Students Propose Redesigned MLK High School
The plaza in front of Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on Amsterdam Avenue and 66th Street is a pretty depressing and underutilized space right now, but students at the school have some ideas to make it better. Read More / Comment »
200 West Ready to Open. An Underground Trader Joe’s?
200 West, the new building at the corner of 72nd Street and Broadway, is preparing to officially open on Monday, and it has fully launched a website to advertise the luxury apartments it’s hoping to rent out. Read More / Comment »
Fierce Battle Over the Future of West Park Presbyterian
The Landmark Preservation Commission’s decision to call West Park Presbyterian Church a landmark was controversial, but now the fight over what to do with the decrepit church is escalating. Read More / Comment »
Private School’s Controversial Addition Approved by LPC
The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School’s application to build a rear yard extension on Tuesday over the complaints of neighbors who said that it would change the character or the area, Curbed reported. Read More / Comment »
Lincoln Center Building New Theater for Young Artists
Lincoln Center unveiled the design on Thursday for a new theater dedicated to the work of emerging playwrights and directors. The 131-seat Claire Tow Theater will actually sit on top of the Vivian Beaumont Theater just off Read More / Comment »
Trader Joe’s to Complete Renovation on 72nd by August
by Avi - February 1, 2010 at 9:10 am - - 3 Comments
Construction at the new building on the corner of 72nd Street and Broadway is ongoing, and there are still no signs of Trader Joe’s imminent arrival on the ground floor, but that should change in a few months. Trader Joe’s will Read More / Comment »
Stringer: Time to Dump the NYC Buildings Department
The New York City Buildings Department has a backlog of 177,000 open violations, a third of which are considered “hazardous.” The average amount of time these Read More / Comment »
West Park Presbyterian a Landmark; Bye-Bye Homeless
The Landmarks Preservation Commission decided on Tuesday to declare West Park Presbyterian Church, the beautiful beaten-down church on the corner of 86th Street Read More / Comment »
New Trader Joe’s Building Called “A Boxy Tedious Mess”
The Real Deal’s architecture critic James Gardner had some unkind words for the new building at 200 West 72nd street that will house Trader Joe’s as well as a bunch of rental apartments. Gardner’s brutal review says the two buildings on Read More / Comment »
Controversial Private School Expansion Gets Nod
Private school Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School won the approval of Community Board 7 on Tuesday night for an expansion into its rear yard. Read More / Comment »
