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Revealed: 125 Chrystie Street, Broome Solar Tower & Theater

BY: STEPHEN SMITH ON JULY 31ST 2014 AT 3:30 PM

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Broome Solar Tower, via Leven Betts

For this afternoon’s reveal, YIMBY has unearthed renderings of a mixed-use building on the Lower East Side, from the website of Leven Betts, a husband-and-wife architectural practice based in West Chelsea.

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Broome Solar Tower, via Leven Betts

The images show a boxy, stark white structure at the corner of Chrystie and Broome, overlooking the narrow and very well-used Sara D. Roosevelt Park. If the project comes to fruition, it would represent yet another step forward in the revival of the Bowery (which is just on the other side of the block) and the Lower East Side, bringing another piece of high design to a neighborhood that was once one of the world’s most infamous slums.

The building would reach what appears to be nine stories and contain 35,000 square feet of floorspace, according to the architects’ website, on a double-wide tenement lot. It would contain only 16 apartments, with the remainder of the space taken up by “a downtown dance company’s theater, rehearsal space and offices.” The residential tower atop the base would be slightly askew from the city’s street grid, but would line up perfectly with the compass (or solar grid, hence the building’s name), with each side directly angled towards a cardinal direction.

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Broome Solar Tower, via Leven Betts

The architects’ website puts the groundbreaking in 2015, though no building permits have yet been filed. Trevor Stahelski is the developer, Robert Silman Associates is the structural engineer, and Arup is the façade consultant.

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I think this is the current design.

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source: 125 Chrystie — THE HORIZON GROUP

Situated in the East Village area of Manhattan, Horizon at Chrystie LLC is developing a new mixed use building with an address at 125 Chrystie Street, cornering Broome Street. This building is located in the Manhattan Community Board 3 with close proximity of the 2nd Avenue subway station.

The Project will consist of 55 residential dwelling units. 10 units will be designated for moderate income tenants pursuant to the Voluntary Inclusionary Housing Program. An additional 1 unit will be designated for moderate income tenants pursuant the 485x Tax Exemption Program. Project consist of approximately 42,000 square feet of residential floor area.

Construction is anticipated to commence in the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2025 and the building is expected to be fully occupied by early 2028.

source: Microsoft Word - Project Narrative

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