This past summer, Mayor Adams also issued executive order 43, requiring city agencies to review city-owned and controlled land for potential housing development. In 2025, the Adams administration will continue that work and advance the first sites for development, including 100 Gold Street, where over 2,000 new homes will be created just steps away from City Hall. The Adams administration will also advance housing projects at 395 Flatbush in Downtown Brooklyn, on the waterfront at Coney Island West, and in St. George on Staten Island. Collectively, these housing projects and others are expected to produce over 8,700 units, with additional public sites to be announced later this year.
This project looks great. My rough estiamte has the taller tower at about 75 floors and a bit over 800’ if we’re comparing to 8 Spruce. Not the nicest part of downtown but 2,000 units of housing is nothing to sneeze at. More of this please!
Yeah its very good news to begin with. I was like double checking to make sure it wasn’t 200. But 2000!
If this Manhattan Plan for housing is actually achieved, I believe I read its like adding a whole Upper West Side to the island in terms of housing, which when spread out, will result in some serious density.
Now if they start, especially with the City of Yes, doing large scale developments like this in Queens and Brooklyn, with the parcel sizes out there… lots of potential!
That’s awesome. Downtown needs more towers, and this is a good one. The render shows it being close in height to 8 Spruce Street which is 870 feet tall, so it’s safe to say it could be anywhere from 850 to around 870 feet tall judging by the render. It has the bonus of replacing a junky brutalist box as well. The NIMBYs also can go pound sand.
I hope that the demolition of the old building will begin at the end of the year. And not like 418 11th Avenue, where construction won’t start for another three to four years.
Has anyone considered how there won’t be any light penetration to the complex south of this monster? We need housing BUT along with the Hearst development to the East- Southbridge community will be left in the darkness. Not cool! - design needs to be addressed with the entire community in mind. How about schools? Will a school be built to address the population growth?
Different project/location but the same sun orientation applies to Manhattan. The shadows cast by any tall building will only appear to the NORTH between sun-up and sun-down.
There are perhaps some good arguments against this project; but “shadows” is not one that applies in this case. Looking at the graphics on the ‘shadow study’ posted - those buildings to the SOUTH of this new tower will not be “left in darkness”.
Click on article link to see shadow study graphics -
