Revealed: AB Architekten’s 29 Clay Street to Bring Manhattan Modernism to Greenpoint
More information on the proposed project
Stereotank’s heart-shaped urban drum in Times Square known as Heartbeat will turn into a “heartseat.” [Inhabitat] A Kickstarter campaign is raising funds for a documentary film about Horn & Hardart’s iconic Automat. [Gothamist] Mapping the 53 new Citi Bike stations coming to Williamsburg and Greenpoint. [BK Paper] A small shop in Ridgewood, Queens is the reason NYC […]
We’ve all heard about freshly baked cookies being a selling scent when it comes time for an open house, but here are some other aromas than can make or break a deal. [BrickUnderground] Anderson Cooper has sold his beautiful wood-clad Westhampton home for $2.97 million. [NYP] The state has shut down an illegal hotel posing as […]
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s website gets a beautiful overhaul that includes a comprehensive, searchable database of the architect’s works. [Fast Co. Design] Tour a tiny, pattern-filled Chinatown studio. [The Cut] The French bulldog was the most popular dog breed in NYC in 2014. See what breed reigned supreme in your neighborhood. [DNAinfo] Second annual Lower […]
Magnolia Grandiflora via Wiki Commons (L); Weeping Beech Tree via NY State Archives (R)
NYC rents have been rising faster than inflation over the last three years. [NYT] East New Yorkers are trying to stop some of the “new frontier” developments big-wigs are looking to bring to the neighborhood at the center of the de Blasio administration’s affordable housing plan. [Village Voice] A worker at Barclays Center installing the arena’s green […]
Have you heard of Ramblersville in Queens? If not, it could be because it’s the city’s smallest neighborhood. [Curbed] Architect Thomas Juul-Hansen (the interiors of One57 are just one of his projects) shares details about his personal and professional life, broken down by numbers. [NY Post] Looking for a fun cold-weather activity? Why not go seal […]
After years of contention, we learned yesterday that opponents of the controversial NYU expansion plan would receive their final day in court to try to block the massive redevelopment. While Villagers have long been known as preservation pioneers (Jane Jacobs’ successful fight against Robert Moses’ destructive plans for the area is probably the best-known example), […]
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The Times has created a map of the hardest places to live in the U.S. by county. A taste of their findings: Manhattan is ranked 365 out of 3,135 with a life expectancy of about 81.7 years, while the Bronx is struggling, coming in at 2,324 with a life expectancy of 78.1 years. The map also considers […]
A 1776 map that shows Peter Stuyvesant’s farm in the present-day East Village
Here’s a map of 13 of the shortest, cutest, and most historic little streets in New York. [Curbed] Get through the polar vortex by thinking of warm days on the waterfront and ramen burgers; Smorgasburg will reopen on April 4th. [Gothamist] Two famous, historic sailing ships could dock at the South Street Seaport this summer. […]
My Micro NY, the city’s first micro-apartment complex, at 335 East 27th Street, will begin leasing studios this summer for around $2,000 to $3,000 a month. Inside are 55 units ranging from 260 to 360 square feet. [NYT] Your Airbnb host might be spying on you with hidden cameras. [BrickUnderground] The Municipal Arts Society has come […]
The latest piece of real estate to pop up in the East Village is an igloo. [EV Grieve] Check out these shiver-inducing photos of NYC under ice. [BI] Get a look inside the new Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks location before it opens this Wednesday. [Jeremiah’s Vanishing NY] The Central Park Conservancy pond is open for ice […]
Orlando Bloom Looks to Flip His Tribeca Loft for $5.5M Douglas Manor Colonial for $2.7M Is Like Something Right out of ‘The Great Gatsby’ Proposed ‘Triboro Rx’ Subway Line Would Better Connect the Outer Boroughs Chinatown Loft by Buro Koray Duman Architects Mixes Tenement Details with Bright, Modern Geometry Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson Buys […]
When we talk about One Vanderbilt we typically focus on the base of the building–how it relates to its neighbor Grand Central and how it interacts with the planned public plaza in Vanderbilt Corridor. But at a presentation last night about the project, hosted by Open House New York and put on by Jamie van Klemperer, […]