1+ week, 5+ day ago  (377+ words) Renderings courtesy of SOM RXR is developing the project with TF Cornerstone, and the supertall tower will be designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Office space would occupy floors 10 through 82, while hotel rooms would be located above. A bar is…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (471+ words) We took the Trump Administration to court after they illegally froze funding for the Second Avenue Subway," Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement on X. Today, they backed down. The freeze is over. For East Harlem and every New Yorker…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (676+ words) Homeowners who do not live or work full-time in New York City do not pay income taxes, limiting their contributions to public services, including fire and police departments, sanitation, parks, and transit systems. According to Hochul, the new pied--terre…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (559+ words) (L) Exterior rendering, (R) North facing rendering. Images courtesy of the LPC. Silver Lining purchased the two-lot parcel for $7. 5 million in an off-market transaction. The deal also included the purchase of air rights from an adjacent property at 325 Church Street. The seller…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (632+ words) Round Square Builders acquired the neighboring century-old walk-up buildings in 2021 and 2022 for $18 million. The developer hired RAMSA to rebuild and combine the two buildings, which, in addition to a complex construction project, involved getting approvals from the Landmarks Preservation Commission....

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (569+ words) Credit: spurekar on Flickr Grand Army Plaza was designed in 1867 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux as the formal entrance to Prospect Park. Those who visit the plaza's iconic arch and Prospect Park are familiar with the hectic experience…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1126+ words) Credit: Martin Robac on Unsplash Enterprise, a national nonprofit focused on increasing affordable housing supply and advancing racial equity, found that 100 percent of the affordable housing developments it financed in NYC between 2021 and 2024 experienced delays, with an average lease-up time…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (611+ words) A rendering of the Flatbush Avenue bus lane proposal at Flatbush Avenue and Prospect Place. Images courtesy of NYC DOT Designated a Vision Zero Priority Corridor and considered one of the borough's most dangerous streets, Flatbush Avenue has seen 55 people…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (505+ words) All renderings courtesy of Visualisation One, unless noted otherwise Legion paid $87. 4 million for the 200, 000-square-foot site in 2024 and later filed plans for a residential tower, as Crain's reported. The developer reportedly added another 11, 000 square feet in exchange for a donation…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1158+ words) Immigrants built New York City. Their stories live in every block, every neighborhood, every corner of the five boroughs," Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement. Today, I'm proud to recognize three more sites that carry that legacy forward'places that,…...