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1 By Matt Chaban 10/19/11 11:15am

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's 432 Park Avenue! (WSJ)

Drake Tower Will Not Top Empire State Building, Still Tallest Apartment Tower Ever

In July, renderings of the most watched development site in the city leaked out. They were unofficial, the work of some avid architecture geeks, but it turns out the designs of the condo-tower planned for the Drake Hotel site were not that far off. The Journal gets the first official look at CIM, Harry Macklowe and Rafael Viñoly's new project, and while it will not rise to 1,420 feet, as first expected, the 1,300-foot tower would surpass every apartment building in the city by a few hundred feet. Read More

By Matt Chaban 8/24/11 11:32am

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Harry Macklowe, CIM and Viñoly Planning 1,420-Foot Toothpick Tower on Park Avenue?

For years now, the Drake Hotel site at the corner of 57th Street and Park Avenue has been one of the most closely watched developments in the city. A historic hotel was destroyed to make way for a mystery project that has grown all the more intriguing as it actually looks like it might get built. Mysterious California developer CIM teamed up with Harry Macklowe, the site's former owner and fifth-act maestro, and now details are dribbling out that make for some jaw-dropping possibilities. Read More

1 By Matt Chaban 7/27/11 3:11pm

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He uses those glasses to get a view of the stage. (Getty)

Viñoly Vanquishes Opera

Rafael Viñoly is known for his dramatic buildings, which in New York include the boomeranging Brooklyn Children's Museum and the controversial New Domino housing development on the Williamsburg waterfront. The Urguay-born, New York-based Mr. Viñoly also has a thing for real drama, that of the stage, reports Observer opera critic Zachary Woolfe—even if at the same time, in his difficult way, the architect criticizes his multifarious colleagues: Read More

By Staff 3/09/06 4:47pm

Vinoly’s Philadelphia Story Ends

The Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and its architect, Rafael Vinoly, reached a settlement this week that ended an ugly and public legal battle in which the managers of the concert hall accused the designer of doing shoddy work that lead the construction to balloon $23 million over budget. Peter Dobrin, who has been writing Read More

By Staff 2/20/06 3:45pm

Rafael Viñoly Fights Back

The Architect and his glasses. New York architect Rafael Viñoly has asked that the lawsuit filed against his prestigious firm by Philadelphia's Kimmel Center be dismissed. The Kimmel Center is suing Viñoly over delays and cost overruns in the construction of their new building, for which Viñoly was the architect. The news was carried in Read More