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125 Greenwich Street (also known as 22 Thames Street) is a residential skyscraper under construction in the
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in Lower Manhattan,
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. The tower is two blocks south of
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on the site of the former Western Electric building, and directly across from the site of the demolished
Deutsche Bank Building The Deutsche Bank Building (formerly Bankers Trust Plaza) was a 39-story office building located at 130 Liberty Street in Manhattan, New York City, adjacent to the World Trade Center site. The building opened in 1974 and closed following the ...
. The building was designed by architect
Rafael Viñoly Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (born 1944) is a Uruguayan architect. He is the principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects, which he founded in 1983. The firm has offices in New York City, Palo Alto, London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, and Buenos Aires. Viñ ...
, with interiors designed by British duo March & White. If completed, the tower would stand at a height of , making it the 20th tallest building in the city.


History

The original building at this address location was a 10-story telephone factory built in 1888–1889 for Western Electric and sold in the 1980s to the
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. It was demolished decades later by further property investors for the skyscraper. In September 2014, it was announced that the tower would stand , with 77 floors and 128 residential units. The foundation of the building was completed in June 2016. In 2017, the building's height was revised to , with 88 floors and 273 units.


Architecture

The tower has distinctly rounded corners with curved floor-to-ceiling glass. The building is nearly column-free, and two I-beam-shaped shear walls that run vertically through the slender tower support the floors of the building. The top three floors contain amenities including entertainment space, private dining rooms, a fitness center, lap pool, and a spa. The building will contain 273 apartments that will come in studios through three-bedroom variants.


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