Proposals from FXCollaborative reveal scaled-back plans to renovate and repurpose a landmarked church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side into a new museum. During the public meeting on Tuesday, June 9, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) unanimously approved the revised plans for the historic property at 361 Central Park West to serve as the home of The Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 2428 Bronx Park East in Allerton, The Bronx. Located between Waring Avenue and Mace Avenue, the interior lot is within walking distance from the Allerton Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Franco Sukaj is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 9101 Kings Highway in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of East 91st Street and Kings Highway, the corner lot is a 10-minute walk to the Saratoga Avenue subway station, serviced by the 3 train. Chaim Sobel under the Urbyn Kings Highway LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is fully complete on The Park Loggia, a 416-foot-tall residential building at 15 West 61st Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Formerly addressed as 1865 Broadway, the 33-story reinforced concrete structure is designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and developed by AvalonBay Communities. Occupancy began last fall at the property, which is located along Broadway between West 61st Street and West 62nd Street, not far from Columbus Circle.
The Loyola School has partnered with Ernest Harris Architects to propose a new six-story addition to the school’s existing campus on the Upper East Side Historic District. Although the school and affiliated Jesuit church occupy the entire length of Park Avenue between East 83rd and East 84th Street, the address of the proposed addition is listed as 65 East 83rd Street.
