Jeremiah Budin reports for Curbed. Architects Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel have completely reworked their plans to transform the Brooklyn Cinema into a four-story mixed use building since the Landmarks Preservation Commission sent them back to the drawing board almost a year ago. The new designs, in an effort to appear more contextual within the neighborhood, are much less glassy. They also
[The High Bridge and Harlem Bridge, pictured in a 1867 issue of Harper’s Weekly] The Bronx side of the Harlem River in High Bridge is a park-starved neighborhood, dominated by concrete expressways and desolate industrial lots, but soon a long-closed link will reconnect the area to greener pastures on the Manhattan side of the river. Construction crews are working
Daniel Geiger reports for Crain’s New York Business. Extell Development received an OK to build over this structure, at 257 W. 57th St., in Manhattan. Photo by CoStar Group. The Landmarks Preservation Commission approves Extell Development’s plan to cantilever its new residential tower over the neighboring American Fine Arts Society Building. It will include NYC’s first Nordstrom and a hotel.
