Still $40 million short, the construction of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will resume with a new board and intervention from the governor. / 4 comments
Plus: Another interview with the architect, Santiago Calatrava; Tribeca parent on the kindergarten process; Worth Street reconstruction update, of sorts; yesterday's suspicious package in FiDi was a dud. / 3 comments
Plus: Quirky pavilions set for Governors Island; Q&A with Santiago Calatrava; Sheldon Silver stepped down as speaker; Trump Soho may convert more condos to hotel rooms. / 1 comment
Akiba Saeedi has a fantastic vantage point from which to admire the work at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub and 30 Park Place. / 1 comment
The architect "set out to provide a building and sequence of spaces that would directly address the traditional Greek liturgy while creating a spatially varied architectural procession.” / 42 comments
Plus: Seaport boom; Kirsten Dunst; Tiffany & Co.; 288 West lofts comparison; FiDi sandwich shop; high school celebrates; Dash charges settled; minor protest.
Because we still have a Constitution in the United States, which has a 5th Amendment that reads in relevant part,... — James Bogardus / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Thank you for compiling this information. There is also one by South St and Maiden Lane by the Seaport area... — Lorena / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Because these projects have lenders involved who have liens on the properties and need to be repaid, and from an... — Reademan / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
95% of the projects in our neighborhood are being sponsored by lightly capitalized, small developers. They usually can’t get bank... — Reademan / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Thanks for this piece. It's something, to see them all listed together. It's a testimonial to something - my guess... — Will / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Why can't some of these dinosaurs be taken over by the city and finished for affordable housing? — C / Update on the Dinosaurs of Tribeca: Unfinished buildings and abandoned lots
Alternatively, now that three kiosk vendors have failed, we could get rid of the kiosk (and its apparently uneconomical costs)... — Don / Bogardus kiosk is back to square one