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8 Spruce Street, previously known as the Beekman Tower and New York by Gehry,[1] is a 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry on Spruce Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City.

8 Spruce Street is one of the tallest residential towers in the world, and it was the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere at the time of opening in February 2011.[2] The building was developed by Forest City Ratner and designed by Frank Gehry Architects. WSP Cantor Seinuk was the lead structural engineer, Jaros, Baum & Bolles provided MEP engineering, and Kreisler Borg Florman was construction manager.[3][4] It contains a public elementary school owned by the Department of Education.[5] Above that and grade-level retail, the tower contains only residential rental units. The skyscraper's structural frame is made of reinforced concrete, and form-wise it falls within the architectural style of Deconstructivism.

  1. ^ Grant, Peter (2010-10-05). "Gehry on New Gehry Building". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ Davies, Pete (May 23, 2008). "Gehry's Beekman Tower Gets Presented, Goes Street". Curbed.com.
  3. ^ "Eight Spruce Street - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  4. ^ "8 Spruce Street -". World-Architects. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  5. ^ Ouroussoff, Nicolai (May 31, 2008). "Looking Skyward in Lower Manhattan". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2010.