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Cantilever Get Some Respect?

Development_Graceline1.jpgI'm a huge fan of odd-ball projects like this.

Curbed today highlights Graceline Court, the development going up immediately west of of the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque No. 7 on Lenox and 116th Street.

The most obvious curiosity is that about a third of floors 6 through 16 are cantilevered over the mosque below. A second curiosity, pointed out in Curbed's comments section, is the building's ability to go beyond three dimensional physical imitations. Look closely at the rendering and you will see that Graceline's facade creates an event where it is simultaneously on the same plane as the mosque's facade, and extending far beyond it.

Look for brokers to exaggerate the square footage of the event horizon.

And look for more Graceline info from Curbed; they hinted of more to come...

· Behold the Graceline Court, Harlem's Amazing Cantilever [Curbed]
· UES Getting in on the Cantilever Fun? [Curbed]

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