Architecture

645 5th Avenue, rendering by ARC Architecture + Design

Revealed: 645 5th Avenue, Greenwood Heights

Many of the little wood frame houses along the avenues in Park Slope and Greenwood Heights might not be around much longer. They occupy generously zoned lots near public transportation, in a neighborhood where rents are rising fast. And today we have a rendering for what’s replacing two old houses at 643-645 5th Avenue in Greenwood Heights.

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Proposal for Fulton Market Building, viewed from South and Beekman streets, day rendering

New Look at Revived Fulton Market Building, South Street Seaport

The Howard Hughes Corporation’s effort to revive the South Street Seaport is getting closer to reality. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved revised plans for the exterior of the Fulton Market Building. That’s located at 11 Fulton Street, which occupies the block bound by Fulton, South, Beekman, and Front streets, in the South Street Seaport Historic District.

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78 Hicks Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 78 Amity Street, Cobble Hill

Fortis Property Group is slowly redeveloping Long Island College Hospital into apartments and an NYU Langone Medical Center, but a smaller project is brewing across the street. Local developer Brandon Hornbeck is demolishing a row of townhouses on Amity and Hicks street to make way for a mixed-use residential building.

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