Articles by Evan Bindelglass

Less Overhang Paves Way for Landmarks Approval of Mixed-Use Tower at 77 Greenwich Street

8:00 am on March 9, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

A 35-story mixed-use project in the Financial District can now go forward, thanks to approval from the Landmarks Preservation on Tuesday. The project is at 77 Greenwich Street (a.k.a. 42 Trinity Place) and needed LPC approval because it would cantilever over the Robert and Anne Dickey House, an individual landmark immediately to the south at 67 Greenwich Street (a.k.a. 28-30 Trinity Place). The changes to the design weren’t too dramatic and one of them was described as a “no-brainer” by the LPC chair.

East New York Savings Bank Building, 1117 Eastern Parkway. LPC photo.

East New York Savings Bank Designated An Individual Landmark

7:00 am on March 9, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

There were five landmarks designated in Brooklyn in 2015 and now the borough has its first of 2016. The East New York Savings Bank, Parkway Branch building at 1117 Eastern Parkway (a.k.a. 1123A Eastern Parkway) was designated an individual landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday.

Pedestrian Island Being Created on Pearl Street, DUMBO

7:00 am on March 8, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Thanks to Landmarks Preservation Commission approval, a small piece of Brooklyn street front is being reconfigured and repaved in a move the New York City Department of Transportation says will make things both safer and…

The History of Little Engine 23, at 215 West 58th Street

7:30 am on March 7, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Not everything happening on or near Billionaires’ Row is supertall. Some of it is supersmall, relatively speaking. Two months ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the restoration and renovation of an individual landmark in the midst of the coming towers. That gives us the perfect opportunity to tell you a little bit about Engine Company No. 23.

32-Story 86 Fleet Place Rises Above Ground in Downtown Brooklyn

7:00 am on March 4, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

It was back in September of 2014 that YIMBY brought you news of permits being filed by John Catsimatidis’s Red Apple Group for a 32-story mixed-use tower at 86 Fleet Place, between Willoughby Street and Myrtle Avenue, in Downtown Brooklyn. Now, thanks to photos sent to us by our friend Tectonic, we can see that the building is at least one floor above the ground.

181 Front Street Reaches Second Floor, DUMBO

7:30 am on March 3, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

It’s been over half a year since we gave you an update on 181 Front Street, a mixed-use project between Jay Street and Bridge Street in DUMBO. Back in July, foundation work was being done. Now, there’s some building to be seen. Photos sent to us by our friend Tectonic, show the structure is about two-stories off the ground.

Finalists for the "Reimagine a New York City Icon" contest for the MetLife Building.

MetLife Building Redesign Competition Finalists Announced

8:00 am on March 2, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Back in September, we told you about a competition to conceive a redesign of the MetLife Building. Earlier this week, the six finalists of the “Reimagine a New York City Icon” competition were announced. The competition, sponsored by Metals in Construction magazine and the Ornamental Metal Institute of New York, isn’t part of any actual process in the works to modify the Midtown office tower, but are fascinating ideas of what could be. Perhaps these ideas will be put into use at other buildings.

361 Central Park West, August 2014. Photo via Google Maps.

Church Conversion Condo Project Abandoned at 361 Central Park West

8:00 am on March 1, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Yesterday, we reported on yet another delay in the over year-long process of the city deciding whether to allow a landmark former church on the Upper West Side to be converted to condominiums. Now, we can report that the developer has withdrawn the plan for 361 Central Park West. That plan initially called for 39 units, but was scaled down to 35. The structure was built in 1903 as the First Church of Christ, Scientist of New York City. It received designation as an individual landmark in 1974.

361 Central Park West, with mock-up in December 2014. Via Google Maps.

Decision Delayed on Church Conversion at 361 Central Park West

7:30 am on February 29, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

It was back in 2014 that Manhattan Community Board 7 started considering a plan to convert a landmark former Upper West Side church into condos. Now, it is February of 2016 and there is still no word on whether that conversion will go forward, its fate held in the hands of the Board of Standards and Appeals.

Façade Mostly In Place At Church Conversion 200 Nassau Street, DoBro

7:00 am on February 26, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

A church-to-residential conversion project in Downtown Brooklyn looks like its getting close to finished, at least on the outside. Our friend Tectonic sent us some photos of 200 Nassau Street and the façade is almost entirely in place. There’s plenty of work still to be done at the ground level and a little on the top of the structure. Otherwise, things are looking good.

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