Gateway Plaza, 600 building
395 South End Avenue | also 345 South End Avenue | Battery Park City | built 1983
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1981
Teamsters boss John Cody is said to add millions to Gateway Plaza's cost
John Cody, president of Teamsters Local 282, controlled deliveries of cement and building materials to nearly every major Manhattan construction site from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. A Battery Park City Authority official said developer Sam LeFrak could not get around him, and reports held that Cody added millions of dollars to the cost of building Gateway Plaza. Wikipedia describes Cody as a union leader and racketeer.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2001
Airplane parts from the World Trade Center puncture Gateway Plaza's 600 building
When the World Trade Center towers fell on September 11, 2001, flying airplane parts punctured Gateway Plaza's 600 building, as well as Hudson View East and Parc Place, now Rector Square. More than half of Battery Park City's residents left permanently. Temporary rent reductions and government subsidies later helped refill the buildings.
Source: Wikipedia
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