New York

287 East Houston Street, rendering via the teaser website

287 East Houston Street Nearing Completion, Lower East Side, Manhattan

Progress is moving along at 287 East Houston Street, with the façade now fully installed, the building topped out, and interior work underway. The 11-story building, named 287/LES, is right on the border of the Lower East Side and the East Village, and just five blocks from the Essex Street subway station, providing quick access to the F, J, M, and Z trains. Vinci Partners and Hogg Holdings are developing the project.

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104 Martin Luther King Place, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 104 Martin Luther King Place, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 104 Martin Luther King Place in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The site is two blocks from the Myrtyle-Willoughby Avenues subway station, serviced by the G trains. Nine blocks away is the Flushing Avenue subway station, serviced by the J, M, Z trains and major intersection for retail. Joel Weiss of Empire Brooklyn is listed as responsible for the development.

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1508 Avenue Z from East 15th Avenue, design by Citiscape Consulting

Inspired Renderings Revealed for 1508 Avenue Z, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

Too many renderings come through that resemble the same mold of international style. Today, Citiscape Consulting has revealed an unusual design for a long-term care facility at 1508 Avenue Z in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The post-war Japanese Metabolism movement, a style that integrated organic material and architecture, was what inspired the 16-story building’s distinctive look.

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30 Hudson Yards finally topped out, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

30 Hudson Yards Officially Tops Out 1,296 Feet Above Street Level

Speculations for the topping out of the 73-story 30 Hudson Yards have been swirling for the last couple months, and now the fateful day has finally arrived. Yesterday morning, YIMBY received confirmation that the tallest building of the Hudson Yards mega-development has finally reached its pinnacle, with an American flag rising above the building’s parapet. While some steel remains to be installed before the crown is fully complete, the significance of this is akin to the topping of the spire of a cathedral. In this case, it is a monument to the capitalistic ideals that fuel the contemporary American economy.

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