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Controversial Zoning Change Would Fill Lower Manhattan Public Plazas With Retail
one moment please...Water Street, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseWhether you consider them “dead-end” corridors devoid of street life or nifty urban shortcuts (or just convenient rain...
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NYC Water 101: From the Catskill Aqueduct and Robotic Measurements to Your Tap
New York City is the nation’s largest municipal water supplier. While many locals happily choose tap water at restaurants and extol the virtues of New York’s wettest, we sometimes wonder how and where...
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A Buckminster Fuller Dome Almost Kept the Dodgers in Brooklyn
one moment please...Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseWith baseball season back in swing this week, talk at some point turns to the heartbreak of losing the Brooklyn...
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Judge Gives the Go Ahead to Barry Diller’s Pier 55 Offshore Park
one moment please...Pier 54, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseBillionaire media mogul (and husband to Diane von Furstenberg) Barry Diller just had a big victory in his road to constructing...
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Skyline Wars: In Lower Manhattan, A New Downtown Is Emerging
one moment please...Financial District, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseCarter Uncut brings New York City’s latest development news under the critical eye of resident architecture critic...
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Skyline Wars: Brooklyn Enters the Supertall Race
one moment please...Brooklyn, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseCarter Uncut brings New York City’s latest development news under the critical eye of resident architecture critic Carter B. Horsley....
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100architects Propose a Vertical Park Made of Stacked Glass Pods for Times...
one moment please...Times Square, Manhattan, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseShanghai-based architecture firm 100architects noticed how New Yorkers are always trying to get out of Times Square as...
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Artist Hopes to Raise $25K to Build a Pedestrian Bridge from Red Hook to...
one moment please...Governors Island, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseFrom her back window on Columbia Street in Brooklyn, artist Nancy Nowacek could see Governors Island and Buttermilk...
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Skyline Wars: As Queens Begins to Catch Up, A Look at the Towers Defining Its...
one moment please...Long Island City, Queens, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseCarter Uncut brings New York City’s latest development news under the critical eye of resident architecture critic...
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Transit Think Tank Says MSG Move Could Be a $5B Example of ‘Architects Run Wild’
one moment please...Madison Square Garden, Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseRendering for a proposed new MSG by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Moving MSG to make room for...
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It’s Official! Construction on Barry Diller’s Futuristic Offshore Park to...
one moment please...Pier 54, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseEarlier this month, Barry Diller’s futuristic offshore park got closer to reality when the Manhattan Supreme Court dismissed a...
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Skyline Wars: New Jersey’s Waterfront Transforms With a Tall Tower Boom
one moment please...Jersey City, NJ, United States+ Expand- collapseCarter Uncut brings New York City’s latest development news under the critical eye of resident architecture critic Carter B. Horsley....
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East River Skyway Proposal Gains Steam, Would Only Cost Riders $25/Month
With public meetings about the impending L train shutdown beginning this week, much of the conversation is centered around alternate ways to shuttle people between downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. One...
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Lissoni Architettura Conceptualizes a Submerged Aquarium in the East River
By now we all know about the urban design fad of floating things in NYC’s rivers (Pier55, +Pool, this island), but here’s a concept for an under-water public space off Long Island City. Untapped took a...
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Skyline Wars: Accounting for New York’s Stray Supertalls
Carter Uncut brings New York City’s latest development news under the critical eye of resident architecture critic Carter B. Horsley. Ahead, Carter brings us his eighth installment of “Skyline Wars,” a...
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Not Tall Enough! On the World’s Stage, New York’s Supertalls Are Ungraceful...
Carter Uncut brings New York City’s latest development news under the critical eye of resident architecture critic Carter B. Horsley. Ahead, Carter brings us his ninth and final installment of “Skyline...
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The World Trade Center’s Elevated Liberty Park Will Open This Summer
one moment please...World Trade Center, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseConstruction image via Port Authority The city will cut the ribbon on another landscaped elevated this park this...
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40 Percent of Manhattan’s Buildings Would Be Unbuildable Today
720 Park Avenue could not be built today. Image via Google Maps Many feel that the city’s current construction boom is unprecedented, but while towers may be reaching new heights, according to a new...
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Empire State Gateway Plan Stretches Twin Suspension Bridges from NJ to Queens
Just two months ago, the state allocated $70 million for early engineering work on a new Hudson River tunnel, part of the larger $20 billion Gateway project to fix the crumbling, century-old tunnels...
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Great Game Changers: One Worldwide Plaza, A Classy Attraction for Sleazy...
one moment please...Worldwide Plaza, West 50th Street, New York, NY, United States+ Expand- collapseImage of WWP via Macklowe Properties What does it take to jump-start an unglamorous neighborhood? A...
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