It’s hard not to recognize these two instant icons added to the Hudson River waterfront.Ĭalled a trapezoid or hyperbolic parabola by some, Via 57 West is described by Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group as a marriage between a courtyard building and a skyscraper: or a “courtscraper”, if you will. The adjacent service building was also designed by the same team. It has won numerous architecture awards, and is one of our favorites on the tour. The Spring Street Salt Shed actually stores 5,000 tons of winter salt for the Department of Sanitation New York. Resembling the faceted makeup of salt crystals, the design of this striking utilitarian structure by Dattner Architects and WXY Architecture directly mimics its purpose. If you haven’t been to Governors Island, the view from the water may entice you after it opens again on May 1. We appreciate the way West 8 Landscape Architects’ design has created a new communal backyard for the city. Today, it has been transformed into a new public park and cultural mecca, anchored by its iconic three Hills at the southern tip. Located opposite Ellis and Liberty Islands, Governors Island functioned as a military outpost for over 200 years. Look for its immediate neighbor, 3 World Trade Center, designed by Sir Richard Rogers of London We’re especially moved by the minimalist glass tower’s quiet deference to One World Trade Center. The second tower to be completed in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, 4 World Trade was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Located at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, the park has become one of New York’s most memorable urban spaces. Kahn, this park and memorial to FDR’s famed “Four Freedoms” speech was finally completed posthumously just one week before hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. Originally designed in 1972 by the esteemed architect Louis I. Though it may appear delicate, in 2012 it successfully withstood the surge from Hurricane Sandy. She hired her favorite architect, Pritzker Prize-winning Jean Nouvel of France, to create this jewel box to house the carousel, now installed between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Over the course of 25 years, Jane Walentas painstakingly restored this 1922 carousel by hand in her studio in DUMBO. We think the façade’s characteristic stainless steel and furrowed surfaces are particularly mesmerizing from the water.Ģ011: Jane’s Carousel, Brooklyn Bridge Park It’s Gehry’s first skyscraper, and it has redefined the downtown skyline. Still the tallest residential rental building in New York City, 8 Spruce Street is one of two projects by Frank Gehry and Partners featured on the tour. With so many dazzling buildings featured on the architecture tour, this was no easy task! Join AIANY and Classic Harbor Line this spring and see if your favorites made the list.Ģ010: 8 Spruce Street, Financial District In honor of AIANY and Classic Harbor Line’s ninth season of architectural boat tours, AIANY guides voted on their favorite projects from each of the past nine years.
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