Rezoning and text amendment will facilitate construction of affordable units. On February 11, 2009, the City Council approved Phipps Houses’ plan to construct two nine-story buildings along the north side of East 25th Street within the Henry Phipps Plaza South complex in Kips Bay, Manhattan. The complex already houses a 33-story, mixed-use tower at 444 Second Avenue and a 14-story building that faces East 26th Street. The proposed buildings would add 83-90 dwelling units to … <Read More>
Phipps Houses project approved by Council
Rezoning and text amendment will facilitate construction of affordable units. On February 11, 2009, the City Council approved Phipps Houses’ plan to construct two nine-story buildings along the north side of East 25th Street within the Henry Phipps Plaza South complex in Kips Bay, Manhattan. The complex already houses a 33-story, mixed-use tower at 444 Second Avenue and a 14-story building that faces East 26th Street. The proposed buildings would add 83-90 dwelling units to … <Read More>
Bed-Stuy Gateway BID awaits Council vote
Establishment of BID in Bedford- Stuyvesant appears successful. On February 11, 2009, the City Council’s Finance Committee held a hearing on the Department of Small Business Services’ plan to create a new Bed-Stuy Gateway Business Improvement District for 357 tax lots and 267 property owners. The BID’s boundaries would extend along Brooklyn’s Nostrand Avenue, from Halsey Street to Atlantic Avenue, and on Fulton Street, from Classon to Troy Avenues. The BID’s first year budget would … <Read More>
East New York shopping center gets OK from Council
Project approved after concerns over potential adverse effects on small businesses addressed. On February 26, 2009, the City Council approved a special permit application to facilitate construction of The Shops at Gateway, a retail shopping center at the corner of Flatlands and Fountain Avenues in East New York, Brooklyn. The developer, Morgan B. Realty LLC, intends to build three one-story buildings with about 230,000 sq.ft. of retail space for approximately 25 commercial tenants. The development … <Read More>
St.Vincent’s future remains uncertain
Commissioners deeply divided in their responses to proposed new hospital. In the most recent chapter of St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center’s process to gain approval for a consolidated, modern hospital, Landmarks met on December 16, 2008, to discuss the proposed new building. A month earlier, Landmarks had approved the demolition of the 1964 O’Toole building on Seventh Avenue between West 12th and West 13th Streets, clearing the way for construction of a new hospital on … <Read More>
43-story Art Deco skyscraper designated
- 275 Madison Ave. Image: LPC.
1931 building among Texas architect’s diverse body of works. Landmarks voted unanimously to designate 275 Madison Avenue as an individual City landmark on January 13, 2009. The 43-story tower was designed by architect Kenneth Franzheim for Houston banker Jesse H. Jones. Though he made his fortune in banking and real estate development, Jones also served as Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and as Secretary of Commerce under President Franklin … <Read More>