The Ins and Outs of Williamsburg’s Latest Mega-Development
The Donut Building
The most distinctive feature of the new development is surely this: two towers 120-feet apart, joined at the top. The idea is to build taller while allowing more air and light into the neighborhood; another structure also features a gap between two towers, and there would be two slender 60-foot towers right next to the Williamsburg Bridge. “Two Trees”—full disclosure: our landlord in DUMBO—”said the community and public officials they shared these plans with were totally happy with taller structures if it meant more open space,” Curbed reported. “‘If you’re standing next to a 400-foot tall building or a 600-foot tall building, you have no idea,’ [one architect said]. ‘But if a 600-foot building means that you get a park where your kid can graduate, that means something to you.'”