In 2005, old timers in the neighborhood and the Department of City Planning, led by Amanda Burden, tried desperately to stamp out development in Bay Ridge. Virtually the entire neighborhood was downzoned, arresting the natural…
Brooklyn: 161 Columbia Street: Angelo Cosentini has filed applications to construct a four-story and four-unit residential building of 5,434 square feet at the vacant lot of 161 Columbia Street, in the Columbia Street Waterfront District; Bricolage Designs is…
Along with an apparent redesign of 15 Hudson Yards, new details are out for 50 Hudson Yards, where SOM San Francisco is now attached. The actual design continues to change, and is far from set…
What’s the one way to build a 200,000-square-foot building in northwestern Brooklyn without the NIMBYs even noticing? Make it a Hasidic school! On Wednesday, permits were filed for a five-story (plus cellar) new school at 401…
Density along the southern end of the High Line is fairly limited by zoning, but one developer found a creative way around that: buy land on either side and connect two buildings, with the shadowed structure underneath…
