Classic Tribeca move.At 401 Greenwich Greenwich, borough, Greater London, England Greenwich (grĭn`īj, grĕn`–), outer borough (1991 pop. 200,800) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. Manufactures include telephone equipment and underwater cable. Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, David Mandl, president of Meltzer/ Mandl Architects, has created a classic six-story commercial loft building. Because it is located in a landmark district, the building was subject to landmark standards that affected everything from its overall height to its facade facade (fəsäd`), exterior face or wall of a building. The term implies ordered placement of its openings and other features and thus seems inapplicable to a wall without design. materials. At only 25 feet of frontage, the site is relatively narrow. Owners of a neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. row house attempted to block the construction because the new building threatened to cover lot-line windows the residents had become accustomed to enjoying. In the adjudication The legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a court proceeding; also the judgment or decision given. The entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. process, the site's strange history came to light. In the 1930s, the site Mandl was designing for had been illegally split off from the lot that included the rowhouse and sold. The Commissioner of Buildings determined that because of this history, Mandl had the right to design a six-story building for his client. The building's opponents lost their case. Mandl's building occupies 2,300 square feet on the ground floor, and floors two through five each contain 2,200 square feet of high-ceilinged floor space. A 1,200-square-foot penthouse penthouse Enclosed area on top of a building. A penthouse can be an apartment on the roof or top floor of a building or a structure on the roof housing the top of an elevator shaft, air-conditioning equipment, or stairs leading to the roof. with a large outdoor deck will be located on the top floor. Construction on the penthouse is still underway. Tenants already occupy the building's commercial space. |
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