Amidst the trials of Amanda Burden, the recession and the American Folk Art Museum controversy, 53 West 53rd Street has been a long time coming. Finally, dirt is now moving, and excavation for the Jean Nouvel-designed supertall is…
On the eastern side of Lexington Avenue, between 33rd and 34th Streets, two older low-rise buildings spanning 227-229 Lexington Avenue are currently awaiting demolition to make way for a new residential development. And now, YIMBY has…
Last month, conflicting reports emerged regarding law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP’s potential move to Brookfield Office Properties’s Manhattan West development. The Daily News said a letter of intent was signed, the Post said it…
A large development site in the Garment District sold recently, in a deal brokered by Massey Knakal, according to a press release put out by the brokerage. The block-through site, from West 38th and 39th Streets,…
When Midtown’s first two supertall 57th Street luxury towers started rising, everybody assumed that One57, with its deep blue Christian Portzamparc design, would be the more attractive structure. Many saw 432 Park, with its relentlessly spare…
