Architecture

326 & 328 Bond Street

Permits Filed: 326 & 328 Bond Street

Gowanus is, for the most part, closed off to residential developers. But if you can find one of the underutilized lots between Bond and Hoyt Streets, on the western edge of the mostly-industrial neighborhood, there are…

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77 Commercial Street

Demolition Imminent: 77 Commercial Street

In December of last year, Greenpoint councilman Steve Levin gave 77 Commercial Street the all-important local thumbs-up, and the rest of City Council followed suit, voting to approve the project. Two towers are planned for the site…

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1539 Castle Hill Avenue

Permits Filed: 1539 Castle Hill Avenue

Earlier today, YIMBY wrote about a large affordable housing development in East Tremont. While subsidized, non-profit housing has come to define new construction in the Bronx in recent years, New York City’s most affordable borough is also…

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42-61 Park Avenue, overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 4261 Park Avenue

For decades, East Tremont in the Bronx was one of the poorest neighborhoods in America, losing building stock at a rapid clip. First the devastation came at the hands of Robert Moses’s Cross-Bronx Expressway, and later to…

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6 Water Street

Revealed: 6 Water Street

On-site renderings are up for yet another Kaufman-designed hotel, this one coming to 6 Water Street, in the Financial District. Permits, which were issued on July 1st, indicate the developer is Sam Chang. 6 Water Street will stand…

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