A new addition on the edge of the Soho Cast Iron Historic District

Aaron Seward reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: In Detail> 19 East Houston Street The new building mimics the scale of its neighbor and its Houston Street face is meant to appear as though it has been sliced away, revealing the section. Up through the 1920s, Houston Street was a narrow little passageway through the lower Manhattan trenches, no bigger than

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Will the Landmarks Preservation Commission also find it out of context?

Will the Landmarks Preservation Commission also find it out of context?

Eric Jankiewicz reports for Curbed: Board Says Glass Addition ‘Makes No Sense’ for MePa Building The French bistro Pastis closed at the end of February for a 15-month renovation, and while restauranteur Keith McNally promises that the restaurant will reopen in the same spot, the building owners have other plans for the building in the works as well. Last night, Manhattan’s Community Board 2

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