Posted September 16, 200816 yr whoa there, whoa, whoooaa !!! :laugh: JENGA! Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard Revealed Monday, September 15, 2008, by Joey To those who say New York's building boom is coming to an end, well...at least it's going out with a bang! Last week brought us the reveal of Dutch starchitect Rem Koolhaas' eagerly-anticipated condo building at 23 East 22nd Street just south of Madison Square Park, and today brings the long-awaited debut of Swiss starchitects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron's condo tower at 56 Leonard Street in Tribeca. It has been almost a full year since we revealed that Herzog & de Meuron would follow up 40 Bond in New York with their first residential high-rise building, a 57-story project developed by the deep-pocketed Alexico Group at the corner of Leonard and Church Streets. In that time, the firm's stock has soared to new heights, thanks to the celebrated design of Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium. And so, the official unveiling of this 145-unit skyscraper is garnering local and international headlines. The concept is "houses stacked in the sky," and each apartment will have a unique floorplan as well as its own private outdoor space. The outcome is a mish-mash of cantilevers that the architects describe as a "pixelated vertical layering" look. The building is broken up into five "zones" from bottom to top: lobby, "townhouse" residences, amenities spaces, tower residences and penthouses, of which there are 10. Amenities will include a 75-foot swimming pool with adjoining sun deck, screening room, children's play room, library and more. The double-height lobby will be sheathed in black granite. The apartments themselves will range in size from 1,430 square feet to 6,380, all two- to five-bedroom spreads priced from $3.5 million to $33 million. Herzog & de Meuron handled all the interior details, from the 12-foot glass doors that lead to the outdoor spaces, to the handrails on the balconies, to the champagne-colored window mullions, to the piano-like dining island to the massive floor-to-ceiling fireplace hearths. In fact, the only thing the architects seemingly didn't have a hand was is the outdoor sculpture designed by British artist Anish Kapoor specifically for 56 Leonard. Seen in the above gallery of renderings, the metallic orb looks like Kapoor's Chicago Cloud Gate rolled into Tribeca and got caught under the building's base. Squish! Corcoran Sunshine will be handling the sales, and the sales office is expected to open later this week. Occupancy is scheduled for late fall 2010. The downtown skyline rendering seen up top conspicuously omits Robert A.M. Stern's 80-story 30 Park Place tower currently under construction (and maybe even Frank Gehry's Beekman?), but we're most curious about how 56 Leonard will impact another new Tribeca luxury condo building, Five Franklin Place. All of a sudden, Ben van Berkel's bendy black ribbons make up the second most avant-garde apartment building within two blocks. That's gotta bruise the ol' ego. · 56 Leonard [Official Site] · All Curbed 56 Leonard Street coverage [Curbed] Comments (66 extant) more renderings: http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/15/jenga_herzog_de_meurons_56_leonard_revealed.php?o=4
September 16, 200816 yr Chicago getting crushed by Manhattan Enough! Enough with the shinannigans!! Just because jenga style skyscrapers look like they're already about to collapse, it doesn't mean they're terrorist-proof.
September 16, 200816 yr This does look pretty neat. I'm not sure what to think of the squashed bean at ground level though.
September 16, 200816 yr looks like herzog & de meuron out jenga'd the recent reveal of 23 e22nd street, designed by rem koolhaas. what do you think? vote: http://curbed.com/archives/2008/09/16/curbed_poll_which_blockbuster_reveal_is_the_real_deal.php ps -- here's something silly: mao's out. herzog & de meuron are in. now when are we gonna get 56 leonard street on our $10 bill? yay architecture! :laugh: http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/09/architecture-replaces-authority-on-chinese-currency.html
September 16, 200816 yr LOOK. I'm not going to be able to afford a unit in Manhattan for a long, long time .. if ever. I can at least get excited by new architecture.
September 16, 200816 yr Its projects like this that make you realize the building boom is far from over. They're just going to keep building taller and taller.
September 16, 200816 yr LOOK. I'm not going to be able to afford a unit in Manhattan for a long, long time .. if ever. I can at least get excited by new architecture. If new architecture "excites" you....you've got big problems Buster! he he he he Its projects like this that make you realize the building boom is far from over. They're just going to keep building taller and taller. It's over, yet Manhattan is a different beat. NYC - particularly Manhattan - cannot be compared to any part of the country when you are looking at real estate. No where in the country can you say, If I lived/move one block east, west, north or south, the value of my home change by $250k.
September 16, 200816 yr No where in the country can you say, If I lived/move one block east, west, north or south, the value of my home change by $250k. Actually, in Indian Hill you could! (but I know what you're saying) ;)
September 16, 200816 yr No where in the country can you say, If I lived/move one block east, west, north or south, the value of my home change by $250k. Actually, in Indian Hill you could! (but I know what you're saying) ;) FINE.. Revised. In no urbanized city center, in the states can you say, "If I lived/move one block east, west, north or south, the value of my home change by $250k."
September 16, 200816 yr No where in the country can you say, If I lived/move one block east, west, north or south, the value of my home change by $250k. Actually, in Indian Hill you could! (but I know what you're saying) ;) FINE.. Revised. In no urbanized city center, in the states can you say, "If I lived/move one block east, west, north or south, the value of my home change by $250k." Guys, what'd you think ... Couldn't one see this with Central Pkwy and 12th St.? I don't know ... it's too close.
September 17, 200816 yr LOOK. I'm not going to be able to afford a unit in Manhattan for a long, long time .. if ever. I can at least get excited by new architecture. If new architecture "excites" you....you've got big problems Buster! he he he he Its projects like this that make you realize the building boom is far from over. They're just going to keep building taller and taller. It's over, yet Manhattan is a different beat. NYC - particularly Manhattan - cannot be compared to any part of the country when you are looking at real estate. No where in the country can you say, If I lived/move one block east, west, north or south, the value of my home change by $250k. From what I saw a few weeks ago, there is still a lot going on Hells Kitchen but in areas like soho and tribeca, everything that can be converted seems to have already been converted or built. I'm just worried that if they don't keep building, demand won't be allievated and as a result, NYC will get even more expensive (based on what I've learned about what happens when you have growth boundaries). Damn!t, I wanna be able to afford to live there in my late 20s.
September 17, 200816 yr I really enjoyed Hells Kitchen. It had a good vibe that I was digging. David, we all want to live in NYC, but don't you ever think that you are part of the bigger picture in making your city get to that point that NYC has always been at?
September 17, 200816 yr David, we all want to live in NYC Not true. I'm in NYC, and I'm ready to leave. but don't you ever think that you are part of the bigger picture in making your city get to that point that NYC has always been at? One of the reasons I'm considering strongly moving back soon-ish.
September 17, 200816 yr David, we all want to live in NYC Not true. I'm in NYC, and I'm ready to leave. Oh no! What will ever happen to the Boogie Down if you leave?
September 17, 200816 yr David, we all want to live in NYC Not true. I'm in NYC, and I'm ready to leave. C'mon JPop, of course not everyone wants to live in NYC, you know what I meant!
September 17, 200816 yr David, we all want to live in NYC Not true. I'm in NYC, and I'm ready to leave. C'mon JPop, of course not everyone wants to live in NYC, you know what I meant! I understand what Jpop-tart is saying. If I could do what I do here at home fulltime, I'd dump this house, retire and consult.
September 17, 200816 yr bah. riverdale a boogie down burb. you don't have to leave ny jpop, just move into new york city, it isn't far from you! :wink:
September 17, 200816 yr mrnyc, do you think I live in The Bronx because I especially love it here? :(
September 17, 200816 yr David, we all want to live in NYC, but don't you ever think that you are part of the bigger picture in making your city get to that point that NYC has always been at? No, because geography is almost irrelevant now, yet you have dozens of large cities and thousands of small ones competing for growth. Of course Cincinnati and Columbus can improve and are already great cities in their own right, but they will never be as big or international as NYC.
September 17, 200816 yr mrnyc, do you think I live in The Bronx because I especially love it here? :( YES. I saw you on the 2 train with your Kangoo hat, hollow gold chains and Adidas track suit! I'd definitely say you ARE the spirit of The BX!
September 17, 200816 yr mrnyc, do you think I live in The Bronx because I especially love it here? :( YES. I saw you on the 2 train with your Kangoo hat, hollow gold chains and Adidas track suit! I'd definitely say you ARE the spirit of The BX! If you only heard how hard I laughed ..
September 17, 200816 yr mrnyc, do you think I live in The Bronx because I especially love it here? :( ha. yeah i know, i know. we all get stuck where we get stuck! its the opposite for me, i often work in the south bx (usually 3x/wk), but at least i get to come home to gv. although in reality i live in all the nyc ghettos during the loooonnnggg work week. hey i just thought of something, it's weds night so at least we're past the hump. anyway good luck with your decision, i understand. as for me maybe you heard the saying, "if you live in manhattan 7 years you leave in a box?" so true.
September 17, 200816 yr Hahahaha. Well, I hope that's not like a rule or something at the bridges and tunnels. :)
October 27, 200816 yr some news. the developers opened a slick sales office recently. i guess that is a sign its happening? somebody who was in there said the building model was the biggest they had ever seen. more pics of the office & comments on the link. i am loving this building, i hope they start to build asap. http://curbed.com/archives/2008/10/27/show_us_your_sales_office_herzog_de_meurons_56_leonard.php?o=5
November 8, 200816 yr wow -- check out this awesome animated rendering video :-o http://www.56leonardtribeca.com/#/global-landmark-by-herzog-and-de-meuron
November 11, 200816 yr It seems so wrong to like this tower. But that rendering is just so sweet! Weirdly wonderful "construction" video too.
November 19, 200816 yr even with the fancy sales office, i wasn't sure if this one was pie in the sky or what? so i walked by the site yesterday & it is definately for real! * i'm actually glad i caught it at the very beginning like this, i'll update once in awhile as it rises. this last one is taken from the east side of broadway facing west (at leonard st on the right)
November 19, 200816 yr wow -- check out this awesome animated rendering video :-o http://www.56leonardtribeca.com/#/global-landmark-by-herzog-and-de-meuron Those balconies really make me nervous. It'll be raining suicidal men. That being said, I believe that this will be my favorite modern structure.
November 19, 200816 yr funny thing about that, no one ever seems to jump out of buildings very often. not like you'd think. a college freshman or two at nyu regularly seem to jump every year in the fall, but anything else is rare and random. thankfully.
December 7, 200816 yr This really will be a beautiful building. The rendering animation is one of the best I've ever seen.
December 7, 200816 yr Me, too. Tronic does some other amazing stuff for commercials and whatnot. I can't wait to see this building go up.
December 7, 200816 yr oh yeah, the animation is stunning....check this out, wired ny has screenshots!!!
December 8, 200816 yr I'm not sure if I like the wedged bean or not. It seems a trifle unnecessary. It's also a little disturbing since it gives the illusion that it is the only thing balancing the building. Sort of like how we used to wedge sugar packets underneath one of the table legs at Indigo.
October 13, 201212 yr the big news all week is that this stalled tower is back on at last - it will be u/c starting next week (likely minus the bean) - completion date is 2016: Work to Begin on 56 Leonard St., a 57-Story Tower in Tribeca BY CARL GLASSMAN POSTED OCT. 10 ....“It’s a very complicated structure,” said Tony DelGreco, a vice president of Lend Lease (formerly Bovis Lend Lease ) and the manager of the project. DelGreco said that the first 10 floors will go slowly because of the large cantilevered apartments. “When you get past the 46th floor that’s when you get all the cantilevers coming again and it slows us down again,” he said. “So this has an 18-month concrete schedule for that reason. It’s just a slower, methodical job. You have to go slow to get it right.” DelGreco said construction will begin next week on the north side of the site where workers will begin the three-month job of chopping up the sidewalk and putting in utility vaults for Con Edison. It will take more than a year-and-a-half, beginning in December, to build the superstructure, with facade work to start next July. The building is scheduled for completion in Spring, 2016. http://tribecatrib.com/news/2012/october/1363_work-to-begin-on-56-leonard-street-57-story-tower-to-soar-above-tribeca.html
October 13, 201212 yr This thing's gonna be awesome. It's amazing how resilient the high end condo market is in NYC
January 21, 201312 yr finances are set and constructionis again underway: Big condo tower gets $350M funding Financial package assembled by Bank of America, M&T Bank and others is one of the biggest since the market for condominiums began to revive last year. By Daniel Geiger @dangeiger79 January 9, 2013 1:17 p.m.. Bank of America and a group of other lenders, including M&T Bank, have closed on a $350 million package of financing for a planned 60-story residential condominium at 56 Leonard St. in TriBeCa, sources familiar with the deal say. It is one of the largest construction loans to be awarded since the condo industry began to stir to life last year after several years of dormancy following the Great Recession. Bank of America has been an active lender to a growing pipeline of office, retail and residential development projects. The North Carolina-based bank is in talks to provide part of a $200 million loan to the Related Companies to build a second phase to its Gateway retail center in Brooklyn's East New York section. The new wing of that project will be anchored by a Shop Rite grocery store. At 56 Leonard Street the Texas-based development firm Hines is overseeing the project, which was designed by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, which famously designed the so-called birds nest stadium for the Beijing Olympics, as well as the condo at 40 Bond St. in lower Manhattan, with its distinctive green-glass facade. Executives involved in the deal could not be reached for comment. .. Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130109/REAL_ESTATE/130109915#ixzz2Ie22e1qS ********* With foundation construction now complete at 56 Leonard Street, final utility vault work is planned for the Leonard Street roadway, between Church and West Broadway. In order for Con Edison crews to install pre-cast concrete vaults, the roadway will be closed for the next two weekends, January 19th and 20th, and 26th and 27th, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Westbound motorists will be detoured to White Street, two blocks north. The 56-story condominium tower, located on the large lot at the corner of Church Street, also is in the opening phase of superstructure erection. Contractor Lend Lease will install a tower crane at the site next month, with another Leonard Street full road closure expected the weekend of February 16th to complete the operation. More details will be posted here upon announcement. The innovative new building, designed by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog and de Meuron, is expected to open in spring 2015, and will be among the tallest in Tribeca. more: http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/56_leonard_street_utility_12109.aspx
February 7, 201312 yr from the site today mostly it still looks like 2008 but its definately back to life today
January 16, 201411 yr the dutch designed jersey city jengas broke ground: more: http://m.ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/01/15/trio_of_zigzagging_rental_towers_now_rising_in_jersey_city.php
March 9, 201411 yr from yesterday - tower contruction is on the non-jenga phase, so its going up more quickly now. it jengas up again later on toward the top:
March 9, 201411 yr It has made some pretty decent progress since I was there in December. The curved ends of the floor plates really speak to the level of quality and attention to detail this tower is going to have. I can't wait to see it finished.
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