151 Maiden Lane at left, One Seaport at right

151 Maiden Lane and One Seaport Rising Quickly, Financial District

7:00 am on September 29, 2016 By Nikolai Fedak

At the intersection of the Financial District and the beginnings of South Street Seaport lies Maiden Lane, which is rapidly transforming into a continuation of the high-rise corridor to the south. On one particular corner, at the intersection with Front Street, two buildings are now rising. Thanks to YIMBY Forumer Rich Brome we have photos of the new hotel coming to 151 Maiden Lane, which is already several floors above street level, as well as the residential tower rising at One Seaport, climbing next door at a slightly slower pace.

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3466 Webster Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 3466 Webster Avenue, Norwood Hotel

6:30 am on September 29, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

A hotel boom is taking over the Bronx. Today we noticed plans for a hotel in the northwestern corner of the Bronx, in a working class neighborhood called Norwood. The six-story commercial building would rise at 3466 Webster Avenue, right next to the Williamsbridge stop on the Metro North train.

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1719 Hylan Boulevard

Three-Story, 15,600-Square-Foot Daycare Center Filed At 1719 Hylan Boulevard, Dongan Hills

6:00 am on September 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Staten Island-based LLC has filed applications for a three-story, 15,587-square-foot children’s daycare facility at 1719 Hylan Boulevard, located on the corner of Garretson Avenue in Dongan Hills, along Staten Island’s East Shore. The center will feature an office, daycare rooms, classrooms, and a playground on the roof, according to the project’s Schedule A. There will be six off-street parking spaces. Staten Island-based Sanna & Loccisano Architects is the architect of record. The 9,590-square-foot site was occupied by a single-story commercial building until it was demolished earlier this month. The Dongan Hills station on the Staten Island Railway is three blocks away.

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