The west plaza at 8 Spruce Street opened in early April 2012

One of the citys tallest residential buildings, 8 Spruce Street, continues to perform finishing work inside the building and at street level. This week, developer Forest City Ratner opened the plaza on the towers west side, which serves as a pedestrian passageway from Beekman to Spruce Street, and offers benches, seating, decorative paving, and landscaping. Nearby on Beekman Street, sidewalk grates are being replaced and the sidewalk reopened later this spring. Full building fit-out will be complete in September.

Another new pedestrian plaza recently opened outside the new W Hotel tower at 123 Washington Street, creating another open space in the area of Greenwich South.