Win for 'high' art
MoMA 82-story tower OK'd as foes rage
By TOM TOPOUSIS and SALLY GOLDENBERG
October 29, 2009 / New York Post
The City Council put the finishing touches yesterday on the Museum of Modern Art's request to build an 82-story tower that would rise as high as the Chrysler Building, granting the project final approval -- and leaving Midtown neighbors seeing red.
... The MoMA tower, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, would rise 1,025 feet, with its main entrance on 53rd Street. It would include luxury housing, hotel rooms and more exhibit space for the museum, under a deal with the developer, Hines.
First proposed at 1,250 feet -- as tall as the Empire State Building without the antenna -- the project's height was cut by the city Planning Commission last month.
Despite community opposition, the tower's zoning variances sailed through the council yesterday by a vote of 44-3
... A spokesman for Hines yesterday said the firm has not yet determined when the project would get under way, or how long it would take to build.
The Museum of Modern Art was paid $125 million by Hines for the site. Yesterday, a spokesman said the tower would "contribute significantly to the city's architectural heritage and economy while enabling the museum to show even more of our collection to the public."
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MoMA 82-story tower approved by NYC Council / AP
... The MoMA Web site says the museum will gain approximately 40,000 square feet of new gallery space — a 30 percent increase.
The building plan also calls for 150 residential apartments and 100 hotel rooms. ...
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apartments and hotel rooms? why??
MoMA 82-story tower OK'd as foes rage
By TOM TOPOUSIS and SALLY GOLDENBERG
October 29, 2009 / New York Post
The City Council put the finishing touches yesterday on the Museum of Modern Art's request to build an 82-story tower that would rise as high as the Chrysler Building, granting the project final approval -- and leaving Midtown neighbors seeing red.
... The MoMA tower, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, would rise 1,025 feet, with its main entrance on 53rd Street. It would include luxury housing, hotel rooms and more exhibit space for the museum, under a deal with the developer, Hines.
First proposed at 1,250 feet -- as tall as the Empire State Building without the antenna -- the project's height was cut by the city Planning Commission last month.
Despite community opposition, the tower's zoning variances sailed through the council yesterday by a vote of 44-3
... A spokesman for Hines yesterday said the firm has not yet determined when the project would get under way, or how long it would take to build.
The Museum of Modern Art was paid $125 million by Hines for the site. Yesterday, a spokesman said the tower would "contribute significantly to the city's architectural heritage and economy while enabling the museum to show even more of our collection to the public."
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MoMA 82-story tower approved by NYC Council / AP
... The MoMA Web site says the museum will gain approximately 40,000 square feet of new gallery space — a 30 percent increase.
The building plan also calls for 150 residential apartments and 100 hotel rooms. ...
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apartments and hotel rooms? why??
