Curbedwire: When Kids Name Buildings; OneBillion57
NYC—The NYTimes has a recurring feature for which kids can submit drawings depicting stories in the news. This week’s theme was the story about people stealing manhole covers. The most interesting thing about this particular contest was a submission from an 11-year-old who named all the buildings in the background after fast food-like items. More...
Linkage: Bike Share Trip Planner; Micro Cottages Pop-Up Downtown
via benalesh1985/Curbed photo pool · Prospect Park’s polo fields in the 1890s [Brownstoner] · Tiny public plaza on Hudson Street gets public art by ARO [AN] · Central Park beehive moves to the More...
Comment of the Day: “It’s a great idea. Take the…
“It’s a great idea. Take the most valuable space in the building and stick a K-6 in there. Think…that $90 million dollar PH at One57 could just as easily be PS118 at One57. Who wouldn’t want More...
Trevi pays $6.97M for Back Fence building in 10th Manhattan buy
Trevi Retail had purchased a four-story, mixed-use building at 155 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, Crain’s reported. The 7,200-square-foot building, home to three rental apartments and popular bar The Back More...
JDS buys majority interest in Starwood project, plans residential tower
JDS Development Group, the company behind the recent conversion of the Ralph Walker-designed Verizon building on West 18th Street, has purchased a majority interest in a development site formerly owned by Starwood More...
Extreme Makeovers: Tribeca Landmark Ready for Highly Visible Addition
[Photos by Tribeca Trib] Developer Jourdan Krauss has had prior two-story additions to the cast iron landmark at 361 Broadway approved by Manhattan Community Board 1, but neither sat right with him and they never More...
Construction Watch: CIM Group’s 1,300-foot-tall Rafael Vinoly-designed tower…
CIM Group’s 1,300-foot-tall Rafael Vinoly-designed tower on the Drake Hotel site is moving forward, as the DOB issued a permit earlier this month allowing construction to continue. The $1 billion 84-story More...
Micro-cottages pop up in Lower Manhattan, 20-something sisters span globe buying expensive homes … and more
47 East 3rd Street at center (credit: PropertyShark) Embattled former Sen. Pedro Espada’s Soundview Health Clinic is set to shutter. The undisclosed buyer of the $90M-plus One57 penthouse unit is not Russian, More...
Eater Tastings: Fried Food Sandwich Map; John Fraser to the Standard EV?
1) Midtown: After 30 years in business, midtown steakhouse Ben Benson’s is closing. 2) NYC: Ruin your summer diet with these 12 tasty new fried food sandwiches, conveniently compiled on this Google map. 3) More...
Development Du Jour: New Isaac & Stern Rego Park Project Hits the Market
Click here to view the full photogallery. Location: 63-36 99th Street in Rego Park Size: Eight stories, 66 units Prices: $499,000 to $895,000 so far Developer: Tuhsur Development LLC Architect: Issac & More...