ARMORY ON ICE The massive Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx is one step closer to becoming the world’s largest indoor...

OUT-OF-REACH HOUSING A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition demonstrates the very concerning statistic that “in no...

ADAPT NYC WINNER ANNOUNCED On Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced the winners of adAPT NYC, a pilot program to develop “a new...

GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL: THE NEXT 100 Last week, the Municipal Art Society (MAS) hosted its third annual Summit for New...

CITIES GET THINGS DONE President Bill Clinton’s rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night included a special shout-out...

SUB SITE DYNAMITE A routine underground detonation to create an elevator shaft for part of the Second Avenue subway construction...

‘BERG THE BUILDER The Bloomberg administration and the DOT are taking heat this week for scheduling a new bridge linking...

Next Wednesday, in celebration of our nation’s birth, instead of publishing our regular weekly feature, we’ll be honoring the timeless...

AFTER 40 YEARS SPURA MIGHT BE GETTING DEVELOPED The 1960s saw huge swaths of New York City cleared in the name of Urban Renewal. The legacy of population displacement and towers-in-the-park housing is still apparent along the shorelines of the Lower East Side and the East Village, but some lots were cleared and never built out. The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), a five lot, seven acre, city-owned plot on Delancey...

In 2001, Long Island City underwent a significant rezoning to encourage office, retail and residential development in an area known...