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4 unusual facts about Douglas Durst


Douglas Durst

In 2001, his brother Robert Durst was charged with murdering a neighbor and dismembering his body in Galveston, Texas.

As such, the height of the tower may be officially reduced by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from a symbolic 1,776 feet to the height of the roof at to 1,368 feet.

Located on 14th St and 5th Ave in Manhattan and scheduled for completion in 2014, the New School University center was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by the Durst Organization.

Robert Durst

Robert Alan Durst (born 1943) is a son of New York real estate mogul Seymour Durst, and brother of commercial developer Douglas Durst.



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