Articles by Andrew Nelson

53W53 from 5th Avenue, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

YIMBY Scopes 53 West 53rd Street’s Perspectives Above the Midtown Plateau

8:00 am on May 15, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

For the second day of 2018’s Skyline Week, YIMBY has photos from the top of 53 West 53rd Street, aka 53W53, which has been talked about for longer than any other skyscraper currently under construction in New York City. The supertall has been eleven years and a controversial 200-foot height reduction in the making. The tower will yield condominiums, galleries, and a restaurant, and its kinetic dark façade matches the vibrant energy of the Midtown streets below, with crisscrossing diagrid lines careening from the base up toward the spearheaded peak. The structure is on its way to a 1,050-foot pinnacle, which will handily pierce the surrounding plateau of 700 to 800-foot rooftops.

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144-75 Barclay Avenue, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 144-75 Barclay Avenue, Flushing, Queens

7:00 am on May 15, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 144-75 Barclay Avenue, in Flushing, Queens. The site is three blocks away from the Murray Hill train station, serviced by the LIRR. Eight blocks away is the Main Street subway station, end of the line in Queens for the 7 train. Yanjing Xie is listed as responsible for the development.

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56 Leonard Street

YIMBY Visits 56 Leonard’s Penthouse in Tribeca

8:00 am on May 14, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

The 2010s have seen an unprecedented number of new skyscrapers pierce the Manhattan skyline. This week, YIMBY will tour six of the tallest developments currently under construction and recently completed, starting with what may now be the most iconic structure in Tribeca, at 56 Leonard Street. Today, we have a look at the views offered from its uppermost penthouse, from approximately 800 feet above street level.

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