Washington Heights

Six-Story Building Coming to 465 West 163rd Street, Washington Heights

7:00 am on May 8, 2018 By Sebastian Morris

On a vacant lot just South of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and Yeshiva University, 465 West 163rd Street will soon rise six stories, in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

Permits Filed for 505 West 168th Street, Washington Heights

6:30 am on February 27, 2018 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a six-story medical facility at 505 West 168^th Street, in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The site is two blocks away from the 168^th Street Subway Station, serviced by the 1, A, and C trains. Marino Torres MD is listed as the owner. Mr. Torres MD is a board certified pediatrics professional working at New York Presbyterian. NYP owns a multi-block hospital structure right next to the subway station. The permit does not specify a connection with the hospital, but it seems inevitable.

Permits Filed: 453 West 162nd Street, Washington Heights

6:30 am on August 16, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

New building applications have been filed for a six-story development at 453 West 162nd Street, immediately to the east of the C train’s 163rd St-Amsterdam Avenue stop, in Washington Heights. The project will span 8,712 feet, to be divided between 12 units, with an average size of 726 square feet highly indicative of rentals. Shahrish Shuvo of Shahrish Consulting LLC is listed as the architect of record, and David Manesh of Melody Development Inc. is the site’s developer. The lot is currently vacant, and located immediately adjacent to the Morris Jumel Community Garden.

The George Washington Bridge seen at sunrise from the Fort Lee Historic Park in January of 2017. Photo by Kris Denkers/Gypsy Owl Photography

A Look at the Timeline for Restoring the George Washington Bridge

8:00 am on February 2, 2017 By Evan Bindelglass

We are living in a bit of a renaissance for New York City-area bridges. New spans are under construction for the Goethals, Kosciuszko, and Tappan Zee bridges, and the deck of the Bayonne Bridge is being raised. The world’s busiest bridge, the George Washington, is also having work done.

The 40 individual landmarks designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2016

A Look Back at the New York City Landmarks Designated in 2016

4:30 pm on December 23, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the New York City landmarks law. There were occasions to celebrate, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated six individual landmarks and four historic districts. 2016 was considerably busier for the commission. It designated 40 individual landmarks and two historic districts, including 12 new Midtown East landmarks and 26 sites from its backlog. Here are all of them, for you to take in as the year comes to a close.

Photos of the 10 sites designated as landmarks by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday

Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Backlog Nearly Cleared with 10 More Designations

4:30 pm on December 13, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

Two years ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission floated the idea of clearing its backlog of items from before 2010 by simply de-calendaring all of them. That was not well-received, to put it lightly. So, they devised a series of steps to actually address those 95 items. That process nearly came to an end today, with the designation of 10 new city landmarks.

Four-Story, Two-Unit Townhouse Planned At 510 West 159th Street, Washington Heights

10:00 am on November 3, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Floral Park, N.Y.-based M&K Enterprises Group has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit residential building at 510 West 159th Street, located on the southern end of Washington Heights. The townhouse will measure 4,998 square feet and will rise on the 17-foot-wide, 1,666-square-foot vacant lot. One apartment will be located on the ground and cellar floors, while the second unit will span the second through fourth floors. Sion Hourizadeh’s Floral Park, N.Y.-based Sion Consulting Engineering is the applicant of record. The site was most recently occupied by a four-story, three-unit structure that was demolished back in 2011.

4650 Broadway, rendering via DCP/Acadia Sherman Ave LLC

City Council Votes Down Rezoning for 15-Story Inwood Apartment Building at 4650 Broadway

4:55 pm on August 16, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

After two weeks of haphazard fits and starts and a confrontational protest with tenant activists, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and the City Council Land Use Committee unanimously disapproved a plan to rezone the corner of Broadway and Sherman avenues, which would have paved the way for the construction of a 15-story apartment building known as Sherman Plaza.

Columbia’s 15-Story, 107,000-Square-Foot Academic Medical Building Complete at 104 Haven Avenue, Washington Heights

6:30 am on July 28, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Since façade installation was underway earlier this year on Columbia University Medical Center’s 15-story, 107,299 square-foot Medical and Graduate Education Building at 104 Haven Avenue, in Washington Heights, construction has wrapped up entirely. Photos of the completed 196-foot-tall building can be seen in a Curbed NY report. The new academic building will feature a lobby and café on the ground floor, a piano room and a 275-seat auditorium on the second and third floors, and a mix of lecture halls, classrooms, offices, and laboratories on the fourth through 14th floors. Diller Scofidio + Renfro is the design architect, while Gensler Architects is serving as the architect of record. The facility will open on August 16.

203-207 Cabrini Boulevard, rendering via Nest Seekers

Revealed: Hudson Heights Townhouses at 203-207 Cabrini Boulevard

8:00 am on May 25, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

New construction rarely arrives in Hudson Heights, the idyllic, northwestern section of Washington Heights that borders Fort Tryon Park and Inwood. But today, YIMBY has a look at three attached townhouses headed for 203-207 Cabrini Boulevard, on a lot over looking the Hudson River and Fort Washington Park.

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