a spire:) you don't see those as much anymore:(

is this project dead? Or are there some new design pics or so... :?
that old one war really horrible for the Woolworth building itself! :)

http://www.sunassociate.com/currentwork-htm/work-08.htm

Yeah, pretty awful.

I don't mind the design, especially since it's a residential.

I mind it.

It better not have the skin of 45 Liberty or 2 Gold Street. Otherwise I don't mind it.

It's ok.

No news since nov 28? Do you have some news and pics from this projcet? Is the tower under construction?

Excuse my bad english!!

is this project dead? Or are there some new design pics or so... :?
that old one war really horrible for the Woolworth building itself! :)

it looks like....

pics on ssp seems to show construction just starting to happen.

personally, i'm against the construction of this tower. i mean, it's trying to steal spotlight from the magnificent woolworth building! it's just wrong...

Well I guess we could always make it a stop on the meet when downtown.
I like the design, but I'm afraid it could overshadow the Woolworth, which I adore.
Well at least it's tall :P

stick a crown and spire on it!!

This is the redesign, thanks to Derek2k3:

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/44106781.jpg

i wish this building could've been the ring finger to Woolworth's MIDDLE finger...

instead its the thumb--

Not too long ago, there was diggin on the site.

Originally posted by NYguy on SSP.
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/43447843.jpg

the colour of the resign fitts woolworth a lot better then the old design! Maybe it will be ok now! :)

oooo wow, this is like a block from the world trade center isnt it, since thats St. Peters church tehre in the backround, or am i wrong?

Wow, bland. Oh well, it's not too bad.

Set to rise between the Transportation Building (the tall brown one) and the church
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/10/411998.jpg

Check out Chase Manhattan Bank on the upper right
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/10/412005.jpg

They already got all the necessary tools of trade - from the crane...
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/10/412008.jpg

...to the johns
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/10/412013.jpg

Damn, the grit, the density, the multi-level vertical city... just imagine the views from the tower looking south when it's completed
https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/10/412012.jpg

at least it's looking more interesting now...

it's still too tall imo though, considering that woolworth's just across the street.

This is the redesign, thanks to Derek2k3:

http://www.pbase.com/archit_kderek2k3/image/44106781.jpg

The architecture looks respectful and the height is acceptable.

If the height were as tall or taller, the effect would have been much different.

If the tower design would look like an average Trump tower, then it would look bland.

I like it. Strong presence - ensures that no other design will be built at that location.

Well yes a city does need its share of nice looking filler-ups. but I feel the skyline could have had gotten a nice landmark, next to another landmark.
Or maybe some kind of modernized replica of the Woolworth to be built by 1913, the year of the 100th birthday of its neighbor.

It's beautiful!

Well yes a city does need its share of nice looking filler-ups. but I feel the skyline could have had gotten a nice landmark, next to another landmark.
Or maybe some kind of modernized replica of the Woolworth to be built by 1913, the year of the 100th birthday of its neighbor.
If you look at the Transportation Bldg next to it, that one was made to echo the Woolworth Bldg.

6/1/2006
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/Scruffy88/Bk4.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/Scruffy88/Bk1.jpg

it's making its mark on the skyline now. a pretty narrow tower i must say. i reckon it'll top out once it's distinctively taller than the Transportation Building.

16th of July:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1943/unknown1pa4.jpg

What level is it up to now??

Somewhere in the 40's I think. I have a cousin on that site. He said something like 47 or 48th floor is the one he is working on and that he's at the top, but he might not have been literal.

nearly topped out

9/4
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01592.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01593.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01598.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01599.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01615.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01617.jpg

if anything this shot proves that this tower would look better with a pointy crown.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01618.jpg

Very close to hitting its max height
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i210/Scruffy69/DSC01690.jpg

great shots, how tall is it when completed?

great shots, how tall is it when completed?
Some where in the 600's maybe 631.

This is going up real nice!
A very beautiful tower but it's a shame it doesn't have a pointy crown on top.

I'm really disappointed in how this building is turning out. This building is going to be rather prominent in its immediate surroundings, and yet the architect (Costas Kondylis) is giving it a bland facade treatment that is no better than the other shorter residential buildings the firm had designed in NYC. Seriously, residential-only buildings with high-quality facades are hard to find in NYC, and this building does not even come close to being considered as one of them.

Personally, I don't think the biggest loser in the construction of this tower is the Woolworth Building. Sure, Woolworth is now largely blocked by this bland monstrosity if it's viewed from the southwest, but from all the other views, it still stands out very well on its own. Rather, the biggest loser is this building's immediate neighbor to the east, the brownish-tan Transportation Building, which now looks small and bullied by its new rude neighbor that looks like it's trying to push it out of existence.

yea idont like how it is coming out..

Some where in the 600's maybe 631.

so ~180m maybe a bit more

Sorry but i don't like it that much.....but what you would expect from a building that blokking the view of one of my fav towers ever: WOOLWORTH!! GRRRRRR :bash: :down:

Being that its residential, there is not much to expect out of it.

Update 4 februari.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8088/onebarclaywl1.jpg

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/8848/onebarclay2zu2.jpg

A dead thread but I just read on Emporis.com that this buildings height is changed to 205 metres (673 feet). I knew it had to be taller than 179 m. or whatever the original height was.

Well i got to see this building for the first time when i went downtown. In my whole opinion, The woolworth building still steals all the attention (sort of like it's saying, "look bitch i still run the place"), and thats a good thing...