For about a century — since the tenement laws forbid the construction of the old railroad and dumbbell apartment buildings — for-profit, market-rate builders in New York City have largely shunned the poor. The city is still…
32 2nd Avenue [Bowery Boogie]: Anthology Film Archives are planning a five-story vertical expansion of their two-story building at 32-34 2nd Avenue, in the Bowery. The landmarked building’s height increase will be financed by a wealthy European donor, although no applications or…
Brooklyn: 20 Jefferson Street: Bleeker LLC has filed applications to construct a four-story and eight-unit residential building of 6,177 square feet at 20 Jefferson Street, in Bushwick. Emergency demolition of the lot’s two-story predecessor was ordered…
YIMBY has the reveal for the Herzog & de Meuron-designed 357 West Street, courtesy of a tipster; the building is the firm’s second Manhattan project to be unveiled in as many months, and both sites are being developed…
Another day, another cheap hotel going up on the West Side. Today’s street wall-wrecker sits at 42-44 West 29th Street, wedged in between two pre-war loft buildings on a block where retail mostly caters to wholesale clothing…
