Halloween is fast approaching, and the Haunted High Line is back again this year and ready for your little witches and ghouls! NYC’s favorite elevated park is inviting families and friends to visit on Saturday, October 27th for a day of scavenger hunts, costumes,
After fifty long years of hemming and hawing, the City Council has finally approved the SPURA redevelopment plan for the Lower East Side. Manhattan won’t be getting a new ski slope-covered mega mall, but the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan will transform
Central Park’s Tavern on the Green is on its way to re-opening with a brand new look and locavore menu. After being closed for nearly two years, the restaurant has assembled a dream team of chefs and designers to revamp the New York haunt, and a first draft
The Cassowary Room is a renovation of a home office in a NYC loft by Dash Marshall LLC. The space was originally a caviar warehouse built in the 1890s. It was renovated in 2005, but Dash decided to roll back time and reconstruct the old caviar boss’s office
Nestled in a cozy wood-clad interior above a nondescript liquor store on Avenue B, Pouring Ribbons is not trying to be a speakeasy. In fact, its oversized reclaimed brass door boasts a prominent sign that announces the drinking room’s presence proudly. Designed
After six grueling years of consideration, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has finally decided to approve the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. This means that over 300 historic buildings throughout lower Manhattan, some that have remained
The Riverside Clay Tennis Club has been making do (or doodoo, depending on how you want to look at it) with a set of unsavory port-o-potties, but is now looking to upgrade. Cook + Fox Architects has designed the club a new eco-friendly, off-the-grid restroom
Aged Woods’ rescued maple flooring recently found a new home is this Soho apartment where sustainability was a prime motivator in design and product selection. The batch of reclaimed 2-1/4″ “strip” maple came from East Stroudsburg Public School (which
One of the most striking features of New York City’s 9/11 Memorial is the hundreds of swamp white oaks trees that symbolize birth and renewal. The memorial’s planners wanted to find a way to place plaques honoring those who lost their lives in the tragedy
As of this Sunday, New Yorkers will see ads on the fronts of their MetroCards as well as the backs. The change will be an extra way for the MTA to raise funds for the subway system without having to print large posters or find additional ad real estate on
Glenwood Management announced last week that Manhattan’s Barclay Tower will become the first battery-based, intelligent energy storage high rise in NYC. The tower will feature the Joule.System™, developed by Demand Energy Networks, Inc., which is capable
Nearly half a century ago, somewhere around 7,000 residents were displaced from their homes on the Lower East Side to make way for an urban renewal project. That area still sits empty today, home to no one except some parked cars and trucks. Years of contentious
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This morning, Foster + Partners sent us word that they recently won the competition to design a new tower for 425 Park Avenue. The tower, which will serve as office space, features sustainable considerations such
