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.
A new rendering has been revealed of a 10-story mixed-use building planned at 108 Chambers Street, located on the corner of Church Street in TriBeCa. The project, currently in the early planning stages, would feature retail space across the first two above-grade floors, followed by residential units above, Tribeca Citizen reported. Greystone Development is the developer and Woods Bagot is the architect.
A new stretch of Brooklyn Bridge Park, which straddles the mouth of the East River along Brooklyn Heights, will come online later this year. Renderings of the six-acre plot, called Pier 5 Uplands and located between Joralemon and Montague streets, have been revealed at Curbed NY.
A Brooklyn-based property owner has filed applications for a seven-story, five-unit mixed-use building at 1374 42nd Street, in Borough Park. The project will measure 14,387 square feet and rise 70 feet in height to its roof. Office space, measuring 1,990 square feet, will span the ground and cellar levels, followed by a 2,103-square-foot daycare facility on the second floor and five residential units across the third through seventh floors. The apartments should average 1,427 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. Brooklyn-based Bricolage Designs is the architect of record. The 2,504-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits have not been filed.
Construction is now underway on the third floor of the seven-story, 30-unit residential building under development at 464 West 130th Street, located on the corner of Convent Avenue in the Manhattanville section of Harlem. An update by Harlem+Bespoke provides a look at the construction progress. The latest building permits indicate the project will encompass 24,955 square feet and rise 69 feet to its main roof, not including bulkhead elements. Its residential units should average 642 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Great Neck, N.Y.-based Big Apple Developers is the developer and Brooklyn-based Bricolage Designs is behind the architecture. A target completion date is not known.
