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How immigrants shaped the city’s buildings and streetscape By  Rebecca Fishbein     Feb 26, 2018, 12:32pm EST The common wisdom is that New York is a city built by immigrants, its spirit and populace formed by the hordes of overseas residents who have called it home since the Dutch settled here in the 17th century. And in fact, New York was  literally  built by immigrants—some of the city’s most iconic residential and commercial buildings were designed by immigrant architects, who drew influence from their home countries to turn NYC into an architectural as well as cultural melting pot. Many of the city’s earliest architects, starting in the 17th century, emigrated from overseas, but the ones tasked with the most high-profile projects typically hailed from countries like Scotland and England, and were often highly trained. Those men, including Richard Upjohn and Griffith Thomas, earned their legacies by building some of the city’s most beautiful ...

Renovation is always a better use of resources than demolition and replacement. By  Alexandra Lange     Feb 22, 2018, 9:00am EST Does it feel like I am always yelling at you that  this plaza from 1968 , or  that building from 1983 , must be saved? It feels like that to me, because I am, because the architecture that makes New York great, giving it variety, texture, and some generosity amid the towers, is constantly under threat. I was genuinely shocked to wake up yesterday and read that the Union Carbide Building (1960), designed by Gordon Bunshaft and  Natalie de Blois  of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and occupying prime real estate on Park Avenue just north of the Pan Am Building (1963),  was going to be torn down to build an even bigger skyscraper . Principally, I was surprised that the  Union Carbide Building  wasn’t a designated landmark. The bureaucracy and strategy required to get buildings landmarked in New Yor...

While landlords like Rudin are implementing the tech, only about 20 percent of NYC office properties are built to sustain it. By  Konrad Putzier  |  February 22, 2018 02:50PM Every time a tenant enters or exits a  Rudin Management -owned property, the building notices. A sensor in a turnstile near the entrance sends a signal to the property’s operating system, dubbed Nantum. The system can sense sudden shifts in occupancy and quickly adjust its heating and air-conditioning depending on the season. Rudin launched the independent tech startup Prescriptive Data — Nantum’s creator — in June 2016. The Manhattan-based company supplies Rudin’s buildings as well as properties owned by six other landlords with its technology. (A representative for Rudin declined to name the other landlords.) The startup seems to be at the forefront of the smart building revolution underway in commercial real estate, including rental apartments. For the full article, click h...

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By  Tom Acitelli     Feb 15, 2018, 7:25am EST Move-ins have started at Somerville’s tallest building: The 236-foot, 20-story Montaje in Assembly Row. Developer Federal Realty  commenced leasing  those 447 apartments, including 26 penthouses, last summer; and also recently wrapped the building’s shared public spaces. Photos of those spaces are herein. What’s more, the wider Assembly Row has added several retailers recently, including a Smoke Shop BBQ (currently under construction) and a Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store. And, in March, the 122-unit Alloy condo will open. For the full story and pictures click here . 

Living In By  AILEEN JACOBSON   FEB. 14, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Pin Email More Save When Sally Greenspan moved into a converted notions factory on West 20th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues 35 years ago, the area was industrial, she recalled, with few shops, restaurants or other residential amenities. “It was like the Wild West,” said Ms. Greenspan, 71, a retired marketing executive who came from the Upper East Side with her husband, Michael, a biochemist who wanted a quicker commute to his job in New Jersey. The area, which is often called East Chelsea — it extends from West 14th to West 30th Streets and from Sixth Avenue to Ninth Avenue, where West Chelsea begins — started becoming residential about 20 years ago. But change has been more rapid, she said, in the past several years: “We’ve seen an enormous number of young families move in. It’s been an explosion.” Older buildings have been co...

Agencies look to stop builders from using stilts to jack up heights—and prices By  Joe Anuta The de Blasio administration is taking aim at developers’ practice of stacking luxury condos atop multistory hollow spaces to achieve greater heights and more lucrative sales. Marisa Lago, chairwoman of the City Planning Commission, said at a town hall meeting last month that her office is working to change how it treats such large voids, which do not count against a building's density limit. Limiting their size could shrink the height of future towers. “The notion that there are empty spaces for the sole purpose of making the building taller for the views at the top is not what was intended” by the zoning code, she said. “We are already working under the mayor’s direction with the Department of Buildings to see how we can make sure that the intent of the rules is followed.” For the full article, click here .