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    East River Architecture and Urban Design Tour

    3:00 pm on August 26, 2014 By Lewis Stern

    A few weekends ago, Open House New York led a boat tour up the East River, offering a chance to witness the rapidly evolving coastline. The East River has played a prominent role throughout the…

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    299 Livingston

    Permits Filed: 299 Livingston Street, Downtown Brooklyn

    1:30 pm on August 26, 2014 By Stephen Smith

    While downtown Brooklyn has seen a number of towers rise over the years since its 2004 rezoning, the process has been slower on the eastern edge of Livingston Street, near Atlantic Terminal. The zoning is very…

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    5Pointz Demolition

    YIMBY Today: 5Pointz Demolition, Extell Active in the Diamond District, More

    1:00 pm on August 26, 2014 By Reid Wilson

    22-44 Jackson Avenue [Brownstoner]: Amid new permits and updated renderings, demolition kicked-off last week on 5Pointz — at 22-44 Jackson Avenue, in Long Island City — where David Wolkoff is to erect two towers of 48 and 41 floors. 2 West 47th Street [Commercial…

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    54-25 102nd Street

    DOB Digest: Gowanus Luxury Townhouse, Corona Development

    11:30 am on August 26, 2014 By Reid Wilson

    Brooklyn: 98 16th Street: Boaz Gilad — of 98 16th Street LLC — has filed applications to construct a three-story and three-unit residential building of nearly 4,800 square feet at 98 16th Street, in southern Gowanus;…

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    Medgar Evers College Library Expansion, rendering by ikon.5 Architects

    Revealed: Medgar Evers College Library Expansion

    7:00 am on August 26, 2014 By Stephen Smith

    Medgar Evers College, in the southwestern corner of Crown Heights, is in expansion mode. In 2004, it opened a building at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Carroll Street. And then again in 2010, it opened what it calls…

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    August 21, 2020

    Governor Cuomo’s ‘Empire Station Complex’ Masterplan Enters Next Phase of Development

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    Work is nearing completion on Zero Irving, a 21-st Work is nearing completion on Zero Irving, a 21-story mixed-use building at 124 East 14th Street in Union Square. Designed by Davis Brody Bond and developed by RAL Development, as well as financial partners Junius Real Estate Partners and general contractor Suffolk Construction, the 176,000-square-foot edifice will house both affordable and market-rate office space for technology firms with a range of indoor and outdoor amenities. Zero Irving is located along East 14th Street between Broadway to the west and Third Avenue to the east. Leasing is now underway with JLL as the exclusive marketing agent for the property, which is a very short walk to Union Square and the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, and W trains. Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show the final segments of the glass curtain wall are now being installed on the main northern façade. The majority of the progress has been focused on filling in the remaining open-air gaps in the envelope along the western edge of the northern elevation. This is where we see the stack of double-height spaces, each painted a different color with high ceilings and views looking up Lexington Avenue. There are several tall rectangular panes of glass that have begun to be slotted along the perimeter of the floor plates. Each floor will have three sets of these panels and culminate below the flat roof parapet, where we see the rooftop terrace underneath a sloped and stretched out canopy. Another terrace is found on the 13th floor setback. ​ ​Office amenities at Zero Irving will include a triple-level training center, a tech incubator, co-working spaces, an event space, and a 10,000-square-foot food hall managed by Urbanspace. The top 14 floors are dedicated toward market-rate office space, while the lower floors of the building are allocated for affordable office space catered to suit the needs of smaller companies. The New York City Economic Development Corporation expects 124 East 14th Street to create over 550 permanent jobs upon completion, and the developers are aiming for LEED Certification. YIMBY expects Zero Irving to be finished within the early months of 2022.
    Looking down at the apse of St. Patrick’s Cathed Looking down at the apse of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the nearby Rockefeller Center complex where the annual holiday display of the Christmas tree has been set up for the 89th year. Photograph by @mchlanglo793
    Façade installation is continuing to progress on Façade installation is continuing to progress on the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, a 138-foot-tall performance venue in the World Trade Center site in the Financial District. Designed by REX with Davis Brody Bond Architects as the executive architect and developed by non-profit company The Perelman, the structure is located between Skidmore Owings & Merrill‘s One World Trade Center to the west, Vesey Street to the north, Fulton Street to the south, and Greenwich Street to the east. Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show the marble cladding installation rapidly proceeding since our last update in October, when the first panels had just begun to go up. Less than two months later, more than half of the facility is now enclosed. Photos from along Vesey Street show the reflected sunlight bouncing off the glass facade of Seven World Trade Center and shining on the marble skin, while both Three and Four World Trade Center tower above the flat roof parapet. ​ ​The southern façade facing the 9/11 Memorial and the eastern side lining Greenwich Street are underway and not too far behind. The sliver where the exterior mechanical hoist is located will be the last portion of the envelope to be filled in, along with the base of the venue that holds the main staircase and a ground-level ADA-accessible entrance directly next to the steps. ​The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center is scheduled to open sometime in 2023, with an official date yet to be announced.
    Two Roads Development and Alpha Blue Ventures have Two Roads Development and Alpha Blue Ventures have landed a $121.5 million construction loan for the development of Forté, a 24-story waterfront luxury condominium tower anticipated to rise at 1309 South Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach, Florida. Designed by Bernardo Fort-Brescia of Arquitectonica, with interiors by Jean-Louis Deniot, the project is planned to yield 41 expansive luxury residences; sales have done exceptionally well with nearly 60 percent sold prior to construction. Units come in three-and four-bedroom floor plans ranging from 4,200 to 8,400 square feet, and a six-bedroom penthouse spanning 8,900 square feet, priced from $6.7 million to $30 million. The site is comprised of 3 interior lots owned by Flagler Residential LLC, an entity linked to Two Roads Development, located on South Flagler Drive parallel to the western frontage of the Intracoastal Waterway and bordered by Currie Crescent on the west. ​ ​Each floor will contain two units, with the option to combine residences for a full-floor home. All residences include private elevator foyers, at least 1,000 square feet of outdoor living space, no less than 10-foot-high ceilings, and Jean Louis-Deniot and Italkraft® custom-designed kitchen and bathroom cabinetry with top-of-the-line finishes, fixtures and appliances from Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Waterworks. The six-bedroom penthouse features an additional 2,000-square-foot private rooftop deck with a pool, summer kitchen, cabana bath and unmatched 360-degree views. Amenities include a second-story pool deck overlooking Palm Beach with a 75-foot long lap pool, heated spa, and an outdoor dining and lounge area. A health and wellness center will be located on the third floor equipped with a steam room, sauna, private treatment rooms, a relaxation area and locker facilities, further complemented by a state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio. Additional amenities include a private dining room with seating for up to 24 guests, a great room, a theater, an evening lounge, a card room and a multi-sport simulator, two fully furnished guest suites, and a business center. Construction is expected to begin this month, with a completion date of 2024.
    Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show excavation has f Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show excavation has finally begun at 262 Fifth Avenue, the site of a long-planned 1,011-foot-tall residential supertall skyscraper in NoMad. Designed by Russian-based firm Meganom with SLCE Architects as the executive architect and developed by Boris Kuzinez of Five Points Development under the Five Points 262 Project, LLC, the 60-story tower will yield 139,168 square feet of residential space divided into 41 units and 10,850 square feet of retail space on the first two floors. CM & Associates Construction Management, LLC is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 29th Street. The site had sat dormant since the DOB approved plans in October of 2017 and the previous low-rise occupants of the site were cleared, but activity is now underway. Photographs looking through the construction board windows show excavators already more than several feet below street level and crews beginning to construct a temporary wooden and metal wall to hold back to exposed earth along Fifth Avenue. ​ ​Renderings by DBOX were first released in late 2017 and show a very slender edifice composed of a mix of floor-to-ceiling glass, interspersed outdoor terraces on the upper half of the superstructure, and aluminum-clad walls. The eastern elevation facing Fifth Avenue will have porthole-shaped windows surrounded by aluminum and glass, the western side would house the vertical core walls holding all the mechanical systems, elevators, and egress staircases, and the northern and southern walls are to be enclosed with a triple-glazed glass curtain wall system and additional oversized aluminum panels. Residences will have customizable open-floor plans due to expansive, column-free interiors that will be supplemented with unobstructed views looking south at Lower Manhattan and north at Midtown and the nearby Empire State Building. 262 Fifth Avenue is also expected to incorporate 260 Fifth Avenue and its prewar 12-story limestone exterior into its base. At the very top is a hollow box-shaped metal frame that will hold a private observation deck. 262 Fifth Avenue’s new completion date is summer 2023
    With most of the exterior work nearing a conclusio With most of the exterior work nearing a conclusion, the final look of the 15-story 609 W Randolph Street is materializing in Chicago's West Loop Gate neighborhood. Most of the remaining glass has been installed since YIMBY’s last update, and the only major architectural feature awaiting installation is a series of V-shaped metal trusses clinging to the third through fifth floors. ​Antunovich Associates, the architect behind the nearly completed project, has envisioned a design that echoes the architectural aesthetic of the surrounding neighborhood with a robust brick and metal palette. Also adding to this industrial-inspired look are warehouse-styled windows and the to-be-installed truss pieces. Meanwhile, the facade of the original building just to the east will retain its 1890s-era decorative brick facade. ​ ​Developed by Vista Property Group, the scope of this mixed-use development involves the construction of the aforementioned 211-foot high rise, as well as the refurbishment of an adjacent five-story masonry building originally built in the late 19th century. Interior programming involves ground-level retail and boutique office space on the upper floors. These offices will also be accompanied by an impressive number of amenities and features within the high rise’s 100,000 square feet. These include a 20-foot-high lobby, expansive windows with dramatic skyline views, and a 15th-floor amenity penthouse with a lounge space, meeting rooms, a fitness center with locker areas, and a north-facing terrace. ​Skender is serving as the general contractor is serving as the general contractor. Completion and move-ins are on track to wrap up early next year. See our Chicago YIMBY article for more photographs and renderings of the interior office space. Photographs by @jckcrwfrd
    Work is nearing completion on Google’s 1.3 milli Work is nearing completion on Google’s 1.3 million-square-foot headquarters at 550 Washington Street in Hudson Square. Designed by COOKFOX Architects and developed by Oxford Properties, the 232-foot-tall building is the centerpiece of the company’s “Googleplex” master plan that will encompass a grand total of 1.7 million square feet across three separate structures. The other two sites include 315 Hudson Street and 345 Hudson Street. Turner Construction is responsible for building the 12-story project over the brick-clad base that was historically known as St. John’s Terminal. 550 Washington Street spans two full city blocks between West Street, West Houston Street, Washington Street, and the New York Department of Sanitation building. Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show construction having progressed steadily since our last update in September, with the scaffolding dismantled from the northern end of the podium levels. The western façade facing the Hudson River is substantially done with only the ground floor of the building left to be enclosed. This portion still sits behind the stretch of sidewalk scaffolding. The exterior mechanical hoist has yet to be removed, indicating that interior work is still progressing. ​Most of the more recent work has been focused on finishing the northern profile of 550 Washington Street. This has the more complex elements of the exterior, as it includes numerous design elements that make up the large podium, a staggered canopy made of glass and steel, and the now-completed upper office floors. Directly behind the wall of construction boards and sidewalk barriers will be a stepped procession of lush landscaping and shrubbery spread across the first level and the overhanging canopy. ​YIMBY last reported that 550 Washington Street is expected to be completed sometime next year. See our New York YIMBY article from last week to see the full set of photographs.
    Looking west towards Billionaire's Row skyline see Looking west towards Billionaire's Row skyline seen from Brooklyn at the end of golden hour with Adrian Smith + Gordon Gills' Central Park Tower, SHoP Architects' 111 West 57th Street, Rafael Vinolys' 432 Park Avenue, and Jean Nouvels' 53 West 53rd Street all towering above the Midtown, Manhattan skyline. Meanwhile ODAs' 52-03 Center Boulevard (bottom left) also catches the yellow and orange afternoon lighting on its wide southern facade over Hunters Point South, Queens. Photograph taken by @mchlanglo793
    Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show construction on Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show construction on Two Manhattan West, a 58-story commercial skyscraper in Midtown West, clsoe to topping out. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and developed by Brookfield, the 935-foot-tall tower will yield two million square feet of office space directly to the south of its 996-foot-high fraternal twin, One Manhattan West. AECOM Tishman is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of West 31st Street and Ninth Avenue. Brookfield is aiming for LEED Gold certification. The superstructure has ascended steadily since our last update in July, when the tower had just surpassed the halfway mark. Recent photographs below show the pair of construction cranes eclipsing the flat roof parapet of One Manhattan West as it continues to keep up with the constant pace of steel assembly on the floors below. The wrap-around safety cocoon netting is quickly climbing further up into the sky, while metal decking is being laid over each floor plate between the perimeter columns and inner core steel columns and beams. Meanwhile, the reflective glass curtain wall is following close behind, closing up the rounded corners and tapering northern elevation. The fireproofing process above the floor-to-ceiling glass and safety cocoon is more than halfway up the building. The exterior mechanical hoist on the eastern side of the tower is also following the pace of progress. ​ ​YIMBY last reported that Two Manhattan West is slated for completion next summer, as stated on the on-site construction boards.
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