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8 Spruce
8 Spruce previously known as the Beekman Tower and New York by Gehry, is a residential skyscraper on Spruce Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by architect Frank Gehry + Gehry Partners LLP and developed by Forest City Ratner, the building rises 870 feet (265.2 m) with 76 stories. WSP Cantor Seinuk was the lead structural engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles provided MEP engineering, and Kreisler Borg Florman was construction manager. 8 Spruce Street was the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere at the time of opening in February 2011.
The building includes a school, a hospital, retail stores, and a parking garage on its lower levels. There are 899 apartments on the upper stories.
8 Spruce covers 1 acre (0.40 ha) on the south side of Spruce and Beekman Streets in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Prior to 8 Spruce Street's construction, the lot was used as parking for the New York Lower Manhattan Hospital immediately to the east. The building is just east of City Hall Park and south of Pace University and the Brooklyn Bridge. Immediately to the west are 150 Nassau Street and the Morse Building (140 Nassau Street).
There are public plazas on both the east and west sides of the building, one 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) and the other smaller. The east plaza, also known as William Street Plaza, separates the building from New York Downtown Hospital, and also provides access to the parking garage. This side includes entrances to the school and medical office space.
The site's zoning did not have height restrictions, and the building's massing is surrounded by the plazas on either side. The final design is 76 stories tall with 1,040,904 square feet (96,703.1 m2) of space. The building consists of a six-story podium with a brick facade, housing a public school, medical offices, and residential amenities. Above this podium a T-shaped residential tower clad in brushed stainless steel rises. As the building ascends, it has setbacks, forming terraces on the 7th, 24th, 40th, and 52nd floors.
An undulating steel facade curves along three elevations of the building (the south elevation is flat). It comprises approximately 10,500 custom-made stainless steel panels from Japan; only around 2,000 panels are identical. Aluminum brackets secure the panels to the concrete slab. While the windows themselves are rectangular, their widths vary to match the shifting profile of the facade, creating numerous bay windows. Gehry modified the curtain wall to accommodate the window-washing rigs, and the panels were buffed during manufacturing to minimize glare.
The building's structural frame is reinforced concrete, common for high-rise residential towers in Manhattan.
The entrance for the residential lobby on the west side of the building includes a porte cochere, a covered entrance for vehicles. Inside the lobby is a curved reception desk and furniture that mirror the building's curved design. To the right of the main entrance are the mailroom and concierge service area.
8 Spruce
8 Spruce previously known as the Beekman Tower and New York by Gehry, is a residential skyscraper on Spruce Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by architect Frank Gehry + Gehry Partners LLP and developed by Forest City Ratner, the building rises 870 feet (265.2 m) with 76 stories. WSP Cantor Seinuk was the lead structural engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles provided MEP engineering, and Kreisler Borg Florman was construction manager. 8 Spruce Street was the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere at the time of opening in February 2011.
The building includes a school, a hospital, retail stores, and a parking garage on its lower levels. There are 899 apartments on the upper stories.
8 Spruce covers 1 acre (0.40 ha) on the south side of Spruce and Beekman Streets in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Prior to 8 Spruce Street's construction, the lot was used as parking for the New York Lower Manhattan Hospital immediately to the east. The building is just east of City Hall Park and south of Pace University and the Brooklyn Bridge. Immediately to the west are 150 Nassau Street and the Morse Building (140 Nassau Street).
There are public plazas on both the east and west sides of the building, one 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2) and the other smaller. The east plaza, also known as William Street Plaza, separates the building from New York Downtown Hospital, and also provides access to the parking garage. This side includes entrances to the school and medical office space.
The site's zoning did not have height restrictions, and the building's massing is surrounded by the plazas on either side. The final design is 76 stories tall with 1,040,904 square feet (96,703.1 m2) of space. The building consists of a six-story podium with a brick facade, housing a public school, medical offices, and residential amenities. Above this podium a T-shaped residential tower clad in brushed stainless steel rises. As the building ascends, it has setbacks, forming terraces on the 7th, 24th, 40th, and 52nd floors.
An undulating steel facade curves along three elevations of the building (the south elevation is flat). It comprises approximately 10,500 custom-made stainless steel panels from Japan; only around 2,000 panels are identical. Aluminum brackets secure the panels to the concrete slab. While the windows themselves are rectangular, their widths vary to match the shifting profile of the facade, creating numerous bay windows. Gehry modified the curtain wall to accommodate the window-washing rigs, and the panels were buffed during manufacturing to minimize glare.
The building's structural frame is reinforced concrete, common for high-rise residential towers in Manhattan.
The entrance for the residential lobby on the west side of the building includes a porte cochere, a covered entrance for vehicles. Inside the lobby is a curved reception desk and furniture that mirror the building's curved design. To the right of the main entrance are the mailroom and concierge service area.