BKSK Architects recently returned to the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) with proposals to renovate and expand an aging low-rise building in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village Historic District. Located at 21 Greenwich Avenue, the corner property could eventually support a ground-floor restaurant and five floors of residential area.
Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 30-85 31st Street in Astoria, Queens. Located between 30th Drive and 31st Avenue, the interior lot is one block from the 30th Avenue subway station, serviced by the N and W trains. Bo Lin under the 3085 31st Street Property LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 43-18 214th Place in Bayside, Queens. Located between 43rd Avenue and Northern Boulevard, the interior lot is a short walk to the Bayside train station for the LIRR, on the Port Washington line. Andy Bassaly under the 214 Place LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The wavy glass curtain wall is now fully installed on the northern and southern elevations of the 281-foot-tall Pendry Manhattan West Hotel, aka Four Manhattan West. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and developed by Brookfield Properties, the topped-out, 21-story building is part of Midtown’s Manhattan West master plan, which sits directly across Tenth Avenue from Hudson Yards. The Pendry will eventually yield a total of 164 guest rooms and a selection of condominiums on the upper floors.
Developers have filed permits with the Department of Buildings to construct a residential building near the southern tip of Long Island City, Queens. Located at 10-27 Jackson Avenue, the structure will top out 11 stories above ground and comprise a total of 46,000 square feet.
