Met Names Architect For Massive Gut; Train It To Jersey Hotels
UPPER EAST SIDE—The Metropolitan Museum of Art has tapped David Chipperfield Architects for the major gut and rebuild of its contemporary and modern art wing and surrounding areas. David Chipperfield Architects was chosen for the project after a year-long research and selection process. DCA is also behind Berlin's Neues Museum, Mexico City's Museo Jumex, and the Saint Louis Art Museum. While the museum is undergoing its renovation, it will temporarily relocate its contemporary and modern art collection to the formerWhitney Museum space just a few blocks to the south. [CurbedWire inbox; NYO; previously]
NEW JERSEY—A very unambiguous website calledNJHotelsNearNYC.com has put together a map of mass transit options for reaching some of New Jersey's less pricey city-hugging hotels. The map also highlights how much a typical room in the area might cost. If thinking about visiting the area, take a look at the map, or go in on a (probably way less luxurious) hostel bed. [NJHotelsNearNYC]
Neighbors Suspicious of New Bar; Industry City Parking
· Billionaires very enthusiastic about 220 Central Park South [TRD]
· Jimmy "The Rent Is Too Damn High" McMillan fights eviction [Voice]
· Does the Sunset Park waterfront really need more parking?[Streetsblog]
· Plans revised for affordable housing building in Brownsville ['Stoner]
· Pier 26 restaurant will not open in 2015 [Tribeca Citizen]
· Boerum Hill townhouse still commanding big prices [NYT]
· Lower East Siders suspicious of new Mazaar Bar & Lounge [Boogie]
· Plans filed for new 10-story building in Bed-Stuy [NY YIMBY]
· Jimmy "The Rent Is Too Damn High" McMillan fights eviction [Voice]
· Does the Sunset Park waterfront really need more parking?[Streetsblog]
· Plans revised for affordable housing building in Brownsville ['Stoner]
· Pier 26 restaurant will not open in 2015 [Tribeca Citizen]
· Boerum Hill townhouse still commanding big prices [NYT]
· Lower East Siders suspicious of new Mazaar Bar & Lounge [Boogie]
· Plans filed for new 10-story building in Bed-Stuy [NY YIMBY]
"On Tammany did LPC a geodesic turtle dome decree."—REspectator [Shrunken Tortoise Shell Topper Approved for Tammany Hall]
NYC Is No Longer the No. 1 City for the Super-Wealthy
The yearly Knight Frank's Wealth Report that surveys the movements of the global ultra-rich has been released (h/t CityLab), and—truly,surprise!—New York City's status amongst the moneyed elite has dropped three places to rest as the number four city most populated by individuals who have amassed over $30 million in personal wealth. What's eyebrow-raising is that as of 2013, 7,580 of these Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI) lived in New York. That number is now 3,008 and all of them live in 15 Central Park West. Whether the plummet has to do with the rise of other global cities, or whether it has to do with a change in methodology behind the report (which accounts for assets like yachts, real estate, private jets, and really, really expensive art and wine) is unclear. London topped the 2015 list as the global city with the highest number of UHNWI, followed by Tokyo and Singapore.
The Sounds of Grand Central Are Surprisingly Soothing
Grand Central is not the most peaceful place (unless, of course, all subway and train service has been shutdown), but the sounds of Grand Central happen to make an oddly soothing soundtrack. As part ofSoundscape New York, a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, artist James Welty and architecture professor Karen Van Lengencreated a series of videos that capture the sounds of the interiors of famous New York landmarks (h/t Untapped). Van Lengen recorded the audio, and Welty put the sounds to lovely abstract animations. In Grand Central's soundscape, the tinkling of silverware and far-off arrival of trains is coupled with "an oceanic-style animation" made of colors similar to the terminal's famed painted ceiling.
German architect and structural engineer Frei Otto soared into public attention yesterday when he was awarded the Pritzker Prize a day after he passed away. Today, Curbed National takes a look at how he modeled massive, tent-like structures by playing with soap bubbles, and championed sustainability before it was even a thing. [Curbed National]Very Large Karl Fischer Building Headed to Crown Heights
This lot at 109 Montgomery Street might not look like much right now, but in a few years it will still not look like much because it will be occupied by a 12-story building designed by Karl Fischer. NY YIMBY reports that a new building application submitted today to the Department of Buildings calls for 173 apartments and 132,000 square feet, for an average of 760 square feet per unit. The developer appears to be Cornell Realty, a company that is also developing another large-scale residential project nearby at 902 Franklin Avenue.
· 12-Story Karl Fischer Building Planned for 109 Montgomery Street, Crown Heights [NY YIMBY]
· Karl Fischer coverage [Curbed]
· 12-Story Karl Fischer Building Planned for 109 Montgomery Street, Crown Heights [NY YIMBY]
· Karl Fischer coverage [Curbed]
'Ground Zero Mosque' Developer Beefs Up Condo Tower Plans
Once-controversial Soho Properties chief Sharif El-Gamal just announced that he has tapped a minimalist Italian designer, Piero Lissoni, to design the apartment interiors and amenity spaces at his new condo building, set to rise at 45 Park Place between Church and West Broadway. The building, which is going to be 39 stories tall (or 665 feet) and contain 46 condos, will be designed by Michel Abboud of SOMA Architects. Construction is expected to begin in 2015, with estimated completion in 2017.
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These Scathing Reviews Decimate 7 of NYC's 'Best' Buildings
Yelp is by and large the reigning page that people take to in order toopine about most things; restaurants, businesses, stores, shows—hell, even buildings get praised and ripped new ones across the review-based site. Sometimes reviews are comedic, other times not so much, but they are most certainly always informative and have the benefit of coming from a first-person perspective. Some of the city's most well-known buildings have amassed pages of Yelper commentary. Here's a look at seven of the most notable buildings victim to Yelper rage, and a few of the hilarious/gross/generally depressing reviews they garnered that would dissuade any potential dweller from planting roots.
Architecture professorStephen Rustow on the tragic poetry of New York's building codes: "If zoning is sketched in watercolor or charcoal and financing counts in red and black ink, building codes are written in blood. The code is a reactive text and each of its clauses is a response to some past disaster. Its awkward poetics is tragic in the original sense of the word, combining pity and fear in a dirge that eulogizes the deaths of those lost to fire, collapse, and malignant neglect. It is a muted language that stifles a cry of despair, hoping to forestall what can never be entirely foreseen." [Urban Omnibus]
Two Pricey Park Slope Townhouses Snapped Up In A Hurry
[250 Garfield Place]
Multi-million dollar townhouses in Park Slope are a pretty common thing these days, but sales north of $4 million are not; according to StreetEasy, only 10 houses in the neighborhood have ever sold for more than that. But that is about to change. Two (very beautiful) townhouses recently entered contract for much more than $4 million, but what makes the deals even more notable is the speed at which they happened. The house at 250 Garfield Place, pictured above, was on the market asking $7.5 million for just 23 days, while the house at 930 President Street, asking $5.85 million, was listed for 46 days.
How Much for a Sterile One-Bedroom Condo in Kips Bay?
PriceSpotter is Curbed's asking price guessing game. We provide you with some details and pictures from a listing, and you take a crack at the price in the comments. Tomorrow we reveal the answer. And hey, no cheating!
What/Where: a renovated one-bedroom condo in Kips Bay
Square Footage: 739
Monthly Costs: $952
Square Footage: 739
Monthly Costs: $952
This one-bedroom unit has been renovated into something very sleek and light, with large windows, high ceilings, track lighting, and copious storage space with built-in shelving and a whole wall of closets (though no central air, as evidenced by the window unit in the bedroom). It faces the building's rear garden; other amenities include a bike room, concierge, doorman, gym, and more. So, how much do you think the apartment is asking?
Legendary Graffitied Bowery Mansion Cleaned Up for Condos
The 72-room mansion at the corner of Bowery and Spring streets is gearing up for its next life as condos (and retail shops) after its $55 million purchase by developer Aby Rosen. The process of turning the "Bohemian dream house" at 190 Bowery—once inhabited by eccentric photographer Jay Maisel, who paid $102,000 for it in 1966—will take some time, since apparently it's "in terrible shape." Here goes Step 1:take down the layers upon layers of graffiti and posters and flyersthat have accumulated over decades on the stone facade of what was once a branch of the Germania Bank. Let's hope workers noticed theneighborhood response to the sale, emblazoned on its side in November: UUGHH. Check out the photos below to see a neighborhood icon get all sanitized, as well as more coverage (and images) fromAnimal and Bowery Boogie.
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