In the News: New Design for West Thames Bridge

West Thames Bridge renderingWest Thames bridge rendering2••• “The city and its architects revealed revised, detailed renderings of the West Thames Street Pedestrian Bridge, which will span West Street at West Thames and Joseph P. Ward streets. The bridge, expected to be completed by late 2016, will have a double lenticular truss (two joined parabolic forms) and be accessible by stairs and nine-person elevators on each end. The latest images, to be presented next week to the city’s Public Design Commission for review, show a light-grey, steel-and-concrete bridge covered by a glass roof and enclosed with mesh material. At night, the bridge will glow with blue LED lighting.” You can see the whole West Thames Pedestrian Bridge presentation here. UPDATE: I pulled the presentation PDF because it was wreaking havoc with spammers, but here are two more renderings. —Tribeca Trib

••• Wow, this is appalling. Who does the NYPD think they work for? “The NYPD has ordered the city’s 77 police precincts to stop giving out any information to the media about crimes taking place in their neighborhoods, cutting off a long-standing source of information for New Yorkers.” —DNAinfo

••• “Both hands of the Colgate Clock [across the Hudson] now appear to be fully illuminated and keeping accurate time.” —Broadsheet

••• The 48-story apartment building going up at 112-120 Fulton will now be 59 stories and not include 120 Fulton. “The taller, narrower tower will have 460 units, of which 20 percent will be affordable housing.” —DNAinfo

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