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Chicago architect selected to design High Line-adjacent office tower

(Credit: Jeanne Gang via Architect's Newspaper)
(Credit: Jeanne Gang via Architect's Newspaper)

The Chicago-based architect Jeanne Gang is set to make her New York debut with the 180,000-square-foot Office Tower On 10th Avenue between 13th and 14th streets, according to the Architect’s Newspaper.

The project, which is to be developed by William Gottlieb Real Estate, will rise on a site that currently houses a vacant meatpacking plant, the newspaper said. It is expected to be completed by 2015.The office tower is designed to block as little light and views from the High Line as possible.

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“We rearranged the building’s mass so that the tallest part to Face 10th Avenue,” Gang said. “We’re using the principal of the zoning envelope, but we’re recognizing the exceptional condition that the High Line creates.”

The project is still subject to city approvals. [Architect’s Newspaper] – Katherine Clarke

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