Rendering of entrance to Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. City Council Approves Blood Center Plan The City Council, brushing aside the objections of its member from the Upper East Side, overwhelmingly approved the New York... News 24 Nov 2021 | 06:45
Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos Kallos: ‘This Wasn’t Really About Blood’ Ben Kallos still wants to talk to the New York Blood Center. “I am still reaching out to them asking them to come to the table,”... News 18 Nov 2021 | 06:57
Street-level rendering of revised Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. Blood Center: The Political Tide Turns The New York Blood Center lopped 116 feet off the new tower it is proposing to build on the East Side and that turned the... News 12 Nov 2021 | 11:49
Governor Kathy Hochul unveils commuter-first vision for Penn Station and surrounding neighborhood on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul ( Don Pollard) Hochul: ‘It’s Time for a New Penn Station’ Governor Kathy Hochul didn’t so much scale down Andrew Cuomo’s plan for redeveloping Penn Station and its neighborhood as... News 07 Nov 2021 | 12:29
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. City Planning Commission Approves Blood Center Project The controversial proposal to build a 340-foot life sciences laboratory and office tower on the current site of The New York... News 23 Sep 2021 | 03:30
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. A Late Push for the Blood Center Since the New York Blood Center first announced plans to build a 334-foot life sciences hub – dubbed Center East – at its... News 10 Sep 2021 | 06:12
Memorial Lights, Sept. 11, 2020. Photo: Florin C, via Flickr Downtown: 20 Years After 9/11 Two decades ago, our world changed on Tuesday, September 11th with the largest terrorist attack on American soil at the heart... News 30 Aug 2021 | 08:44
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. No Compromise on Blood Center Officials representing the New York Blood Center were questioned by City Planning commissioners on their proposal to build... News 31 Jul 2021 | 10:59
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (center) presided over a public hearing at Hunter College about the Blood Center proposal. Photo: Emily Higginbotham New Twists in Blood Center Debate Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer heard from the public this week on the New York Blood Center’s controversial proposal... Home 16 Jul 2021 | 04:04
New York Blood Center tower protest, Sunday, May 23, 2021, on the Upper East Side. Photo: Diane Bondareff ‘Stop the Tower’ Community Board 8 took action on Tuesday, May 25 against the New York Blood Center’s divisive plan to build a 334-foot life... News 28 May 2021 | 10:29
Rendering of a new Port Authority Bus Terminal, courtesy of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Expansion Plans NYC is set to embark on two major expansion projects that will transform transportation and create more open space in Lower... News 25 Jan 2021 | 10:39
New Blood Center rendering, courtesy of office of George M. Janes. Controversy over Blood Center Expansion Plan The New York Blood Center’s plan to expand their building on East 67th Street between First and Second Avenues was presented... News 26 Dec 2020 | 10:21
Design for building on East 62nd Street. Image via Rafael Vinoly Architects Scrapping the ‘Tower on Stilts’ Plans for a controversial Upper East Side “tower on stilts” have been completely scrapped, according to City Council Member... News 14 Dec 2020 | 10:57
Church of the Nativity on Second Avenue on the Lower East Side. Photo: Beyond My Ken, via Wikimedia Commons Two Churches, Two Plans As an iconic church recently announced it was being flipped into luxury condos, another finally found a home. The Church of... News 04 Sep 2020 | 11:57
Rendering of the Farley building, courtesy of Vornado. Facebook Acquires New Space on West Side As Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled last week by Congress and businesses are being forced to close due... News 06 Aug 2020 | 03:53