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Rowhouse in the UWS will be replaced by a new 13-story condominium building

October 9, 2014

Evan Bindelglass reports for Curbed: Landmarked UWS Hotel Is Getting a 13-Story Condo Neighbor. With a scaled down proposal, the team representing Anbau Enterprises won approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday to build a condominium neighbor beside the landmark Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side. The new 13-story building will bear the address 207 West 79th Street and replace the existing five-story rowhouse located at 203-209 West 79th

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Conversion of a traditional Baptist church into mixed-use

Conversion of a traditional Baptist church into mixed-use

October 2, 2014

Evan Bindelglass reports for Curbed: 121-Year-Old Upper West Side Church Will Add Apartments. The congregation wanted it, and now it will become a reality: the Upper West Side’s Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church will get a residential addition. The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday approved its DXA studio-designed conversion to mixed-use—hosting both religious and residential uses. (Seems to be the direction dozens of other houses of worship

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Design seeks to make the East River waterfront accessible

Design seeks to make the East River waterfront accessible

September 19, 2014

Annie Bergelin reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: The Missing Link. AECOM designing new path to connect New York City’s East River Esplanade. For years there has been an inconvenient gap in the East River Esplanade between East 37th and East 60th streets, disrupting what could be a contiguous promenade experience along the waterfront. The gap is there because of two major

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An 1857 cast-iron watchtower still rises over Harlem

An 1857 cast-iron watchtower still rises over Harlem

September 18, 2014

David W. Dunlap reports for The New York Times: Promise Made for Harlem Watchtower’s Restoration, but Not in Ink. Manhattan is about to lose its last antebellum watchtower. The watchtower in 1986, left, and this month, right. The parks department is concerned it could collapse if its cast-iron elements continue to deteriorate. Neighbors and preservationists are afraid it will never come back.

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