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Visiting Long Island City’s The Jackson with Developer Sam Charney and Architect Chris Fogarty

8:00 am on December 2, 2016 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

In April 2014 we interviewed developer Sam Charney of Charney Construction and Development. Among other things, he spoke about Long Island City’s 11-51 47th Avenue, now known as the Jackson. Since then, we have followed the building’s progress, starting when the site was cleared at the end of 2015 up until its recent topping-out. Today we revisit the project with Charney and the building’s architect, Chris Fogarty of Fogarty Finger.

Touring the World’s Tallest Modular Building at 461 Dean Street in Pacific Park

4:00 pm on November 16, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

After four years of delayed construction, financial missteps, and lawsuits, Forest City Ratner and Greenland U.S.A. are finally welcoming tenants into 461 Dean Street, currently the tallest skyscraper in the world constructed with modular units. The 32-story tower on the edge of Prospect Heights and Park Slope offers sweeping views of brownstone Brooklyn, but its lengthy construction saga highlights the myriad issues facing developers who want to build with modular construction.

A map of the proposed East Harlem rezoning. via DCP

City Estimates the Impact of East Harlem Rezoning

4:00 pm on November 11, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

When city planners unveiled the new zoning for East Harlem at a community board meeting last month, neighbors wanted to know how many new apartments would grow, and how many people could potentially be displaced. Now the city has revealed estimates of how the rezoning would reshape the upper Manhattan neighborhood in a new set of zoning documents.

432 Park Avenue illuminated. image by DBOX for CIM Group/Macklowe Properties

432 Park Avenue Unveils Its Lighting Display

4:00 pm on November 10, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Construction is nearly finished on 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the Western hemisphere. Five open-air mechanical floors on the 1,396-foot-tall skyscraper will be lit every day at sunset starting Monday, and we have photos of the display.

Lightstone's rentals at 363-365 Bond Street under construction in May 2016. photo by Max Touhey for Curbed

City Cautiously Begins Gowanus Rezoning

6:00 pm on October 28, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The federal government is finally cleaning up the Gowanus Canal, and the Lightstone Group has just finished a 12-story rental building along the banks of the heavily contaminated waterway. Now the city has kicked off a long-awaited rezoning study for the industrial area around the canal, but officials offered few guarantees or timelines for the new zoning.

Proposed zoning for East Harlem, map via DCP

Initial East Harlem Rezoning Plan Promises 30-Story Towers and Less Parking

4:00 pm on October 19, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

City officials unveiled a massive rezoning last night for East Harlem, where the administration hopes to encourage towers as tall as 30 stories, less parking for new buildings, and more ground floor retail.

Tishman Speyer and H&R REIT Have Chance To Link Two Key Long Island City Subway Stations

8:00 am on October 17, 2016 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Six of the seven subway lines that connect Queens to Manhattan converge at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge, where Queens Plaza meets Queens Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, and Jackson Avenue. There, the elevated Queensboro Plaza station handles the N, Q, and 7 trains, while the E, M, and R serve the underground Queens Plaza stop. The two stations face increasing pressure from steady growth in both Long Island City and the borough as a whole, as well as the impending overflow of Brooklyn commuters displaced by the L train shutdown. The need for a transfer connection between them has become more pressing than ever.

Jessica MacLean, urban archaeologist for the Landmarks Preservation Commission, welcomes people to the NYC Archaeological Repository Nan A. Rotshschild Research Center. All photos by the author unless noted

Landmarks Preservation Commission Launches NYC Archaeological Repository

8:00 am on October 6, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

On Wednesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission consolidated its collection of historic artifacts and launched the NYC Archaeological Repository at the Nan A. Rothschild Research Center in Midtown.

Long Island City Rises: Tracking 2016 Skyline Progress and Looking Ahead

8:00 am on September 30, 2016 By Vitali Ogorodnikov

Last September, we gave our readers a definitive introduction to the city’s latest urban core, which was then just beginning its skyward ascent. Over the past year, we released dozens of updates regarding the myriad of projects coming to Long Island City, particularly those rising along the streets of the Court Square district. Today YIMBY revisits the growing community, looking at the progress that has been made over the past year, as well as what lies in store in the near future.

NYC Skyline ~2022, by Thomas Koloski, original image by Eric via Flickr

Checking In On New York City’s 2020 Skyline

8:00 am on August 25, 2016 By Nikolai Fedak

YIMBY has brought you several composite renderings of what the skyline will look like over the next few years. Now we have a fresh image of what the city’s future holds, thanks to YIMBY Forums user Thomas Koloski, which illustrates the major changes soon coming to Jersey City, Manhattan, and Brooklyn. Most of the projects added to the image are either already under construction or imminently rising, and their collective impact on the cityscape will push the New York City skyline to new, Coruscantian heights.

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