201 Pearl Street

[antinimby]

From curbed.com today:

1) Financial District: A special Curbed correspondent tips us off to a just-announced project to be built at 201 Pearl Street with $90 million in Liberty Bond financing. According to the press release, it's "a 28-story mixed-use building with 189 apartments, 21,000 square feet of commercial space and 38 parking spaces." A new blog, Pearl Street Revival, has been set up to cover this project and all other downtown development.


http://www.curbed.com/2006_11_201pearl.jpg

[antinimby]

A check of the DOB site shows this permit (http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?passdocnumber=1&passjobnumber=104430359&requestid=5).

It lists AVINASH K. MALHOTRA as the architect of record.

Not surprisingly, this is the same inept firm that did the very disappointing 2 Gold St. (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4372) monstrosity nearby.

[sfenn1117]

Yeah it's the second phase of Rockrose's development. The third is supposed to be a hotel. I was expecting a clone of 2 gold.....and that's what we got. Oh well.

[pianoman11686]

Should we maybe continue this discussion here (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10343&highlight=2+gold+street)?

[antinimby]

^ That's a separate building altogether.

I figured they were related but thought we should have separate threads to avoid confusion.

Anyway, checking the Sun Associates (http://www.sunassociate.com/page-2f.htm) website revealed more renderings with slightly varying designs.

1.
http://www.sunassociate.com/currentwork/images/S050203v1-cs.JPG

2.
http://www.sunassociate.com/currentwork/images/S050203v2-cs.JPG

3.
http://www.sunassociate.com/currentwork/images/S050203v3-cs.JPG

[Derek2k3]

I think the last rendition is being built. Blech! Also remember going up next door is a 52 story hotel by Gene Kaufman. It'll be taller than 2 Gold behind it and very prominent in the east side skyline. This will be the ugliest highrise block in the city.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2561484920_b2c51919fd_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2561484930_ef39c0dca1_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/2561484908_cc748d6fff_o.jpg

[antinimby]

Wow, talk about trash. Look at those ugly AC vents.

What gets me is that it got Liberty Bonds funding, too. :mad: