- published: 02 Nov 2012
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The Solaire was the first "green" residential-use building in the USA. Completed in 2003, it is described as an "environmentally-progressive residential tower" (see [1]). The building has been rated U.S. Green Building Council LEED-NC, v2 – Level: platinum. The LEED ratings were established by the Green Building Council to evaluate a building's efforts to use renewable materials, conserve energy and water consumption and enhance indoor air quality. The energy conserving building design is 35% more energy-efficient than code requires, resulting in a 67% lower electricity demand during peak hours, resulting in (among other benefits):
Although these features would seem to be a hallmark in general for future building projects due to energy efficiency, the building was quite expensive to build. The developer received funding from the State of New York, which was somewhat controversial as the developer was only required to agree to set aside 10% of the units as "affordable housing" or "moderate income", rather than the usual 80:20 agreement. When the building opened rents ranged from roughly $2500 to $9001 depending on the size of the unit. Many of the current and former tenants work on Wall Street, including Brian Finnerty, former cable TV financial expert and former trader at the investment bank C.E. Unterberg Towbin (see [2]).
Actors: Frank Puglia (actor), Barry Norton (actor), Preston Foster (actor), Noel Madison (actor), Budd Fine (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Leslie Denison (actor), Steven Geray (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Leyland Hodgson (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Kurt Katch (actor), Al Kikume (actor), Arthur Loft (actor), Addison Richards (actor),
Plot: Kay Murdock (Lynn Bari) strolls into the Dixie Bar in Shanghai on November 1, 1941 and asks the bartender for a letter addressed to Captain Larsen, and is referred to Roy Bonnell (Preston Foster), the manager of this combination bar and gambling house. He refuses to turn the letter over to her and she steals it. Bonnell later recovers the letter which contains a coded note. Kay reveals she is an agent of the British Secret Service. Bonnell, a fugitive from American justice, says he will turn over the note to the highest bidder. When he approaches the Japanese, they seize him but he escapes, after learing that the note was part of an alarm for Japanese fifth columnists everywhere after the attack on Pearl Harbor that has just been set in motion.
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