Fisher Brothers and the Witkoff Group, the folks behind 111 Murray—as the condo tower under construction 101 Murray (f.k.a. the St. John’s University building) is now known—presented the final design at Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee. I’m exhausted—it was one of the worst meetings ever—and I’m on my way to being tipsy, so let’s bullet-point this sucker.

••• They only showed one full-length rendering (it’s the shiny building below), which matches the zoning diagrams previously discovered (further below). The design is by Kohn Pedersen Fox. The two curved façades wrap around a core (“two forms that come together,” which we all know isn’t as easy as it sounds); the building gets wider as it rises. The words they’re using are sculptural, elegant, and sophisticated. I’m not disagreeing; I’m just fried.

••• How it looks from the street (as ever, click to enlarge):

••• The numbers:

—157 apartments
—792 feet tall
—62 floors

••• The timeline: demolition is almost done, then one year for the foundation, another year till it tops off, another year till occupancy—and the plaza comes last, because it’s the staging area for all the construction. The good news is that they’re drilling the foundation rather than driving piles, so it’ll be less noisy.

••• What’s most interesting is that the oblong building is freestanding, with a public plaza to the east and a “pavilion”—one story of retail and two stories of mechanicals—against the adjacent building on Murray (a.k.a. the smelly Whole Foods freight entrance). No renderings of the pavilion were shown. It apparently lines up, more or less, with the commercial part of 101 Warren to the north. The little black triangle you see in the lower right corner indicates the service entrance for the tower.

••• The 10,600-square-foot plaza is obviously of paramount interest. (They added it because they wanted to increase the FAR—you have to give something if you want to get more to sell, and affordable housing = poor door = why bother.) You can kind of tell everything you need to know from the renderings below, but important things to know are: movable chairs and tables, a water feature, an open lawn (possibly for events), benches, native plants, a sculpture TBD. (One committee member worried that the kids in the rendering might fall into the water.) The plan is for it to be open 24/7, as per city regulations, but they can apply for changes if problems arise.

••• There are also two small retail spaces in the tower itself, along West Street.

••• The whole building has to be raised off sidewalk level for flood protection; I won’t get into the details. But the lobby is above street level for that reason, and the plaza rises to some unknown elevation.