If there was ever a case of a building perfectly mirroring its developer, it would be One Seventh and Jesse Keyes. Both are angular, ultra-chic, smart and aggressive.

The historical transformations and disruptions of New York Citynightlife are contextually instructive. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution, which brought hundreds of thousands of low wage low skill laborers streaming into the city, nightlife became an integral part of New York’s cultural fabric. From vaudeville acts that pushed the limits of social propriety, to operettas that harkened back to the homelands of Italy and Germany, nightlife activitieswere entrenched in New York’s economic structure.

If there was ever a case of a building perfectly mirroring its developer, it would be One Seventh and Jesse Keyes. Both are angular, ultra-chic, smart and aggressive. Both are also making their emphatic debut on the New York architecture and style worlds.

The first two research questions key in on economic aspects frequently analyzed in studies evaluating the importance, relevance and significance of a particular industry, the third question explores the people, their relationships and skills garnered from theirindustry experiences. The combination of delving into economic activity and social capacity has been deemed a “stereo view” of analytics by Markusen.