Wagner Park Pavilion
Thomas Phifer and Partners · Battery Park City · 2025
Construction is wrapping up at the Wagner Park Pavilion, part of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project to construct a perimeter storm and flood protection system along the park’s boundary. In the wake of the millions in damages the park sustained from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Battery Park City Authority has undertaken a redesign of the park to help with future flooding. The level of the landscape and structures is raised from the previous park’s design, including the new Wagner Park Pavilion and Robert F. Wagner Park at the southern boundary. Designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, the fully accessible pavilion will house a community room, restaurant, public restrooms, park storage, and a roof deck (opening later this fall) with views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty. The project hopes to achieve ILFI Net-Zero Carbon Certification with sustainable features that will include geothermal heating and cooling, stormwater reclamation systems, LED lighting, and a highly insulated building envelope.
Facade fronting onto Battery Place.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
West entry to the park and pavilion.
West facade of the pavilion.
South facade of the pavilion.
South facade of the pavilion from the stepped seating in the park.
South facade of the pavilion and the stepped seating from the park’s southern boundary.
South perimeter of the pavilion.
Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners; Structural Engineer, Landscape Design, and Project Management: AECOM; MEP Engineering: Milhouse; Envelope: SGH; Program: Park Amenities; Location: Battery Park City, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
25 Water Street - Soma
CetraRuddy · Financial District · 2025
North facade from Broad Street.
Construction is nearing completion at the office-to-residential conversion of 25 Water Street, a 1968 office and storage tower in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan by developers GFP Real Estate, Metro Loft, and Rockwood Capital. Designed by CetraRuddy Architects, will be the largest office-to-residential conversion by unit count, at over 1,300 residences, in US history. The project is also the first office-to-residential conversion to use New York’s 467-m housing tax incentive, which provides a partial tax exemption for rental developments in converted buildings with the required amount of affordable housing.
Close-up of the north facade of the upper tower and the crown.
The conversion features an update to the existing 22-story brick-clad office building with large expanse of window wall replacing the narrow and irregular windows of the original tower’s lower half. Along with the window replacement, the facade has also undergone a color change with the repainting of the deep red brick to white. The development also includes an additional steel-framed 10-story overbuild, including nine floors of residences and a full floor of amenities.
Close-up of the newly installed window wall and newly painted existing brick wall.
Looking up at the north facade.
Close-up of the 10-story overbuild at the tower crown.
West facade from Water Street.
Looking up at the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade of the existing tower.
Residential Amenities
Residential lobby.
Spread out over 100,000 square feet, amenities will include spaces for entertainment and coworking, a basketball court, two indoor pickleball courts, fitness center, pilates and yoga studios, steam room and sauna, a 75 foot indoor swimming pool, an outdoor swimming pool on the 25th floor roof deck, a sports simulator, and an outdoor rooftop lounge with landscaped terrace.
Close-up of the concierge desk and feature wall.
Residential lobby lounge.
Residential lobby lounge.
Indoor swimming pool.
Fitness Center in the SoMA Athletic Club.
Pickleball courts.
Outdoor pool under construction.
Looking up at the new penthouse addition at the roof of the existing tower.
Model Residences
The development includes 1,320 residences ranging in size from studios to three-bedrooms, with about 50 residences per floor and penthouse units in the new floors that crown the tower. Most of the residences include a home office and views to the water and the city skyline.
Architect: CetraRuddy; General Contractor: Pavarini McGovern; Developers: GFP Real Estate, Metro Loft, and Rockwood Capital; Program: Office-to-Residential Rental Conversion; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
25 Water Street - SoMA
CetraRuddy · Financial District · 2025
North facade from Broad Street.
Facade renovations are ongoing at the office-to-residential conversion of 25 Water Street, a 1968 office and storage tower in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan by developers GFP Real Estate, Metro Loft Management, and Rockwood Capital. Designed by CetraRuddy Architects, the project will be the largest office-to-residential conversion by unit count, at over 1,300 residences, in US history. The conversion features an update to the existing 22-story brick-clad office building with large expanse of window wall replacing the narrow and irregular windows of the original tower’s lower half. Along with the window replacement, the facade will also undergo a color change with the repainting of the deep red brick to white. The development also includes an additional steel-framed 10-story overbuild, including nine floors of residences and a full floor of amenities.
Close-up of the north facade of the upper tower and the crown.
Each floor will accommodate about 50 residences, which will range in size from studios to four-bedrooms, with ceiling heights up to 12 feet. Amenities will include spaces for entertainment and coworking, a basketball court, steam room and sauna, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a sports simulator, and an outdoor rooftop lounge with landscaped terrace.
Northwest corner from Broad Street.
Looking up at the north facade.
Close-up of the newly installed window wall and newly painted existing brick wall.
Close-up of the 10-story overbuild at the tower crown.
Facade painting in progress.
West facade.
Architect: CetraRuddy; General Contractor: Pavarini McGovern; Developers: GFP Real Estate, Metro Loft Management, and Rockwood Capital; Program: Office-to-Residential Rental Conversion; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
Wagner Park Pavilion
Thomas Phifer & Partners · Battery Park City · 2025
Facade fronting onto Battery Place.
Concrete superstructure is rising at the Wagner Park Pavilion, part of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project to construct a perimeter storm and flood protection system along the park’s boundary. In the wake of the millions in damages the park sustained from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Battery Park City Authority has undertaken a redesign of the park to help with future flooding. The level of the landscape and structures will be raised, including the new Wagner Park Pavilion and Robert F. Wagner Park at the southern boundary. Designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners, the fully accessible pavilion will house a community room, restaurant, public restrooms, park storage, and a roof deck with views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty. The project hopes to achieve ILFI Net-Zero Carbon Certification with sustainable features that will include geothermal heating and cooling, stormwater reclamation systems, LED lighting, and a highly insulated building envelope. Completion is expected in 2025.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners; Structural Engineer, Landscape Design, and Project Management: AECOM; MEP Engineering: Milhouse; Envelope: SGH; Program: Park Amenities; Location: Battery Park City, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
1 Park Row
Fogarty Finger · Financial District · 2026
Facade installation is ongoing at Circle F Capital’s 23-story mixed-use tower at 1 Park Row in the Financial District neighborhood of New York. The tower anchors the southwest corner of a block adjacent to City Hall Park and is the third contemporary development on the block. Fogarty Finger has led the design of the tower, which will feature a facade of floor-to-ceiling glass windows, including curved glass windows at the southwest corner, and panel cladding the piers and slab edges.
When completed, the tower will include ground floor retail, office space at the lower floors, and 58 condo units ranging in size from 1- to 3-bedrooms with interiors by Paris Forino.
Architect: Fogarty Finger; Interiors: Paris Forino; General Contractor: Cauldwell Wingate; Developer: Circle F Capital; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: Pearl House at 160 Water Street
Construction is nearing completion at Vanbarton Group’s Pearl House, an office-to-rental conversion in the Seaport district in Lower Manhattan. Led by Gensler, this is the city’s largest office-to-residential conversion to date. Interventions to the existing office tower include altering building cores, retrofitting operable windows, and new floors on top of the existing structures.
When completed, the development will offer over 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor private club-inspired amenities over three floors. The lobby will feature a sculptural brass staircase along with lounges and a reception desk. The concourse level below will offer a Technogym, bowling alley, sports simulator, game room, craft-making workspace, children’s playroom, children’s playroom, pet grooming salon, spa, and interconnected social lounges. Floor 28 will feature a terrace, lounges, co-working space, a player’s lounge with a sports book room, a full size bar, and chef’s kitchen.
Lobby lounge.
Lower Manhattan view from the 28th floor amenity terrace.
Midtown Manhattan view from the 28th floor amenity terrace.
Residences will range in size from studios, to 1- and 2-bedroom apartments. The Gensler-designed residences feature custom kitchens with stone countertops, integrated appliances, and bathrooms with Italian porcelain tile.
Architect: Gensler; Developer: Vanbarton Group; Program: Residential; Location: Seaport District, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
The Perelman Center
REX · Financial District · 2023
Southeast corner with 1 World Trade Center (left) and 7 World Trade Center (right) behind.
Construction has wrapped up at the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center. Designed by REX, the massing features a cube that is elevated and rotated above the complexity of program at and below grade. The cube is wrapped in a facade of translucent, veined marble laminated within insulated glass. The Perelman Center houses three auditoriums to produce and premiere original works of theater, dance, music, film, and opera.
East facade.
Architect: REX (Design Architect), Davis Brody Bond (Executive Architect); Client: Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center; Program: Performing Arts Center; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine
Santiago Calatrava · Financial District · 2022
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Construction has wrapped up at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the eastern end of Liberty Park at the World Trade Center site. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, architect for the nearby World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the new structure replaces the church’s previous home in a row house that was destroyed on 9/11. The church is located on a 4 foot thick concrete mat slab twenty-five feet above street level, with the World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center directly below. The reinforced concrete structure is clad in panels of white translucent marble encased in laminated glass, which will glow at night from a light source behind the panels. A dome made of 40 steel ribs spanning 55 feet caps the church’s structure.
North facade.
Architect: Santiago Calatrava; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; Program: Church; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the eastern end of Liberty Park at the World Trade Center site. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, architect for the nearby World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the new structure replaces the church’s previous home in a row house that was destroyed on 9/11. The church is located on a 4 foot thick concrete mat slab twenty-five feet above street level, with the World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center directly below. The reinforced concrete structure is clad in panels of white translucent marble encased in laminated glass, which will glow at night from a light source behind the panels. A dome made of 40 steel ribs spanning 55 feet caps the church’s structure.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Close-up of the dome.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Looking up at the east facade.
North facade from Liberty Street.
West facade from Liberty Park.
West facade from Liberty Park.
Close-up of the dome.
Architect: Santiago Calatrava; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; Program: Church; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
No. 33 Park Row
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners · Financial District · 2022
Construction has wrapped up on Urban Muse's No. 33 Park Row, a 25-Story, 95,000 square foot ground-up mixed-use residential development in New York’s City Hall Park district. The tower joins COOKFOX's 25 Park Row on the site of the former J & R Music and Computer World store.
Southwest corner from Park Row.
Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the tower is the firm's first residential project in New York City and blocks away from the firm's office tower at 3 World Trade Center. Vertical perforated screens at the north and west facades form park facing loggias at the upper floors of the tower.
West facade of No. 33 Park Row (left) and 25 Park Row (center).
Close-up of the southwest corner of the tower.
Looking up at the west facade of No. 33 Park Row (left) and 25 Park Row (right).
Northwest corner from Park Row.
Northwest corner from Park Row.
Looking up at the north facade from Beekman Street.
Residential entry from Beekman Street.
Residents have access to a range of amenities including a fifth floor indoor/outdoor fitness center and yoga studio designed by The Wright Fit; a sixth floor resident lounge with show kitchen, dining, and co-working space; a rooftop garden and lounge; and a cellar level craft room and 12-person screening room.
View northwest towards Tribeca and Midtown from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards Tribeca and Midtown from the rooftop terrace.
View northwest from the fifth floor outdoor yoga terrace.
View northwest towards City Hall Park from the fifth floor outdoor yoga terrace.
Model Residence
The tower offers 30 homes from 900 to 2,900 square feet with double height spaces and outdoor terraces within the facade's screened loggias. Kitchens feature custom white oak cabinetry, Miele appliances, and honed tundra gray marble islands with waterfall edges. Primary baths feature honed Montclair Danny marble cladding, white oak double vanities, and marble countertops.
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners; Developer: Urban Muse; Program: Residential, Commercial, Retail; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
