100 Eleventh AvenueFrom the February issue: Outside, a late-January snowstorm has left a delicate frosting on the
shimmering gray-green jumble of steel and glass that is 100 Eleventh
Avenue, making the newly constructed condo tower all the more
eye-catching in the flat winter light.
Inside, however, fat drops of water fall from the ceiling, forming a
puddle on the polished-granite floor of the Jean Nouvel-designed lobby.
Todd Eberle, a photographer who lives on the fourth floor, eyes the leak with concern.
“I don’t know what that’s about, but it’s not good,” he says.
A photographer-at-large for Vanity Fair who has spent much of his
career shooting architecture, Eberle is an avowed Nouvel devotee. They love their new apartment, its terrace with views of Frank
Gehry’s IAC Building, and the way changing patterns of light dance
across the floor.
Yet Eberle is one of a number of residents voicing concerns about the building. [more]
Tumult at Nouvel Tower
A behind-the-scenes look at the 11th Avenue condo, where buyers have complaints about construction
February 02, 2011 03:18PM
By Candace Taylor
