Sunday, October 8, 2017

American Copper Buildings



In 2008 when the market crashed, Manhattan was left with a bunch of empty lots.  In 2012 when things improved, the building restarted.  

Now, we have lots of new interesting buildings springing up all over town.  What a great photo op. :-)  
First up are the American Copper Buildings.  They are called that because they are clad in copper.  It's not a very interesting look at this point.  

Over time they will weather and turn green like the Statue of Liberty.  I can't quite picture it.

But what makes them special is their shapes, which are unique.  

The goal was to make the towers look like they are dancing with each other.  And they do.  

They are joined together with a sky bridge.  The first one to be built in the city in 80 years.  

It's 300 feet from the ground and 3 levels high.  

A photo online shows that there's a pool on one level and from the ground it looks like there is a garden on top.  Pretty interesting.

According to an article in The New York Times, one of their fancier apartments was just rented by a doctor from NYU Hospital for $14,100 a month.  He was looking forward to his 2 minute walk to work.

Here's a link to an article about the buildings...

And there's a picture of the pool on their website...

Enjoy!
PJ

(c) 2017 PJ Lehrer
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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