I feel a bit like a cat, checking out the neighbourhood where I’m staying. There is a prominent new building south in Tribeca, which I’ve discovered is 56, Leonard, a new and playful building of horizontally stacked and projecting apartments (mighty expensive) by Herzog & de Meuron:-
Otherwise, it’s nondescript territory on the edge of Soho, ex-industrial, with a great deal of new building:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Makes me want to board a jet to the Big Apple immediately!
Herzog & de Meuron
Just a short walk north to 65 Bleecker St (NoHo) rewards you with L.H.Sullivan’s only NY project, the Bayard Condict Bldg. A near perfect example of his marriage of exquisite ornament with high-rise architecture. Well worth a peek.
Will go this morning. Thank you for the tip. Charles
Like the Gherkin, Walkie-Talkie, or Cheese-Grater here, 56 Leonard Street has been given a nickname: the “Jenga Building,” after the game of stacked wooden blocks. One pulls blocks out of the tall square ‘tower’ one at a time until it falls over.