L. sent this aerial of the new sidewalk bridge around the AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas. I noticed it the other day (from the ground) and wondered if it was work prepping for a building on the plaza just east of the building. It seems not.

Found this on the DOB NOW website, with permits paid for and issued this month:
Remove & replace face brick, repoint mortar joints, patch cracked/spalled concrete & granite, re-secure displaced granite panels, re-secure displaced antenna at roof bulkhead, rebuild concrete curb and remove & replace guardrail at curb.

It’s a half million dollar project.

ICYMI, AT&T has applied to the city to develop what they say is a public plaza (though right now it is a private parking lot) behind the tower between Thomas and Worth, Church and Broadway, into two residential buildings — one on Worth at 20 stories, and one on Thomas at 15 stories — plus a new public plaza. You can see all the drawings and renderings here, but keep in mind that this is a proposal for a zoning change, not an actual project. If the change goes through, the eventual developer could build a completely different project.