March 1Mar 1 Author interesting — the last farm in the bronx 1924 — https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGVdI1lO3os/?igsh=MXF6NnJrdm9lNDlkcg==
March 14Mar 14 Author good news — and its noticable — NYC sees record-breaking 33,974 new homes completed in 2024, highest since 1965: DCP By Ethan MarshallPosted on March 12, 2025 Approximately 33,974 new homes were built in new buildings across New York City in 2024, according to the New York City Department of City Planning’s (DHS) Housing Database. This number, announced by DHS Director Dan Garodnick, marked the highest amount of completed units in a single year in New York City since 1965. One of the main contributing factors to this large number was the high volume of building permits submitted right before the expiration of the previous 421-a tax abatement program, which ended on June 15, 2022. Many of those submitted permits that were approved had the construction of the buildings finished in 2024. more: https://qns.com/2025/03/nyc-sees-record-breaking-33974-new-homes-completed/
March 21Mar 21 Author a midtown rando — Project: 989 6th Avenue Location: Manhattan, New York General Contractor: Omni Build Concrete Contractor: Precise Construction Contracting, Inc Architect: C3D Architecture, PLLC Developer: Sioni Group under the 989 SixthRealty LLC Type of structure: High rise Height: 789 ft. Stories: 72 stories (including mechanical) Sq. Ft.: 4,200 per floor Cycle time: 3 days per floor The slender mixed-use skyscraper is located at 100 West 37th Street located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and West 37th Street in the Garment District of Midtown, Manhattan. When complete, it will include 300 condominium units as well as 86,817 sq. ft. of commercial space. Designed by C3D Architecture and developed by Sioni Group under the 989 Sixth Realty LLC, the structure features a conjoined glass-clad cylindrical tower with a wraparound landscaped terrace at the top. The skyscraper is on track for completion in 2026. via nyguy render —
March 22Mar 22 Author its not often you get a brand new major dept store opening — especially these days — but after a couple years of work printemps has opened downtown — French Department Store Printemps Opens At One Wall Street In Financial District, Manhattan BY: MICHAEL YOUNG 8:00 AM ON MARCH 21, 2025 Printemps, the 160-year-old upscale French department store, opened its first U.S. location this morning at One Wall Street in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District. Designed by Laura Gonzalez in the style of a Parisian apartment, the 55,000-square-foot outpost spans two stories and is the final component in the transformation of the historic 564-foot-tall Art Deco skyscraper, which underwent an office-to-residential conversion that finished in 2023. The property yields 566 condominium units, 100,000 square feet of private amenities, as well as a Whole Foods Market and Life Time fitness facility in its base. Printemps is located along Broadway between Wall Street and Exchange Place. more + pics: https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/03/french-department-store-printemps-opens-at-one-wall-street-in-financial-district-manhattan.html Photo by Michael Young/NYY edit: more on the architecture via the opening of printemps: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHWmjltyvXB/?igsh=MXY1M2x5aWUyN3Awaw== Edited March 23Mar 23 by mrnyc
March 24Mar 24 Author ny/cle connection news here. conceptual plans by the city to redevelop the hideous 395 flatbush avenue in downtown brooklyn into an at least 840’ mixed income apt tower. the cle connection is, bob stark owns all the retail around it. hopefully they buy him out and he uses the fresh coin to do something in the cleve. more: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/designcommission/downloads/pdf/3-24-25-pres-HPD-c-395Flatbush.pdf via NYguy render —
March 26Mar 26 Author geex louzie — this insanely grand new grocery in westchester is sure to be a destination. i mean cocktails, pick your own wood chips to cold smoke your deli meats, etc.? First look at new DeCicco & Sons in Sleepy Hollow, the company's largest in Westchester Jeanne Muchnick Rockland/Westchester Journal News It's not every day your grocery experience includes marble bathrooms, a comfy room for nursing mothers and a large bar with a view of the Tappan Zee aka Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for what DeCicco & Sons offers at its new bi-level Sleepy Hollow store located in the Edge-on-Hudson development. more: https://www.lohud.com/story/life/food/restaurants/2025/03/25/see-sneak-peek-new-decicco-and-sons-grocery-store-sleepy-hollow-westchester-ny/82494997007/# DeCicco & Sons grocery store in Sleepy Hollow March 20, 2025. Photos Tania Savayan/The Journal News
March 27Mar 27 Author wow — haven’t had my socks knocked off with a new development for awhile, but this is insanely beautiful — i guess it took many years to put together — they now have the final sites and the construction loan — Manhattan Deal Clears Way for Condo Tower By Dees Stribling February 5, 2025 … Legion’s acquisition in this deal includes the five-story 37 Gramercy Park East and a co-op at 38 Gramercy Park North. They are the final pieces of the puzzle that will allow the company to develop a 20-story building with a Gramercy Park address, which will give residents of that building access to the two-acre Gramercy Park. … The development is a long-term project for Legion, which has been putting the assemblage together for a number of years. Previous acquisitions include four properties, 252-258 Third Avenue, for $72 million, in 2024. Legion also purchased air rights from a neighboring co-op in a transaction that was slowed when an apartment owner took the building’s board to court before later accepting a buy-out. more: https://www.multihousingnews.com/acquisition-clears-way-for-gramercy-park-building/ the site —
March 27Mar 27 1 hour ago, mrnyc said: wow — haven’t had my socks knocked off with a new development for awhile, but this is insanely beautiful — i guess it took many years to put together — they now have the final sites and the construction loan — Manhattan Deal Clears Way for Condo Tower By Dees Stribling February 5, 2025 … Legion’s acquisition in this deal includes the five-story 37 Gramercy Park East and a co-op at 38 Gramercy Park North. They are the final pieces of the puzzle that will allow the company to develop a 20-story building with a Gramercy Park address, which will give residents of that building access to the two-acre Gramercy Park. … The development is a long-term project for Legion, which has been putting the assemblage together for a number of years. Previous acquisitions include four properties, 252-258 Third Avenue, for $72 million, in 2024. Legion also purchased air rights from a neighboring co-op in a transaction that was slowed when an apartment owner took the building’s board to court before later accepting a buy-out. more: https://www.multihousingnews.com/acquisition-clears-way-for-gramercy-park-building/ the site — Wow that building is a beauty. Will be awesome to see future updates.
April 2Apr 2 Author drone era king kong — 🎉 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH7M9B4NsV1/?igsh=MWEzajI1MGUzczEzbQ==
April 8Apr 8 Author an interesting commercial bldg for the ‘burg (except for the billboard) — New Rendering Revealed For 83 Wythe Avenue In Williamsburg, Brooklyn more: https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/04/new-rendering-revealed-for-83-wythe-avenue-in-williamsburg-brooklyn.html renders via Double U Development current site via michael young/nyy previous 2014 renders — via cycle cities
April 11Apr 11 Author i walked by 270 park — aka the chase bank tower — madison side — 👍 it has a rock facade at ground level and i think its supposed to have a water feature? i dk for sure, but i am curious about that (and how it will be lit up of course) — bows a bit on the north-south sides? or just the camera?? i dk —
April 11Apr 11 1 hour ago, mrnyc said: i walked by 270 park — aka the chase bank tower — madison side — 👍 it has a rock facade at ground level and i think its supposed to have a water feature? i dk for sure, but i am curious about that (and how it will be lit up of course) — bows a bit on the north-south sides? or just the camera?? i dk — Still sad the Columbus campus is in Polaris and not downtown. Something even half way like this would be amazing in the skyline
April 11Apr 11 Author let manhattan boro president mark levine tell you why nyc cannot just build its way out of a housing crisis --
April 14Apr 14 Author city council is trying to address the horrible sidewalk sheds problem — https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH3w-IcA0sO/?igsh=NG12MGIzYjhndDBy
April 15Apr 15 This building is an absolute beauty! 181 MacDougal Street Nears Completion In Greenwich Village, Manhattan
April 15Apr 15 44 minutes ago, ink said: ^That is well-done. They are both incredibly beautiful. The brick work is so well done.
April 22Apr 22 Author ^ wow i am so pleased with that, it took a long time, but replaced a scubby lowrise corner. btw right across the street is a portland stumptown, one of the best coffee shops in town. you can see it in the first render on the left w/green pillars. it used to be the gaslight where bob dylan got his start.
April 22Apr 22 ^let's replace more of those "srcubby lowrise corners" with apartments that cost between $3,225,000 and $11,750,000. At least Bob Dylan can afford to live here. As a matter of fact Barbra Streisand got her start in the early 60's at a club called the Bon Soir at 40 W. 8th located on this very property. Maybe she can buy the penthouse! https://www.corcoran.com/new-developments/for-sale/greenwich-village/181-macdougal-st/32912713 https://greenwichvillage.nyc/places/bon-soir/ http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 22Apr 22 speaking of demolishing things, over the weekend I walked down West 23rd St for the first time in a very long time and was shocked to see a wide gap in the block between 7th and 8th Aves. It seems that a popular multiplex and a bank with a Deco-ish (I think) facade (to the left) has (poof!) disappeared! But woe to the poor tenants (if any) in the historic small red brick structure in between. At least I hope they got a decent buyout. I can hardly wait to see the architectural masterpiece that rises from the rubble. Edited April 22Apr 22 by eastvillagedon http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 22Apr 22 26 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said: speaking of demolishing things, over the weekend I walked down West 23rd St for the first time in a very long time and was shocked to see a wide gap in the block between 7th and 8th Aves. It seems that a popular multiplex and a bank with a Deco-ish (I think) facade (to the left) has (poof!) disappeared! But woe to the poor tenants (if any) in the historic small red brick structure in between. At least I hope they got a decent buyout. I can hardly wait to see the architectural masterpiece that rises from the rubble. The red building and the plain front one next to it is also gone. Sad thing is there haven’t even been renderings released for what will replace them. Demolition Wraps For Two-Building Development At 250-260 West 23rd Street In Chelsea, Manhattan
April 22Apr 22 7 minutes ago, VintageLife said: The red building and the plain front one next to it is also gone. Sad thing is there haven’t even been renderings released for what will replace them. Demolition Wraps For Two-Building Development At 250-260 West 23rd Street In Chelsea, Manhattan thanks, I was on the other side of the street and didn't notice it was all the way to 22nd St! So it's worse than I thought. This streeview shows the back of the multiplex to the left (in gray) and a decent sized apartment building to the right (with the arched entrance) which must have been destroyed also. There must be more going east. Awful! https://www.google.com/maps/@40.744249,-73.9980587,3a,75y,5.86h,98.5t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1scJFwXfg4Y5ZCX0AiXhCdqA!2e0!5s20190601T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-8.49995203541225%26panoid%3DcJFwXfg4Y5ZCX0AiXhCdqA%26yaw%3D5.860424806181358!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQyMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 22Apr 22 Author 1 hour ago, eastvillagedon said: ^let's replace more of those "srcubby lowrise corners" with apartments that cost between $3,225,000 and $11,750,000. At least Bob Dylan can afford to live here. As a matter of fact Barbra Streisand got her start in the early 60's at a club called the Bon Soir at 40 W. 8th located on this very property. Maybe she can buy the penthouse! https://www.corcoran.com/new-developments/for-sale/greenwich-village/181-macdougal-st/32912713 https://greenwichvillage.nyc/places/bon-soir/ you gotta be kidding. the gaslight bldg exists and all of that corner and the bon soir was torn down and replaced by cheap garbage long ago. plus these still have ground floor retail. huuuge upgrade for the neighborhood.
April 22Apr 22 Author 17 minutes ago, VintageLife said: The red building and the plain front one next to it is also gone. Sad thing is there haven’t even been renderings released for what will replace them. Demolition Wraps For Two-Building Development At 250-260 West 23rd Street In Chelsea, Manhattan the chelsea theater is also slated for redevelopment. edit: https://www.showbiz411.com/2023/01/08/death-knell-for-movie-houses-nycs-chelsea-loses-main-multiplex-cinepolis-theater-today Edited April 22Apr 22 by mrnyc
April 22Apr 22 1 minute ago, mrnyc said: you gotta be kidding. the gaslight bldg exists and all of that corner and the bon soir was torn down and replaced by cheap garbage long ago. plus these still have ground floor retail. huuuge upgrade for the neighborhood. so that existing building ("cheap garbage" building lol) actually replaced the Bon Soir? I didn't know that. I was only in the 1st grade when Barbra got her start. By the way if you haven't been in that area lately, since you don't live there anymore (right?), the Tashkent Supermarket on 6th Ave (that replaced Duane Reade) finally opened, hopefully making that block less sleazy http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 22Apr 22 Author 14 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said: so that existing building ("cheap garbage" building lol) actually replaced the Bon Soir? I didn't know that. I was only in the 1st grade when Barbra got her start. By the way if you haven't been in that area lately, since you don't live there anymore (right?), the Tashkent Supermarket on 6th Ave (that replaced Duane Reade) finally opened, hopefully making that block less sleazy i cant get to it on my phone to spoonfeed a link, but introduce yourself to google streetview’s time machine and you can see what was there. i mean yeah i miss getting shoes and belts around there in ye olden days like anyone lol, but if you don’t think this is an incredible upgrade from a crapola corner i dk what else to say. 😂
April 22Apr 22 35 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said: so that existing building ("cheap garbage" building lol) actually replaced the Bon Soir? I didn't know that. I was only in the 1st grade when Barbra got her start. By the way if you haven't been in that area lately, since you don't live there anymore (right?), the Tashkent Supermarket on 6th Ave (that replaced Duane Reade) finally opened, hopefully making that block less sleazy Here is a street view of what the two brick buildings replaced. I would say it was a win and the new buildings are a better use of space.
April 22Apr 22 39 minutes ago, mrnyc said: the chelsea theater is also slated for redevelopment. edit: https://www.showbiz411.com/2023/01/08/death-knell-for-movie-houses-nycs-chelsea-loses-main-multiplex-cinepolis-theater-today Yeah that yimby link I posted showed that. It seems like a terrible loss for that area
April 23Apr 23 23 hours ago, VintageLife said: Here is a street view of what the two brick buildings replaced. I would say it was a win and the new buildings are a better use of space. and here are two views of that show this block in years past. You can see the distinctive tile work even in the b&w photos. The Don Julio restaurant apparently later became Bon Soir. All these buildings needed was a little sprucing up to make them presentable again, which would have attracted the kind of quirky and unique retail tenants this street and much of New York is known for, not replaced with a building affordable only for the privileged few. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
April 28Apr 28 Author On 4/23/2025 at 2:58 PM, eastvillagedon said: and here are two views of that show this block in years past. You can see the distinctive tile work even in the b&w photos. The Don Julio restaurant apparently later became Bon Soir. All these buildings needed was a little sprucing up to make them presentable again, which would have attracted the kind of quirky and unique retail tenants this street and much of New York is known for, not replaced with a building affordable only for the privileged few. i guess its distinctive tile work ... for a boarded up hookah shop.btw your bon soir shell is still there, such as it is. there are chop shop auto garages in the outer boros that look better:https://maps.app.goo.gl/1jHgduX6wK8aATZMAif only morris adjimi could have gotten his hands on that junk lot too.and the nearby garbage whole sw corner of greenwich/6av while he is at it.
April 28Apr 28 Author meanwhile, somethin' good in the 'hood --14 stories and 283 residences --New York YIMBYPermits Filed for 450 Powell Street in Brownsville, Brook...Permits have been filed for a 14-story mixed-use building at 450 Powell Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
May 2May 2 Author i am very excited that the la central development in the south bronx has now got it together to build out -- one of my old long time work sites was next door to it --the la central extreme low income development is already massive and impressive (b. 2019-2021) and this phase two will fill out the last lot --more:New York YIMBYLa Central Secures $343 Million In Financing In Melrose,...Hudson Companies and BRP Companies have secured $343 million in financing for Phase II of La Central, an affordable housing project in Melrose, The Bronx.
May 21May 21 Author another for downtown brooklyn —287 Flatbush Avenue Extension. Photo by Michael Young/nyyNew York YIMBYFoundations Underway for 450-Unit Project at 287 Flatbush...Foundations are progressing for 287 Flatbush Avenue Extension, a 27-story, 450-unit project from J Frankl Architects and the Jay Group in Downtown Brooklyn.
May 21May 21 Author ayy our neck of staten is getting in on this development business —New York YIMBYPlans Announced for 500-Unit Housing Development in Stapl...Plans have been announced for the New Stapleton Waterfront master plan, a 500-plus-unit project from GF55, Artimus, and Phoenix Realty in Staten Island.
May 21May 21 Author and another big boi for brooklyn gowanus —New York YIMBYRendering Revealed for 1,000-Unit Development at 175 3rd...A new rendering has been revealed for 175 3rd Street, a 1,000-unit two-tower development from Charney Companies and Tavros Capital in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
May 21May 21 5 hours ago, mrnyc said:another for downtown brooklyn —287 Flatbush Avenue Extension. Photo by Michael Young/nyyNew York YIMBYFoundations Underway for 450-Unit Project at 287 Flatbush...Foundations are progressing for 287 Flatbush Avenue Extension, a 27-story, 450-unit project from J Frankl Architects and the Jay Group in Downtown Brooklyn.This building is incredibly ugly
May 23May 23 this has to be the world's most expensive and unnecessary streetscaping project http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
May 23May 23 41 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said:this has to be the world's most expensive and unnecessary streetscaping projectThat stretch includes Trump Tower -- seems HIGHLY likely to be opposed by Der Fuhrer.
May 25May 25 First time in New York City, and I am spoiled with an incredible view! Have had an absolute blast and would move in an instant if I had the money. Cool to see the cranes in the distance and the new build just a few blocks away.
May 29May 29 Author another casino proposal — and it really puts the multi in multi-use — 😂New York YIMBYSilverstein's Massive New Mixed-Use Tower, The Avenir, Re...New York YIMBY says "Yes In My Backyard" to new development, covering construction and real estate from a pro-growth perspective.
May 29May 29 3 hours ago, mrnyc said:another casino proposal — and it really puts the multi in multi-use — 😂New York YIMBYSilverstein's Massive New Mixed-Use Tower, The Avenir, Re...New York YIMBY says "Yes In My Backyard" to new development, covering construction and real estate from a pro-growth perspective.The base of that building is huge
May 30May 30 more insanity: $10 billion for new Port Authority Bus Terminal 🤯 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 5Jun 5 The Torch Resumes Construction At 740 Eighth Avenue In Times Square, ManhattanFoundation work has resumed for The Torch, a 52-story mixed-use supertall skyscraper at 740 Eighth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by ODA and developed by Extell, the 1,067-foot-tall structure will span 875,372 square feet and yield an 825-room hotel topped by a public outdoor observation deck with a drop ride attraction in its signature stemlike column. The project is also slated to include lower-level retail space, a restaurant on two of the upper floors, a VIP lounge, and a pool deck for hotel guests. SLCE Architects is the architect of record for the development, which is located along Eighth Avenue between West 45th and 46th Streets on the border of Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen.
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