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25-Story, 195-Unit Mixed-Use Building Rises Above Street Level at 115 Delancey Street, Essex Crossing, Lower East Side

Steel beams and the concrete core are now a couple stories above street level on the 25-story, 195-unit mixed-use project under development at 115 Delancey Street, located between Essex and Norfolk streets on the Lower East Side. Progress can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums. The latest building permits indicate the new building will encompass 489,688 square feet and rise 315 feet to the top of its parapet.



161 Maiden Lane, design by Hill West Architects

57-Story, 80-Unit Residential Tower, 1 Seaport, Rises to Sixth Floor at 161 Maiden Lane, Financial District

Construction is now six floors above street level on the 57-story, 80-unit residential tower under development at 161 Maiden Lane, located on the corner of South Street in the Financial District. Progress on the structure can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums. The latest building permits indicate the 670-foot-tall tower, dubbed 1 Seaport, will encompass 192,473 square feet.



The old Federal Hall in New York. Credit: Mount Vernon

The First Presidential Inauguration Took Place in New York

Today, New Yorker Donald J. Trump will be sworn-in as president of the United States in Washington, D.C. Every swearing-in since 1801, except some cases that followed the death of the president, has taken place there. However, the first inauguration, that of President George Washington, took place right here in New York.

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