YIMBY Scopes Sunset Views From 111 West 57th Street in Midtown

8:00 am on November 26, 2019 By Michael Young

YIMBY went to check out the views from the 75th floor of SHoP Architects‘ 111 West 57th Street. The world’s most slender building has nearly perfectly centered views of Central Park to the north, and clear views of the Empire State Building down to One World Trade Center to the south. JDS Development, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners are developing the 1,428-foot-tall residential skyscraper, which has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1. A total of 46 condominiums will be created and marketed by Douglas Elliman. Studio Sofield is the interior designer.

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Exterior Work Nears Completion on Morris Adjmi Architects’s 520 West 20th Street in Chelsea

7:30 am on November 26, 2019 By Michael Young

The exterior of The Warehouse, aka 520 West 20th Street, is getting closer to completion in West Chelsea. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by Elijah Equities, the mixed-use office development is located close to the High Line between West 19th Street and West 20th Street. The project features the restored 50-foot-tall brick façade of a former industrial building topped by a new suspended and cantilevering steel structure that brings the total height to 105 feet.

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1001 Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

Permits Filed for 1001 Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn

6:30 am on November 26, 2019 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 1001 Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located on the corner of Grove Street and Bushwick Avenue, the lot is near the Knickerbocker Avenue/Myrtle Avenue subway station, serviced by the M train and the Kosciuszko Street station, serviced by the J train. Joel Berkowitz under the 1001 Bushwick LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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Excavation Begins for Bjarke Ingel’s Office Tower at 3 West 29th Street in NoMad

8:00 am on November 25, 2019 By Michael Young

Excavation and foundation work on 29th & 5th, Bjarke Ingels Group‘s proposed skyscraper at 3 West 29th Street, gets deeper below the streets of NoMad. A number of excavators and piling machines are actively digging and inserting long metal pilings into the earth at the site, which is just five blocks south of the Empire State Building and almost on the centerline of the 88-year-old Art Deco icon. BIG’s project is being developed by HFZ Capital Group and is slated to rise 551 feet tall and 34 stories.

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