Among New York City progressives, a common refrain is that real estate developers won’t build housing that’s affordable to middle-class New Yorkers on their own, so they must be forced into it through programs like mandatory inclusionary…
Earlier this fall, filmmaker Andrew Padilla got his hands on the massing diagram of Forest City Ratner’s proposed East River Plaza redevelopment. The portion of the mall on FDR Drive between East 117th and 119th Streets would give rise to three fifty-odd-story buildings. And now,…
In a sign of just how desperately constrained New York City’s property market is, a building permit has just been filed to erect a new apartment building on what is the smallest developable piece of land…
The limestone-faced apartment tower at 301 East 50th Street, at the corner of Second Avenue, topped out two months ago. Since then, much progress has been made on the façade, visible in photos taken by…
Since YIMBY revealed the project back in August, 855 Sixth Avenue has made major headway, and Durst’s addition to the Sixth Avenue corridor — spanning the whole western block face from 30th to 31st Street…
