Demolition is now complete at 15 Beekman Street, the site of a 27-story academic center and dormitory for Pace University in the Financial District. Designed by Manish Chadha of Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by SL Green Realty, the 338-foot-tall structure will be addressed as 126-132 Nassau Street and yield 213,084 square feet of classrooms, dorms, a dining facility, a library, and a learning center. The building will also have a cellar, sub-cellar, and a 20-foot-long rear yard.
At the time of our last update in late September, the 14-story prewar building on the site was still standing fully intact, as seen in the following photographs. Now it has been fully razed along with the four-story structure by the corner of Beekman and Nassau Streets, and construction machinery and workers are clearing the last bits of debris and rubble from the land behind a perimeter of sidewalk scaffolding and wooden boards.
15 Beekman Street. Photo by Michael Young
15 Beekman Street. Photo by Michael Young
15 Beekman Street. Photo by Michael Young
Now there is a temporary void in the air space above, along with exposed brick lot line walls, and scraps of the two demolished structures being gradually hauled away in truck loads.
15 Beekman Street. Photo by Michael Young
15 Beekman Street. Photo by Michael Young
Looking up at New York by Gehry from 15 Beekman Street. Photo by Michael Young
15 Beekman Street. Photo by Michael Young
The nearest subways from the site are the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, and Z trains at the Fulton Street station.
No official renderings or completion date have been released.
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Aw. Let’s hope the new building is nice too.
At the point where it was changed every day, and throughout each day the project could feel itself getting shape: Thanks to Michael Young.
Too bad it couldn’t have been restored and incorporated into the new development. What a shame.
I spent so much time in 132 Nassau that it felt as though I had an office in the building. But that was a long time ago; 1978 to 2004. One of the earliest “skyscrapers.” Old, one elevator, but functional.
The Downtown Manhattan needs to be made an historic district before history is completely demolished there.
Universities are a blight on the city.
WHAT A SHAME THAT A HISTORIC VANDERBILT BUILDING GETS DESTROYED FOR WHAT ??
ANOTHER GLASS BOX?
MORE NYC HISTORY DESTROYED FOR WHAT?
GREED
WHERE IS THE NYC LANDMARKS COMMISSION?