70-Story Residential Tower Coming to Long Island City; Piero Lissoni Chosen to Design Interiors of 45 Park Place

• Long Island City’s skyline continues to take shape. A new 70-story tower is slated to bring hundreds of residential units to the area. [TRD]
• Italian architect Piero Lissoni will design the residences and amenities at stunner 45 Park Place, which is being designed by a team made up of SOMA and Jean Nouvel. [6sqft inbox]
• Billionaire David Bren is the secret owner of NYC’s Metlife tower. [Bloomberg]
• Inside Gilbert Gottfried’s Chelsea apartment [NYT]
• One Vanderbilt will shutter two Irish bars. [NYP]
• Architect Drew Lang of Hudson Woods fame has designed a new hotel in Flushing, Queens. [6sqft inbox]
• Dattner Architects has released a new rendering for its huge affordable housing complex in Brownsville. [Brownstoner]

Images: The current LIC skyline (L); Lobby concept drawing for 45 Park Place (R)