Posted Mar 9, 2012, 10:41 AM
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New 'Peer 17' at Seaport
By STEVE CUOZZO
March 8, 2012
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South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 retail mall, which has been commercially adrift for years, has a shipshape, glass-wrapped future in store.
Owner Howard Hughes Corp. plans to replace the boxy, near-windowless three-level shopping complex with a shimmering, transparent one topped by a rooftop park and designed by architectural firm SHoP. The proposal was unveiled last night at a Community Board 1 meeting.
The new building would occupy almost the same footprint as the old Pier 17. It requires city approvals including from the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Sources said the redesigned pier will have 250,000 square feet of selling space, slightly more than the current total. But where the existing pier resembles a barn, its replacement will be transparent and offer shoppers a sweeping view of the East River.
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