DUMBO Development

**Derek2k3** · February 21st, 2006, 12:53 PM

**Catchsteelhead** · March 1st, 2006, 08:27 AM

Does anyone have any information on what is going on with this development?

www.99goldstreet.com

They have not updated their site in months, and occupancy was supposed to begin in early '06. I cannot even find anything on a sales office.

Any updates would be appreciated...

**BrooklynRider** · March 22nd, 2006, 02:04 PM

The kangaroo crane is up at the J Condo.

**Risktkr** · March 23rd, 2006, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by BrooklynRider

The kangaroo crane is up at the J Condo.

Pardon me for not being construction savvy, but what does the kangaroo crane being up imply?

**lofter1** · March 24th, 2006, 12:21 AM

"Kangaroo Crane" is a new term to me, too.

Some info ... (the "tower crane" link has even more):

The shaft
August 20, 2005

http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/22874

I live across the street from a construction site. The other day I noticed that there is an opening (a shaft, if you will) for the placement of the crane. What happens to this opening when the building is complete?

Every tall building has what's called a "service core", which includes elevator shafts, stairwells, plumbing, electrical, data/voice, HVAC, and other things, all of which are installed after the building's structure is complete. The "kangaroo crane" or tower crane can be located in this service core or -- more likely -- along the outer edge of the structure, where it's easier to dismantle.

The service core can be a path for fire to spread, so usually there is a firewall between it and the occupied space. Surprisingly, even though it seems to be a big hole in the building, when stiffened with firewalls and vertical structural elements, the service core can be the strongest part of the building.

posted by dhartung at 4:05 PM PST on August 20

**Dagrecco82** · March 26th, 2006, 12:34 PM

The Beacon as of 03/25/2006

**Risktkr** · March 26th, 2006, 03:17 PM

Thanks for the explaination Lofter. I passed there the other day and there's certainly visible progress on the site.

**BrooklynRider** · March 27th, 2006, 10:08 AM

There's actually three cranes up now all within a 2 block radius: Beacon Tower, J Condo and the site a block toward the river (same street as Beacon Tower). It's exciting to see new construction activity on Brooklyn. We have had so many conversions that have done little to alter the skyline, except adding more lights to the nightime sky.

**Risktkr** · March 27th, 2006, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by BrooklynRider

There's actually three cranes up now all within a 2 block radius: Beacon Tower, J Condo and the site a block toward the river (same street as Beacon Tower). It's exciting to see new construction activity on Brooklyn. We have had so many conversions that have done little to alter the skyline, except adding more lights to the nightime sky.

The third development you mentioned is 133 Water street (Project #10). It appeared to be delayed for a while. I'm glad to see things are progressing there as well now.

**BrooklynRider** · March 27th, 2006, 10:02 PM

I walked over the bridge tonight. I was surprised that steel is already up at 133 Water Street. Of course, there is no basement there - just a slab - so erecting steel wasn't very complicated. Also, Beacon Tower is just hideous - certainly one of the ugliest buildings to go up in years.

**Derek2k3** · April 2nd, 2006, 12:12 AM

Photo of the J Condo

**MidtownGuy** · April 2nd, 2006, 12:29 AM

Beacon tower looks as crappy as the projects 10 minutes from it.
What a disgusting eyesore. I could build a nicer looking tower with Lincoln Logs.

**Derek2k3** · April 8th, 2006, 11:47 PM

Sorry these pics are kinda old...

Project #1
53 Bridge Street
Scarano & Associates Architects
Dev-Kay Bridge Properties /53 Bridge, LLC
12 stories 162 feet 6 story addition
130,740 Sq. Ft.
Residential Condominiums
Under Construction 2004-2006

Project #2
Beacon Tower
85 Adams Street
23 stories 314 feet
Cetra/Ruddy Incorporated
Dev-Boymelgreen Developers
Residential Condominium
77 units 115,424 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2004-Summer 2006

Beacon Tower

Project # 3
The Nexus
84 Front Street
11 stories 120 feet
Meltzer Mandl Architects of Manhattan
Dev-Boymelgreen Developers
Residential Condominium
44 units 72,302 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction 2004-Late 2005

The Nexus @ 84 Front Street

Project #7
J Condo
100 Jay Street
31 stories 337 feet (DOB)
Gruzen Samton Architects
Dev-Hudson Companies Incorporated/100 Jay Street LLC
Residential Condominiums
260 units 407,129 Sq. Ft.
Under Construction Summer 2005-2007

J Condo

Project #8
Bridgefront
67/65-71 Front Street/42-44 Main Street
10 stories 120 feet
Elena Kalman Architect
Dev-Boymelgreen Developers
Residential Condominium
21 units 37,160 Sq. Ft.
Completed Early 2003

**lofter1** · April 9th, 2006, 02:05 AM

That last one is a nightmare -- cheap looking windows, dinky fire-escape type balconies (without the charm of the fire escape ladders), pseudo-Egytian collumns (way too insubstantial) --

3 years after completion and not one damn tree on top.

CHEESE

Architects should be fined for BS renderings.