NYC Architecture and Development

They keep presenting Cool New Things ™️ all over the city, but once you read far enough down you realize it's just another casino development proposal.

 

New York City is planning six new waterfront shipping hubs to handle e-commerce deliveries, according to a Request For Proposals issued Friday by the New York City Economic Development Corp.

The plan would see some cargo shift part of its journey from freight trucks on highways to barges on waterways as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ “Blue Highways” initiative.

The barges/delivery stations would be pickup locations for e-bike riders who'd handle the actual last-mile work, the article says.
 
135 east 79th st

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American Industries Corp » 135 East 79th Street

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https://aic-ny.com/project/135-east-79th-street/
 
Is it truly economics or more to do with a historic pre-war style unique to NYC, particularly UWS/UES?
Where in Boston would these types of buildings naturally fit outside the Back Bay, which has no parcels for development? Perhaps anything Boston Common adjacent.
 
Is it truly economics or more to do with a historic pre-war style unique to NYC, particularly UWS/UES?
Where in Boston would these types of buildings naturally fit outside the Back Bay, which has no parcels for development? Perhaps anything Boston Common adjacent.

Economics. They only build buildings like this for uber-wealthy. Now, it helps that these are focused around the UWS/UES so you've got that context. But most other buildings in NYC look like the basic slop you get, too.
 
Changing Neighborhood
2 New high Rises going up along 207th street near the University Heights Bridge across the Harlem River. The Inwood section of Upper Manhattan has recently seen a redevelopment boom on the remaining Industrial sites.

 

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