Architecture



653 Bergen Street

Nine-Unit Residential Building Planned For 653 Bergen Street, Prospect Heights

Bergen Gardens LLC has filed applications for a five-story, nine-unit residential building at the lots spanning 653-655 Bergen Street, in Prospect Heights. The building will measure 12,900 square feet, and Issac & Stern Architects is designing. A single-story warehouse structure set back from the street must first be demolished.


New York 2020

New Renderings Show New York’s Future Skyline

Visualhouse sent along a rendering of the Manhattan skyline circa 2030, and the vista will be far more impressive than today’s, with supertalls set to line both 57th Street and the Far West Side. The image leaves out the new World Trade Center as well as several major projects in Midtown and on the Far West Side (and Nordstrom is also missing its cantilever), but the picture gives a good idea of the changes New Yorkers can expect over the next few years, even though the approximation is likely closer to 2020 than 2030, given that all depicted additions (besides 15 Penn) should be complete by 2018/2019.

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184 Kent Avenue

Condo Conversion Planned For 184 Kent Avenue, Eight-Story Rental Building In Williamsburg

Earlier in May, Crain’s Business broke news about a planned condo conversion for 184 Kent Avenue, an eight-story, 338-unit luxury rental building in northern Williamsburg. Now Curbed has the details: dubbed Austin Nichols House, significant renovations are in the works, which include the combination of former rental units. Kushner Companies, LIVWRK, and Rockpoint Group are the developers and acquired the building for $275 million in early 2015.


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