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[NYguy]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...dhat_fell.html

Trouble hounds Brooklyn site where construction worker fell



By Tina Moore
May 23rd 2009

Long before a construction worker survived a 35-foot fall off a Brooklyn building, the site had racked up dozens of violations, records show.

Since January 2008, the Buildings Department has issued stop-work orders 12 times at 111 Lawrence St., hitting contractors with 38 claims for unsafe conditions, falling objects and fire hazards.

Eleven violations remain open and contractors on the job face $78,200 in fines, records show.

...On Nov. 15, the city temporarily stopped work after finding a hydraulic climbing unit stored illegally at the top of the crane was causing "excessive tower movement."

On Nov. 17, Pinnacle and Bovis were cited after an operator let a 13,000-pound counterweight hang over an occupied building.

Pinnacle violated the building code again on Nov. 26 with the "unsafe hoisting and rigging" of a crane, the department charged.

[New Skyline]

Originally Posted by antinimby

What a total piece of shit.

[SIZE="1"]ugly, but finally a taller tower for brooklyn

[ht-freak]

The east and west facades look like old subway car doors.

[NYguy]

Gehry's Atlantic Yards tower (the one now on hold) gets chopped in height, so the Williamsburgh Bank building can remain Brooklyn's tallest. And this just sails through. Oh well, what can you do...Brooklyn deserves better for a tallest, hopefully something will pull through. But it's a project that's getting built, and for that we should be greatful, I suppose.

[Antares41]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Gehry's Atlantic Yards tower (the one now on hold) gets chopped in height, so the Williamsburgh Bank building can remain Brooklyn's tallest. And this just sails through. Oh well, what can you do...Brooklyn deserves better for a tallest, hopefully something will pull through. But it's a project that's getting built, and for that we should be greatful, I suppose.

Well it is a precedent building in that it broke through the artifical ceiling height set by One Hanson Place ( i.e Williamsburgh Bank ). Bigger, and, hopefully better buildings above the 514ft height will surely come.

Honestly I think the height reduction of Atlantic Yard tower was more a anti-Ratner ploy than a real aversion to tall buildings; part of the death by a thousand cuts strategy.

[ht-freak]

Is anyone going to post a new pano-pic of the new Brooklyn skyline?

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Antares41

Honestly I think the height reduction of Atlantic Yard tower was more a anti-Ratner ploy than a real aversion to tall buildings; part of the death by a thousand cuts strategy.

It was at least part that, a "victory" of sorts for the opposition. Especially considering there was another taller proposal in the works at the form Albee Sq mall site (that one has been reduced due to economics).

[ht-freak]

You call "that" a victory? Yes, I'm from the old school that doesn't want the Williamsburgh(One Hanson Pl) dethroned, but if it is inevitable, it should be done by a project that deserves the title. That big box of ugly and lack of imagination is a disgrace. Is the economy that bad that they couldn't hire an architectural firm with a modicum of talent?

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by ht-freak

You call "that" a victory? Yes, I'm from the old school that doesn't want the Williamsburgh(One Hanson Pl) dethroned, but if it is inevitable, it should be done by a project that deserves the title. That big box of ugly and lack of imagination is a disgrace.

Unfortunately, we don't get to pick and choose. A dethroning from one is the same as from another. Difference being one was a potential, new landmark. The other, well crap is what it appears to be. A price to pay for caving in to NIMBYism.

[CGII]

Originally Posted by New Skyline

[SIZE="1"]ugly, but finally a taller tower for brooklyn

I think its disgraceful that Brooklyn's new tallest tower looks like an air conditioner.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by CGII

I think its disgraceful that Brooklyn's new tallest tower looks like an air conditioner.

And some still complain about Gehry's designs for "miss Brooklyn".

[Antares41]

Originally Posted by NYguy

And some still complain about Gehry's designs for "miss Brooklyn".

Well seeing how beautiful Beekman Place is turning out I would expect people to reserve judgement until "Miss Brooklyn" actually is built. Gehry starting to earn that kind of respect in NYC.

[CGII]

Well it has a lot more to do with the location; 111 Lawrence is unquestionably downtown Brooklyn, while Miss Brooklyn's neighbours out in the Atlantic Yards are brownstones and residential areas. In NY, it's not really about the design of a building, but the size and its impact on the neighbourhood that is controversial.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by CGII

Well it has a lot more to do with the location; 111 Lawrence is unquestionably downtown Brooklyn, while Miss Brooklyn's neighbours out in the Atlantic Yards are brownstones and residential areas. In NY, it's not really about the design of a building, but the size and its impact on the neighbourhood that is controversial.

But unquestionably, the argumen against it was that it would be taller than the Williasmburgh, which ultimately is why it was cut in height.

[philvia]

downtown extends into the atlantic yards.

[CGII]

Originally Posted by NYguy

But unquestionably, the argumen against it was that it would be taller than the Williasmburgh, which ultimately is why it was cut in height.

Yeah, but people were only concerned about that because of its location and proximity to the Williamsburgh. Don't get me wrong, I don't like them either but really the only reason the Atlantic Yards was so hotly contested was because it was all new development in an otherwise lowrise neighbourhood, quite unlike the location of 111 Lawrence, which is in the heart of Brooklyn's CBD.

Originally Posted by philvia

downtown extends into the atlantic yards.

By what bounds and definitions? I've heard people lump Clinton Hill into 'downtown Brooklyn.' Regardless whatever arbitrary verbal quantifications there are for 'downtown,' the fact is that the built environment around Atlantic Yards is far far different than the built environment around 111 Lawrence. For one, nobody lives around 111 Lawrence.

[THE BIG APPLE]

It looks like a fat pile of manure, and it has to surpass the Williamsburg Savingsbank Tower to become the tallest.

[NYguy]

http://curbed.com/archives/2009/06/0...lyner.php#more

Brooklyn's New Tallest Gets a Name: The Brooklyner!



Tuesday, June 9, 2009, by Joey

For all the hubbub that was created when Frank Gehry designed his Miss Brooklyn skyscraper at the Atlantic Yards to replace the Williamsburgh Bank Building as Brooklyn's tallest building (before it was eventually downsized), the Clarrett Group's 111 Lawrence Street has flown relatively under the radar.

But last week the 51-story, 496-unit rental tower topped out in Downtown Brooklyn, bringing its height juuuust above the old clocktower. Now that it has the crown of Brooklyn's tallest, a bland name like 111 Lawrence just won't do. So even though it's still identified as such on the developer's website, Brownstoner reports that the tower has been dubbed The Brooklyner. Now that's some borough pride! Along with 80 DeKalb and Avalon Fort Greene, there's a heck of a lot of rental stock headed for the area.

[NYguy]

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...43&newsLang=en

The Clarett Group Tops Out Brooklyn’s Tallest New Tower: The Brooklyner
New Rental Building by GKV Architects Offers 491 Design-Forward Apartments


BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The tallest building in Downtown Brooklyn made its official debut this week. Developer, The Clarett Group, topped out construction of the new rental property and simultaneously announced the tower’s new name – The Brooklyner – a moniker that embraces Brooklyn’s standing as the city’s hottest residential borough. Designed by Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel Architects (GKV), The Brooklyner is located at 111 Lawrence Street and soars over 500 feet in Downtown Brooklyn.

“The Brooklyner brings new, design-forward rental apartments to one of the borough’s most booming and connected neighborhoods,” said Veronica W. Hackett, Managing Partner of The Clarett Group. “As the tallest building in Brooklyn, the tower presents unrivaled views of the East and Hudson Rivers, the New York Harbor, Brooklyn and the Manhattan skyline. The views include almost every iconic image and landmark for which New York City is famous.”

The 51-story tower is constructed of cast-in-place concrete consisting of a combination of window wall and metal panels on the eastern and western facades. With varying shades of earth tones and patterns reflective of Brooklyn’s historic brownstone homes and architectural elements found in the nearby neighborhood, the exterior walls are designed with a “basket-weave” aesthetic. According to Randy Gerner, AIA, Principal of GKV Architects and lead architect on the development, “The design of The Brooklyner was greatly influenced by the textures and colors of the neighborhoods that surround it. The architecture is intended to weave the urban fabric into the facade, transforming the building into a structure that is distinctly modern, attractively innovative and authentically Brooklyn.”

Featuring 491 modern rental apartments consisting of loft-style, studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom homes, The Brooklyner brings an unprecedented full-service residential building to a neighborhood serviced by numerous subways lines only one stop from Manhattan. The tower will offer residents 24-hour concierge service and a complete fitness and lifestyle amenities package. Occupancy is anticipated for late 2009/early 2010.

[Antares41]

A name fit for a lounge chair or sofa, not a residential building.