Second Set Of Artistic Renderings Depict Howard Hughes’ Alternate Proposals for 250 Water Street

YIMBY has another set of illustrative renderings created by Siniaevart that showcase the three alternate conceptual building massings for 250 Water Street, a proposed skyscraper project from The Howard Hughes Corporation in the South Street Seaport District. Designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the full-block development has the potential to use 700,000 square feet of unused air rights to achieve supertall status, which would make it the tallest structure in Lower Manhattan outside of the World Trade Center complex.

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739 Blake Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn

Permits Filed for 739 Blake Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 739 Blake Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Bradford Street and Blake Avenue, the corner lot is four blocks from the Van Siclen Avenue subway station, serviced by the 3 and 4 trains. New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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555 West 38th Street’s Reinforced Concrete Superstructure Begins Ascent In Hudson Yards

Construction is now one floor above street level at 555 West 38th Street, a 570-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Hudson Yards. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and developed by Rockrose with SLCE as the architect of record, the 52-story tower will yield 598 rental units and is located directly across Eleventh Avenue from the Jacob K. Javits Center.

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