Articles by Stephen Smith

5 Franklin Place

Construction Update: 5 Franklin Place

Broadway’s journey through the southern part of Tribeca has never been all that distinguished, marked by the hulking Federal Plaza at the bottom and PTAC-strewn rentals above. But the El Ad Group is about to change that,…

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735 & 737 Bergen Street, rendering courtesy of Boaz Gilad

Revealed: 735 & 737 Bergen Street

Earlier this year, Curbed posted renderings of a pair of buildings planned for 735 and 737 Bergen Street, in northwestern Crown Heights, saying the designs look “like an establishing shot in a movie about a…

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32 West 29th Street

Construction Update: 32 West 29th Street

Sliver hotels have been popping up all throughout Chelsea and the Garment District, along with other industrially-zoned neighborhoods in the city. And while we’d still prefer Manhattan’s West Side to be rezoned so that developers can…

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Rendering of 2230 Broadway, posted by the West Side Rag in 2013

Permits Filed: 2230 Broadway

Earlier today, permits were filed for a 14-story building at 2228-2236 Broadway, on the Upper West Side. It’s hard to know how much of the information on the permit is correct – the total construction…

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