99 Church Street, also known as 30 Park Place, is a building under construction in Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...

, New York City

New York City

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. It will be the tallest residential building in the city, at 912 feet. The building was designed by Robert A. M. Stern

Robert A. M. Stern

Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, is an American architect and Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture....

, and is being developed by Silverstein Properties. The facade of 99 Church Street will be clad in limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

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99 Church Street will contain a Four Seasons Hotel

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

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 and condominium apartments. The new building will be constructed next to and surpass in height the Woolworth Building

Woolworth Building

The Woolworth Building is one of the oldest skyscrapers in New York City. More than a century after the start of its construction, it remains, at 57 stories, one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City...

, which was the world's tallest building at its construction. Tishman Construction is managing the project, which is currently under construction as of late 2011. The building replaced the old 99 Church Street, also known as the Moody's Building. It was built in 1951 by Reinhard, Hofmeister & Walquist for the mercantile agency of Dun & Bradstreet

Dun & Bradstreet

Dun & Bradstreet is a Fortune 500 public company headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA that provides information on businesses and corporations for use in credit decisions, B2B marketing and supply chain management...

. At the time it had the distinction as the first substantial new office building in Lower Manhattan for almost 20 years.