Tour the Taystee Building with David Leven, principal of LEVENBETTS, and learn about the LEED Silver life sciences building on the site of the former Taystee Bakery in Harlem. The 300,000 square foot building and series of mid-block garden pathways represent a new paradigm for a 21st century life sciences building in New York City. The Taystee Lab Building revitalizes the growing Manhattanville Factory District bridging Columbia University and City College along the 125th Street Arts and Culture Corridor. The building is organized around two circulation cores. Along the western face of the building is an open public garden that spans from 125th Street to 126th Street. As part of the urban strategy, this mid-block pass through was incorporated into the design to create a public garden amenity. The garden provides for seating and public gatherings among a grove of trees.