NEW YORK | 200 Greenwich - 2 WTC | 1,226 FT | 55 FLOORS

[SamLYNY]

Originally Posted by Crawford

The only other top 15 firm downtown is Fried, Frank.

Cleary Gottlieb are at One Liberty Plaza, but might not count as a top 15 by your metrics - they are big players in finance though.

Originally Posted by Crawford

But S&C has good reason to keep its lawyers downtown.

Yep, they have a few good reasons.

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by SamLYNY

Cleary Gottlieb are at One Liberty Plaza, but might not count as a top 15 by your metrics - they are big players in finance though.

I just looked up NY law firms by headcount. And yeah, Cleary Gottlieb is a major, elite firm. I forgot they were downtown.

[ChiND]

It looks like Cleary’s big lease expires in two years. I suspect that every developer is courting them, though they’d probably need an extension from Brookfield.

https://nypost.com/2007/12/07/legal-eagles-sign-liberty-plaza-deal/

[Crawford]

Fried Frank isn't in the greatest building. I wonder if they could be courted, possibly to a new tower. I know they do a lot of PE and RE work, which screams Midtown.

[Cutiggs27]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Sullivan & Cromwell is looking for 500k sq. ft. They're the main law firm for Goldman Sachs, which is down the street. I could see them as a secondary tenant.

I think they are a bit unique because they actually own their building so not sure if they’d leave and sell or what to expect. It’s not a great building but as owner they could sign a big long term lease and then engage in a sale leaseback and basically create more value than the cost of the lease

[NYguy]

Wonder if Foster mentioned anything about the design on the crown...


https://skyscraper.org/making-new-york-history/2024/

[skcr]

Original photo by jag9889


I made latest design based on the structure by TK2000 from YIMBY Forums


Version two

[Zapatan]

Good work but terrible design, sure hope it ends up taller than that.

[ChiND]

That looks great.

[ajbeaver25]

I don't like how the rest of the towers are bulky/boxish, and 2 WTC isn't. For some reason it seems less "powerful" than the rest of the complex.

[skcr]

inst: theamazingknight

[UrbanImpact]

Ooh La La! That's a nice looking tower!

[DCReid]

The tiny spire looks cheesy, and as bad as the NY Times tower spire. It would actually look much better if it had a fin like the 425 Park Avenue in midtown.

[skcr]

Original: The Rebuilding Ground Zero documentary

[skcr]

I made latest design based on the structure by TK2000 from YIMBY Forums

Original photo: https://images.app.goo.gl/6nnzwENgiMdkzVMb6

[NYguy]

https://radiiinc.com/silverstein-wtc-campus-2024/umnzme469xiori25ukod81blfnvlkc

[skcr]

Too massive and expensive. The likelihood that they will build a version with a spire is much higher.

[Sky88]

Maybe a version like this would be better. A 1,300ft tall tower and 1,645ft with the spire.


(by Sky88)

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by skcr

Too massive and expensive. The likelihood that they will build a version with a spire is much higher.

The lack of ambition and desire to heal the wounds nearly 25 years later is sad. I would at least be okay with a ~1,250 roof, especially if the design is cool, but nothing much shorter than that.


I also thought 5WTC and 111 Washington would be U/C by now but that never happened, and as far as greater downtown goes I guess 80 South Street is a total pipe dream at this point.

[Zerton]

Originally Posted by skcr

inst: theamazingknight

Do we have any more information on this design? I really like it. Is this an older design?