New York by Gehry
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Gehry's unique style is on view at New York by Gehry in Lower Manhattan, New York City. | © Edi Chen / Alamy Stock Photo
The skyscraper on 8 Spruce Street was architect Frank Gehry‘s first commissioned residential building in New York, his first skyscraper, and, for a while after it opened in 2011, the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere at 76 stories and 870 feet. The architect is famous for his sculptural, spectacular designs that often play with shapes, and though New York by Gehry isn’t one of his flashiest designs, the skyscraper in the Financial District with its undulating facade is pure Gehry. It’s a re-imagining of the classic Manhattan high-rise, and shows that it’s possible to update the traditional skyscraper without losing its soul.