'Hotel with a view' coming up at 19th-century NY skyscraper
US$350m Beekman Hotel will have 287 rooms and a condo tower next door
[NEW YORK] For years, development plans came and went at 5 Beekman St like City Hall workers filing in and out of their nearby offices in lower Manhattan. Expectations for the property were high.
The nine-storey brick-and-terra-cotta building at Nassau Street was one of New York's first skyscrapers when completed in the late 1800s, even if others quickly eclipsed it.
For fans of antique architecture, 5 Beekman has also been a source of fascination because few have seen its distinctive interior feature - a tall atrium topped by a large pyramid-shaped skylight that was sealed up for much of the 20th century.
Soon, though, admirers may be able to share the view. A developer is converting the office bu…
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