After decades of abandonment and disinvestment after World War II, and a few more of gradual recovery, the Bronx is finally in what looks to be the early stages of a full-blown real estate renaissance. YIMBY’s covered the…
For nearly half a century starting in 1961, the northernmost block and a half between Columbia Street and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Cobble Hill were “zoned out,” so to speak, from residential use. Since before World…
YIMBY came across a fresh set of renderings for Sharif el-Gamal’s 45 Park Place, via architect SOMA’s website, and the images give a much clearer depiction of the soon-to-be 39-story tower. Curbed had an early look…
During Michael Bloomberg’s last few weeks as mayor, the City Council adopted the Rheingold Brewery rezoning, which opened up half a dozen blocks in the southern part of Bushwick up to residential development. Now, plans…
East Harlem is awash in tall buildings, but they come mostly in the form of postwar public housing projects – home to a small city’s worth of New Yorkers, but ultimately not the prettiest structures…
