Marshall Heyman reports for The Wall Street Journal: David Barton Gym Finds Sanctuary at the Limelight. Former Church and Night Club Now Houses State-of-the-Art Workout Equipment. A David Barton Gym member lifts weights in a lower-level weight room. A new gym on the border of Chelsea and the Flatiron district is giving new meaning to the idea that working out
Anna Bergren Miller reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: How Stella Tower Got Its Glory Back. JDS Development Group and Property Market Group’s renovation of Ralph Walker-designed Stella Tower included restoring the Art Deco Crown. When JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group purchased the 1927 Ralph Walker high-rise in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in order to transform it into the Stella Tower condominiums, they realized that something was not
Christopher Gray reports for The New York Times: The Courthouse That Escaped the Gavel. The Preservation of Greenwich Village’s Jefferson Market Courthouse. The 1877 Jefferson Market Courthouse, as it appeared in 1906. Once considered dispensable, it is today a public library. Preservationists of the 1950s who sought to save the Jefferson Market Courthouse of 1877 had no landmarks law to back them
Henry Melcher reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: The Kings Theater’s Second Act. Brooklyn’s largest and most stunning theater gets a meticulous renovation. In September, 1929, the grand and extravagant Kings Theater—one of Loew’s “Wonder Theaters”—opened its doors in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Designed by Rapp & Rapp, the palatial space hosted vaudeville shows, and later films, inside a grand auditorium that could seat more
