2024-12-24T11:32:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150416334/big-unveils-design-for-new-freedom-plaza-development-along-manhattan-s-east-river Josh Niland 2024-02-12T19:35:00-05:00 >2024-12-09T16:31:09-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/46/46fde46f56403a38752944720097d448.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Plans for a four-tower scheme designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">BIG</a> for the east side of Manhattan have been announced by developers Soloviev Group and Mohegan in advance of its commencement in Midtown.</p> <p>Their transformative Freedom Plaza project will be realized on a 6.7-acre plot near the United Nations complex overlooking the FDR Drive and East River between 38th and 41st Street at First Avenue.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/91205712d368f67931388af9e567e77a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/91/91205712d368f67931388af9e567e77a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering by Negativ</figcaption></figure><p>The program calls for two pairs of hotel and condominium towers connected via a skybridge, and addressing the Queens shoreline with a landscaped park and small Museum of Freedom and Democracy forming in the ground-level plaza underneath. A total of 4.77 acres of publicly accessible space will be included therein, flanked by the 1,325-unit residential component to the southern orientation. Nearly half (40%) will be dedicated to affordable housing, according to the project announcement.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/81/81754834daf80d5d2831cacf370d26c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/81/81754834daf80d5d2831cacf370d26c4.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering by Negativ</figcaption></figure><p>A casino space tied to the developer's bid for one of three available gambling license...</p>