YIMBY has the reveal for another project by Dattner Architects this morning, this one in Jamaica, Queens, for a 53,000 square-foot addition to PS 50Q. The existing pre-war building will be enhanced by the contemporary addition,…
In most of America’s largest cities, post-war public housing towers have been torn down and replaced with more urban designs. New York City is the exception – whether because of the relatively good condition of…
Silverstein’s 30 Park Place is once again making quick headway, after construction slowed down during the tower’s climb through its transfer floors, which separate the hotel and condominium portions of the future Four Seasons Hotel & Residences….
15 Penn Plaza [New York Post]: Vornado has resurrected plans to erect a previously approved 68-story and 3 million square-foot tower which would be built at 401 7th Avenue, or 15 Penn Plaza, in Midtown. After the initial scheme stalled several years…
In 2005, old timers in the neighborhood and the Department of City Planning, led by Amanda Burden, tried desperately to stamp out development in Bay Ridge. Virtually the entire neighborhood was downzoned, arresting the natural…
