Jane Levre reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: WATERFRONT REVIVAL. Lower Manhattan’s long-vacant Pier A to be transformed into an events space. Pier A, a landmarked, late 19th century structure in lower Manhattan’s Battery Park that has been vacant for decades and suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Sandy, will be reborn in July as an elaborate restaurant and event space. Renovation of the
Henry Melcher reports for The Architect’s Newspaper: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER. BIG, SCAPE, Penn Design/OLIN, OMA, MIT, and Interboro win HUD’s resiliency competition, Rebuild by Design. THE TEAM LED BY BIG PROPOSED A LANDSCAPED BERM AROUND MANHATTAN TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOODING. In April, when the 10 finalists in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rebuild By Design competition presented their plans for
Emily Badger reports for The Washington Post: An economic defense of old buildings. Jane Jacobs, a woman akin to the patron saint of urban planners, first argued 50 years ago that healthy neighborhoods need old buildings. Aging, creaky, faded, “charming” buildings. Retired couples and young families need the cheap rent they promise. Small businesses need the cramped offices they contain. Streets
Hana R. Alberts reports for Curbed: See a Glorious, Just-Uncovered Hotel Ceiling Mural From 1927 After one year of painstaking conservation efforts, a 1927 fresco hidden underneath over a dozen layers of white paint and plaster has been unearthed. Then-prolific artist Joseph Aruta painted the ceiling in the lobby of the iconic Sherry-Netherland Hotel on 59th Street in the Beaux-Arts
