- City Tech Tower
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City Tech Tower
The City Tech Tower At Jay
& Tillary Street
New York City.General information Status Never built Type Mixed Use[1] Location Jay and Tillary Streets
New York CityHeight Antenna spire 1,000 ft (300 m)[1] Roof 850 ft (260 m)[1] Technical details Floor count 65[1] Floor area 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) (Academic space)[1] Design and construction Architect Renzo Piano[1] Developer Bruce Ratner[1] City Tech Tower was a supertall skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano, which was proposed to rise at Jay and Tillary Streets in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City, but has since then been cancelled.[2]
The building would have stood 1,000 feet (305 m) tall and contain 65 floors for the New York City College of Technology and 600 units of housing.[1] The building, at a height of 1,000 feet (305 m), would have been the tallest out of a proposed complex of five towers.[3] The building would have been the first skyscraper in Brooklyn to rise more than 60 stories, since the tallest completed building in the borough is only 42 stories tall.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Piano Plays Brooklyn With Downtown Tower". Curbed. http://curbed.com/archives/2007/11/27/piano_plays_brooklyn_with_downtown_tower.php. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "City Tech Tower". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=citytechtower-newyorkcity-ny-usa. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ Frost, Mary (2007-12-05). "City Tech Tower Actually City Tech ‘Complex’". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=17089. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Brooklyn". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bo/?id=100003. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
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