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Two Towers at Greenpoint Landing breaks ground.
Brookfield Properties and Park Tower Group broke ground on the next phase of development at Greenpoint Landing, including one acre of additional public waterfront open space designed by James Corner Field Operations and two new residential towers by OMA.
Together with an adjacent seven-story building, the two new towers will bring a total of 745 units of housing-20% of which will be income-targeted through the Affordable New York program-and public open space to the neighborhood, expanding the existing esplanade and unlocking this section of Greenpoint waterfront for the first time in generations.
In addition to mixed-income housing, the new towers will add 8,600 square feet of ground-floor retail to the neighborhod along Dupont Street and West Street. Brookfield is completing the last segment of West Street roadway and bike path in Greenpoint which will finally connect key existing commercial and residential corridors and activate the edge of the neighborhood.
The towers’ facades featuer precast concrete panels surrounding large, eight foot by eight foot windows. Like the buildings’ forms, the precast panels are carved by a series of angled planes. Oriented differently for each block-vertical, horizontal, or diagonal-the carved faces react dynamically to the movement of the sun throughout the day. Marmol Radziner is the interior designer and landscape designer for the buildings and Beyer Blinder Belle is the executive architect and unit interior designer.
This next phase of development at Greenpoint Landing will add more than 40,000 square feet of public greenspace to the existing public waterfront esplanade, creating a total of 2.5 acres of continuous public open space along the shoreline. The new open space will focus on natural landscaping and expansive green spaces, creating a variety of experiences along the shore, including a lawn, picnic area, garden walk, and some salvaged maritime pieces found at the site.
The esplanade’s expansion will make Greenpoint’s waterfront more publicly accessible through a new pedestrian connection on Dupont Street and the extension of Eagle Street to the waterfront, completing the public esplanade from Eagle Street to Box Street Park.
The esplanade will be constructed by Brookfield Properties and Park Tower Group and donated back to the City so it can function as a public park in perpetuity. The esplanade is also adjacent to the newly reconstructed Newtown Barge Park newly built and operated by the City.
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