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smoke billowing out of 125 Greenwich
Where There’s Smoke

125 Greenwich Street by Rafael Viñoly Architects catches fire in Manhattan while under construction

Hand-off

Iconic New York print shop Casa Magazines is bought by Iconic Magazines

rendering of a large corporate building
Magic in the Making

SOM’s green terra-cotta facade for Disney’s New York headquarters takes shape

rendering of a lobby in a cultural institution
Front and Centre

New York’s Museum of Chinese in America unveils new home designed by Maya Lin

aerial rendering of the lower manhattan waterfront
Battening Down the Hatches

New York announces a multibillion climate resiliency plan for South Street Seaport and Financial District

Aerial rendering of the Essential Workers Park on the Hudson River, with the circle of heroes monument at its core
Row on the Hudson

Manhattan’s Circle of Heroes monument to essential workers will be moved after community uproar

aerial rendering of the the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
At An Empasse

The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project breaks ground, but opponents aren’t backing down

a soaring lobby with latticed ceiling and flared columns at 60 wall street
Off The Grid

60 Wall Street’s eccentric Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo-designed atrium will be gutted in $250 million refresh

a red steel sculpture invoking a rocker designed by Melvin Edwards
Chain Reaction

A major Melvin Edwards retrospective is coming to Manhattan’s City Hall Park

70s-era federal office building in manhattan
Federal Facelift

GSA taps Krueck Sexton Partners to lead $240 million rehab of Manhattan’s Silvio J. Mollo Federal Building

a house-sculpture art installation covered in snow
In A Different Light

Mildred Howard’s The House That Will Not Pass for Any Color Than Its Own shimmers in the NYC snow

Photo of a church, under construction, consisting of a white central volume and four raw concrete columns
Piece By Piece

KPF’s 5 World Trade Center tower officially approved

The tombs, a towering jail with no windows, against a blue sky
The Tomb Where It Happened

Manhattan’s notorious “Tombs” will close next month as part of Rikers realignment

The endpoint of pier 26, a jutting timber walkway over the hudson river
Pier Pressure

Pier 26, transformed in Tribeca, opens to the public

illustration of a public space in manhattan
Anything You Need It To Be

WIP Collaborative’s Restorative Ground wins Care for Hudson Square design competition

A rikers replacement jail site, the tombs, in chinatown
It's The Story That Never Ends...

State judge blocks Rikers replacement tower in Manhattan

st nicholas church
Some Sort of Miracle

Construction of delay-ridden St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church picks up again in Lower Manhattan

15-19 Beekman in NYC, the vanderbilt
Vanderrazed?

The clock is ticking for historic McKim, Mead & White office tower in Lower Manhattan

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