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23 Park Row Reaches Halfway Mark Above City Hall Park In Lower Manhattan

It’s up, up, and away for the new residential skyscraper at 23 Park Row, which is now visible from the 9/11 Memorial. The tower is being designed by COOKFOX Architects, and the developers are L&M Development Partners and the J&R Music Store founders, whose business formerly occupied the same site. The structure will soon rise 54 stories into the Lower Manhattan skyline, to a height of 702 feet. The lot sits in between 1 Beekman, aka “The Pearl on The Park,” which has now topped-off, and the 119-year old Park Row Building. The latter is about to be surpassed in height by its new neighbor, most likely by the beginning of August.

With nearly 350,000 square feet of interior space, the future residential building will include retail on the bottom floors along Park Row, and 13 parking spots. Up above, there will be 108 apartments. As of right now, the first exterior panels have already arrived and have been installed on the north facing wall of the building that abuts 1 Beekman. The form of the building starts with a bulky base that rises and grows thinner, and will eventually terminate with a stepped roof parapet.

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