NEW YORK | Battery Maritime Building

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This is an interesting concept. However, I’m puzzled why Ismael Leyva opted for putting a boxy glass structure on top of an historic, beaux arts-style building as opposed to going with a far more intuitive design a la Paris’ Grand Palais.

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Me and you both

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I think the restaurant concept could work in this space but am less certain whether people will want to stay in a hotel located above a ferry terminal. Adding additional retail space instead of a hotel seems like it would be a more natural fit for the building and location.

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I suppose it’s pointless to use this forum simply to complain about something that’s already been built (in this particular case I think the current developers inherited a fait accompli from the previous developer who had made a mess of it).

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So accepting what can’t be changed, creating a street level plaza a la this rendering by SHoP seems like a good idea. Since the NYC’s Economic Development Corporation is involved, this is a rare instance in which I believe the government’s power should be leveraged to push this through and just build the damn thing.

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“This is a project we’re exceptionally confident in, and we think the real estate itself is irreplaceable — the location, the access, the architectural aspects — it has everything you’d look for it a great real estate transaction,” ACORE co-founder and managing partner Boyd Fellows told CO.

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This is unique:slightly :slightly_smiling_face:
But I am yet to explore this :pensive:

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