When we last checked in on the Foster + Partners-designed 551 West 21st Street project on West Street, the project had topped out, but the façade had yet to be installed. Now, the 19-story building is…
In the New Lots subsection of East New York, plans have been filed to construct a series of four-story apartment buildings with a total of 67 apartments. If built, the project would hold some of the…
In the heart of the residential section of East Williamsburg, at 245 Manhattan Avenue, a new project is under construction, with work reaching the second floor of what will soon be a five-story apartment building. It…
In the early 20th century, after the Tenement House Act of 1901 was passed, the new law tenement emerged as the dominant building form in Upper Manhattan. Whereas an old law tenement could be built on a…
Williamsburg is thick with new construction, following the 2005 rezoning of the North and Southsides of the neighborhood. But aside from the waterfront, the area most dense with new development may be a formerly industrial…
