Revealed: The Prelude, White Plains
In most of America’s largest cities, post-war public housing towers have been torn down and replaced with more urban designs. New York City is the exception – whether because of the relatively good condition of…
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Construction Update: 30 Park Place
Silverstein’s 30 Park Place is once again making quick headway, after construction slowed down during the tower’s climb through its transfer floors, which separate the hotel and condominium portions of the future Four Seasons Hotel & Residences….
YIMBY Today: 15 Penn Plaza Resurrected, Bricking Up Box Street, More
15 Penn Plaza [New York Post]: Vornado has resurrected plans to erect a previously approved 68-story and 3 million square-foot tower which would be built at 401 7th Avenue, or 15 Penn Plaza, in Midtown. After the initial scheme stalled several years…
Permits Filed: 268 Bay Ridge Avenue
In 2005, old timers in the neighborhood and the Department of City Planning, led by Amanda Burden, tried desperately to stamp out development in Bay Ridge. Virtually the entire neighborhood was downzoned, arresting the natural…
DOB Digest: 161 Columbia Street Development, Storage Facility in Queens, and More
Brooklyn: 161 Columbia Street: Angelo Cosentini has filed applications to construct a four-story and four-unit residential building of 5,434 square feet at the vacant lot of 161 Columbia Street, in the Columbia Street Waterfront District; Bricolage Designs is…
