Stuyvesant Tower-Peter Cooper Village complex in Manhattan that will now remain rent stabilized after property owner Blackstone decided on Feb. 24 not to pursue its appeal of an earlier court ruling it had lost to the STPCV tenants association. Photo Credit: Google Street View. Tenants Celebrate As Over 11,000 Apartment Units Will Remain Rent Stabilized in Stuy Town Approximately 11,200 apartment units in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Complex in Manhattan will remain permanently... News 26 Feb 2024 | 04:40
A rendering of the proposed Soloviev project, which will contain apartments and an underground casino with public green space on top of it. ( Photo by Soloviev Group) East Side Casino Plan Draws Heat From Locals, But Biz & Unions Offer Support Freedom Plaza, an $18 billion casino proposal that intends to bring everything from affordable housing to a “Museum of Freedom... News 15 Jan 2024 | 01:46
656 Lexington Ave. is now a construction site for a 19-story mixed-use building. Rybak Development bought the plot in 2021. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) New 19-Story Mixed-Use Building Starts Construction on Lexington Ave. & 55th St. A 19-story mixed-use building that will contain 23 apartments and 2,551 sq. ft. of commercial space has begun its excavation... News 12 Jan 2024 | 11:49
A rendering of 1334 York Ave., close to Weill Cornell Medicine’s main campus building at 1300 York Ave. Credit: SOM Inc. Weill Cornell Medicine to Take Over Five Floors Of Sotheby’s Former HQ On The UES Earlier this year, Our Town reported on Sotheby’s plans to acquire the Breuer building from the Whitney Museum to house its... News 04 Dec 2023 | 10:27
A rendering of the new tower, looking down on its neighbors across the Upper East Side ( Hill West Architects/NYC Planning) Developers Seek Rezoning of Yorkville Block to Make Way for 46-Story Residential Tower A developer listed as LM East 94 LLC wants to erect a 46-story, mid-block apartment tower in Yorkville, but first, they have... News 10 Nov 2023 | 06:31
The Hotel Pennsylvania at its opening in 1919 was an archictectural standout. Now all that is left standing are some steel struts and rubble from the demolished gem. The owner, Vornado Realty Trust, cancelled plans for a redevelopment so the sprawling eyesore is likely to be in place for years. Photo: Layla Law-Gisiko. Ode to the Hotel Pennsylvania The Hotel Pennsylvania is no longer. What is left is a pile of rubble, ruins, untidy, heaped like a carcass, a battlefield.... News 08 Oct 2023 | 12:52
Donald Trump said he is being unfairly targeted by New York State Attorney General Letitia James in the business fraud trial that began on Oct. 2 and could last until December. Photo: Michael Vadon/Wikimedia Commons Trump at Opening of Fraud Trial Denounces It As a “Scam;” Trial Could Last Until December (AP)–The fraud lawsuit that could cost former President Donald Trump control of some of his most prized properties went... News 03 Oct 2023 | 12:45
An exterior view of the Lenox Hill townhouse on East 66th Street. ( Google Maps Streetview.) German Investment Firm Buys Lenox Hill Townhouse for $11M A German investment firm is the new co-owner of a 9,769-square-foot Lenox Hill townhouse on East 66th Street that’s been... News 29 Sep 2023 | 02:55
The Central Park West historic district lost the greatest number of multi-family buildings compared to other districts. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY NYC Lost 100K Homes in Apartment-to-House Conversions It’s a New York dream to combine your place with the one next door to make a spacious home. But it comes at a price: over... News 30 Aug 2023 | 05:55
50-64 Third Ave., a row of buildings that the developer Ari Zagdanski and his firm Kinsmen Property Group now hope to demolish. Objections to their filings have put the knock-down on hold. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) Plan by Developer to Demolish East Village Block Put On Hold by Buildings Department Just about an entire block in the East Village may be smashed to the ground, but problems with demolition filings at the... News 21 Aug 2023 | 04:20
Giuliani’s Co-Op in a landmarked building at 45 E.66th St. went on the block in late July from Sotheby’s seeking $6.5 million. Photo: Beau Matic Giuliani’s UES Co-Op Listed For $6.5 Million Could Take Up to a Year to Sell Rudy Giuliani, who put his Upper East Side co-op on the market laate last month for $6.5 million amid mounting legal woes,... News 18 Aug 2023 | 04:30
The Murray Hill Tower Apartments on E. 40th Street. Median rents in the borough hit another record high of $4,000 in July, according to a new analysis by the companies Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel. ( Photo via Murray Hill Tower Apartments ) Manhattan Rents Continue to Soar to Record Highs, While New Lease Signings Fall Median rents in Manhattan have increased by six percent annually and reached an astounding $4,400 as of July 2023, according... News 14 Aug 2023 | 07:03
The proposed design for the 19th story building at 585 Fifth Ave, spearheaded by former Governor Eliot Spitzer. In an interesting twist, it would replace the 25-story building that his own family built there in 1970. ( Photo via Landmarks Preservation Commission) Eliot Spitzer’s Firm Gets OK From LPC To Demolish Fifth Ave. Apt. Building & Replace It With “Whimsical” Tower Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former Governor of New York, has received a stamp of approval from the Landmarks Preservation... News 31 Jul 2023 | 03:51
Delfena Plasencea and Maria Moneira in front of their Chelsea-Elliot apartment on 10th Avenue and 26th Street. Photo: Beau Matic. ( " ") Are Residents Really on Board with NYCHA’s $1.5B Plan to Tear Down, Rebuild Public Housing? The New York City Authority (NYCHA) announced on Wednesday, June 21 a plan to invest $1.5 billion to tear down the Section... News 26 Jun 2023 | 02:19
The debt holder of iconic Theatre 80 on St. Marks Place evicted the longtime owners, Lorcan Otway and his wife Genie Gilmore and on May 9 agreed to sell the premises to a new owner. Now a petition on Change.org is urging Mayor Eric Adams to use eminent domain to seize the property. It has gnarred over 8,000 signatures. Photo: Change.org 8,000 Signature Petition Urges Mayor Adams to Use Eminent Domain to Save Theatre 80 LIK Holdings emerged as the wining bidder for the building that houses Theatre 80 at a bankruptcy court auction on May 9th,... Home 18 May 2023 | 11:04