BROOKLYN: 175 Jackson Street: Jackson Street Management has filed applications to construct a five-story and 14-unit residential building of 13,825 square feet at 175 Jackson Street, in Williamsburg; the site’s two-story predecessor was demolished in July, and…
One Vanderbilt’s slog through the Department of City Planning’s review process is now getting underway, and with progress comes refinement. The building has received a height boost, and early documents indicating an approximate pinnacle of 1,450 feet…
In the past, developers in Williamsburg have stuck to apartments, trying to cram as many studios and one- and two-bedrooms as possible into their zoning allotments, trying to capitalize on the influx of millennials seeking rental housing. But…
Amidst the trials of Amanda Burden, the recession and the American Folk Art Museum controversy, 53 West 53rd Street has been a long time coming. Finally, dirt is now moving, and excavation for the Jean Nouvel-designed supertall is…
On January 19, 1934, Robert Moses was appointed as the first citywide parks commissioner, setting off a wave of unprecedented park-building activity across the city. Orchard Beach, Jacob Riis Park, Riverside Park, Sara D. Roosevelt…
