At the corner of Varick and Watt streets a hotel will rise with a facade wielding a less unsightly and more versatile kind of solar technology that may very well be unprecedented for New York City.
"This is the future," said Anthony Morali, principal of MStudio. Mr. Morali has been hired by developer Charles Fridman, of Shalimar Management, to design an eco-friendly, 26-story hotel at 100 Varick Street. Mr. Fridman filed plans for the project...