555 Sixth Avenue is dreadful. It’s an antiquated brick box from the 1970s with absolutely no character. The windows are small, the balconies are ugly, and the building’s interaction with the streetscape is almost non-existent.For…
The full details behind SOM’s vision to revamp Grand Central Station and its surroundings were released yesterday at the Municipal Art Society’s event, ‘The Next 100’. More importantly, renderings of the project were also unveiled….
SOM’s website has new renderings of the future Baccarat Hotel at 20 West 53rd Street, and they paint a much more detailed picture than the sole image released so far. It appears the project’s sides…
As Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed re-zoning of Midtown East progresses through City Planning, we now have the first concept renderings of what could eventually rise as a result of the effort. Per The Wall Street Journal,…
A new hotel has been proposed at 701 Seventh Avenue in Times Square, at the corner of 47th Street. The project, called the ‘Times Square Gateway Center,’ will rest atop a retail podium, which will…
