375 Pearl Street - Verizon Bldg (downtown) - Proposed Renovation - by Cook + Fox

**BPC** · February 15th, 2012, 05:27 PM

Too bad they're not tearing it down.

**GordonGecko** · February 15th, 2012, 05:52 PM

They should hold a contest for ideas on how to improve the exterior. Would be a good marketing tool for their data center and attract lots of interest from the 99% of people who hate that steel & concrete mega turd

**lofter1** · February 16th, 2012, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by GordonGecko

The building works perfectly as a data center, Mr. Sabey said, because its floor plates can withstand 200 to 400 pounds per square foot, compared with just 100 pounds per square foot for most office towers.

Perfect for the mega-fuel tanks they'll be installing in there.

**Enigmatism415** · July 8th, 2012, 03:01 PM

I've walked by the building the other day and noticed that several sections of its façade have been removed, directly exposing the interior. Have renovations since begun?

**ZippyTheChimp** · July 9th, 2012, 07:03 PM

If you mean exterior renovations, I don't think that's going to happen.

It could be the new owner, but I think the wall opening (2 column width, 3 floors above the lobby level) is work by Verizon. They will occupy 3 floors in the building. Probably moving in heavy equipment.

**Enigmatism415** · July 10th, 2012, 04:03 PM

No exterior renovations huh... how long are we to be stuck with that brick?

**stache** · July 10th, 2012, 04:19 PM

Until the economy heats up again.

**DUMBRo** · July 11th, 2012, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by Enigmatism415

No exterior renovations huh... how long are we to be stuck with that brick?

The deal to reclad fell through and you don't need fancy glass for a data center. Given the location it would probably sell better as residential but it's hard to ignore the tons of valuable infrastructure going into this unspeakably hideous chancre sore on the skyline.

**Enigmatism415** · July 11th, 2012, 07:25 PM

Oddly enough, the building looks somewhat handsome when you're right up next to it, kind of like an overgrown Silicon Valley tech facility from the early 1990s. When seen from a distance, however, it's decidedly out of place. I feel the same way about the AT&T Long Lines Building; nice textures up close, but from afar it looks like something The Lorax would have protested against.

**bill schintler** · August 4th, 2012, 06:17 PM

Today...

**BrooklynLove** · August 5th, 2012, 06:24 AM

torture

**BStyles** · August 7th, 2012, 03:09 AM

What exactly are they doing to the building, now?

**BrooklynLove** · August 7th, 2012, 05:45 AM

more of the same. it's going to be a data center. i suspect they'll put back what they removed from the facade once the work is done.

**TREPYE** · August 9th, 2012, 12:27 PM

Aww man, I was really hoping that they would put the black shroud on this one. This along with the Trump World Tower, 55 Water St and One Chase Plaza represent a nefarious codray of egregiously misplaced towers in NYC that obscure much more worthier architectural icons. They are like skyline debris, they do nothing except get in the way.