NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) —
Manhattan residents near the South Street Seaport should not be alarmed
if they see a large balloon flying 950 feet in the air near their homes.
The
Federal Aviation Administration has advised that the moored balloon
will be launched over 80 South St. to obtain photos for a building
survey operation, the NYPD said.
The allowable window for the
balloon launch begins Tuesday and ends on Sunday, Dec. 1. The balloon
will only be up for about three or four days during the allowable
window, for periods of two hours a day during daylight hours, the NYPD
said.
The balloon will fly at an altitude of about 950 feet, and is about the size of a weather balloon.
The
80 South St. site is the prospective location of a new 1,018-foot
residential skyscraper bisected by gardens, designed by architect
Anthony Morali.
A prior planned skyscraper at the site, designed
by celebrity architect Santiago Calatrava, would have risen to 1,123
feet with a design of 12 four-story cubes stacked on top of each other.
That project was called off in 2008 as the real estate market declined.
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