Here Are the 11 Most Expensive Summer Rentals in NYC
Most New Yorkers with the means to do so try to get out of the city for the summer, because in the summer New York City turns into a humungous pile of hot smelly garbage where you could easily end up sweating off your entire body weight while waiting for the subway. Of course, that means that some very fancy apartments are unoccupied from June through August, opening the door for out-of-towners who actually want to spend the hottest months wandering around Manhattan in a daze. Via Streeteasy, we've rounded up some of themost absurdly pricey short-term summer rentals, which are, of course, still cheaper than living in a hotel for two months.
15-Story Copper Tower O' Condos Coming to Orchard Street
[Renderings by DXA Studio]
The Lower East Side is getting another avant-garde condo addition.New York YIMBY shared renderings for 57 Orchard Street, where DXA Studio is designing a stacked, copper-clad, cantilevering tower that will fit right in with ODA's 100 Norfolk Street and Herzog & de Meuron's 215 Chrystie Street (and by "fit right in," we mean that these are three new buildings in the neighborhood that don't have the drabBen Shaoul/Karl Fischer box aesthetic). In addition to the new building, the development includes the renovation of the Ridley Building (akathe Lower East Side's pink building) at 59-63 Orchard Street. DXA says the tower will have a "razor-sharp copper-clad facade" that will be perforated, so at night, it will "be a back-lit lantern that will highlight the activity inside." Sounds...a little obnoxious?
Lower East Side Synagogue's Possible Sale Sparks Scandal
A "nasty intra-shul dispute" involving a "shadow board" of trustees, high-profile lawyers, a shady developer, and dubious financial motives is broiling on the Lower East Side. The Observer reports that a group of questionable figures may be colluding to arrange the sale of the neighborhood's beloved House of Sages synagogue and nursing home at 25 Bialystoker Place for a mere $13 million, with a plan to donate majority of that to an unsubstantiated synagogue in Israel. Hey, the Observer might be onto something.
· Planned Sale of Beloved LES Synagogue Raises Multiple Red Flags[NYO]
· Planned Sale of Beloved LES Synagogue Raises Multiple Red Flags[NYO]
The Lower East Side's WD~50-Eating Condos Have Arrived
- Renderings by Paperfarmer.
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Name & Address: 50 Clinton Street
Developer: DHA Capital
Architect: Issac & Stern
Size: seven stories, 37 apartments
Prices: $1.75 - $3.5M
Sales & Marketing: The Eklund Gomes Team with Douglas Elliman
Developer: DHA Capital
Architect: Issac & Stern
Size: seven stories, 37 apartments
Prices: $1.75 - $3.5M
Sales & Marketing: The Eklund Gomes Team with Douglas Elliman
The Issac & Stern-designed project at 50 Clinton Street has been anticipated in one way or the next since former site occupier, lauded Lower East Side eatery WD~50 was razed. Details of the project have been kept quiet since its inception; a few interior renderings made their way onto Instagram in February via (who other than) broker Fredrik Eklund, but beyond that not a whole lot was circulated. That changed today with 50 Clinton's sales launch, which brought with it awhole slew of renderings as well as word that 12 apartments are already in contract. The building's interiors are designed by Paris Forino, and apartments will range from one- to three-bedrooms and ask between $1.75 million and $3.5 million. The building will have alandscaped rooftop terrace, fitness center, bicycle storage, and 24-hour doorman.
Jarmulowsky Bank Building Takes Step Toward Life as a Hotel
The new addition that is accompanying the restoration and conversion of the Jarmulowsky Bank Building into a swanky hotel is finally on the rise, Bowery Boogie reports. The former five-story building on the corner of Canal and Allen streets was razed about two years ago to make room for the budding 10,000-square-foot addition, which will house six stories of office space. Whether or not the office space will be used by the hotel is unclear, but its rise means things are moving—slowly, so slowly—at the site. When complete, the Jarmulowsky will hold 105 hotel rooms all crowned by the building's beloved cupola.
· Jarmulowsky Hotel Annex Ascends to 4 Stories on Canal Street [BB]
· Check Out the Jarmulowsky Bank Building's Restored Ceiling [Curbed]
· All Jarmulowsy Bank Building coverage [Curbed]
· Jarmulowsky Hotel Annex Ascends to 4 Stories on Canal Street [BB]
· Check Out the Jarmulowsky Bank Building's Restored Ceiling [Curbed]
· All Jarmulowsy Bank Building coverage [Curbed]
Extell's Lower East Side Tower Gets a Hefty Height Reduction
Maybe Extell chief Gary Barnett had a change of 
The tower at 163 Orchard Street has been known by a few names over the years, most notable the Orchard Street Hell Buildingand most recently the Gatsby Hotel. But now the developers have ditched that inexplicable moniker in favor of the very explicable Orchard Street Hotel (it's a hotel, you see, on Orchard Street). The hotel also had its liquor license application denied and is probably in violation of several building codes. [Bowery Boogie; previously]
In a huge blow to the Lower East Side community, the Andy Warhol Museum has announced that it's canning its plans for an Essex Crossing outpost. The museum has decided against the expansion after an "internal study of business and other operational considerations." Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the developer told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that they are "hard at work looking for another exciting use for this great space." Whatta bummer. [BB; previously]Neighbors Await Pier 35's Makeover, Bemoan Skateboarders
[Design for Pier 35, courtesy NYCEDC.]
Pier 35 remains a vision on the horizon. Plans to renovate the Lower East Side pier into an eco-park have been pushed back several timesover the last couple years. Among the reasons cited for the delay: Hurricane Sandy; the need to screen an unsightly shed at Pier 36; and, now, negotiations between agencies on where to weave a water main underground. But the New York Economic Development Corporation (NYEDC) announced at a Community Board 3 meeting last night thatconstruction on the pier and "package 4" of the East River Waterfront Esplanade (which spans from Catherine Street to Pike Slip) could start in the fall. That means package 4 could be finished by 2016, and Pier 35 could re-open in early 2017.
Those who attended the meeting didn't seem shocked by the revised timeline, but were instead rankled by a new menace that has arrived on the lower Manhattan section of the East River Waterfront Esplanade. Residents might be content to sit on the esplanade, nearly complete save for minor details last year, and watch Pier 35 slowly transform as the clock counts upwards. But there are the skateboarders.
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What's Up With This Terrifying RV on the Lower East Side?
Bowery Boogie turns our attention to this giant RV with corrugated siding and barred-over windows that has apparently been parked (on and off) on the Lower East Side, across from the Baruch Houses, as of late. It has been making the locals nervous, and who can blame them—this might be the scariest vehicle, recreational or otherwise, we have ever seen. Even looking at it in photograph fill us with fear and dread. An investigation from Bowery Boogie (they peaked in the windows) reveals a disappointingly simple explanation for the RV's existence, though—it's someone's house. That explains the chains and window bars, anyway.
· This Beat-up 'Mad Max' RV Near the Williamsburg Bridge has Locals Guessing [Bowery Boogie]
· This Beat-up 'Mad Max' RV Near the Williamsburg Bridge has Locals Guessing [Bowery Boogie]
Extell's 71-Story Lower East Side Tower, Revealed! (Sort Of)
Among its many projects in the city, Extell Development is building a very tall tower o' condos on the Lower East Side, just north of the Manhattan Bridge along the East River waterfront. It took a long time for Extell to post renderings on the green construction fencing, the way city law requires, but the company finally came through (even though these clearly aren't final). What emerged, captured by area blogs Bowery Boogie and Lo-Down, is a somewhat sketchydrawing of... a very tall tower. One that neighbors have complained about in past community meetings and on Twitter, and one whose 71-story height continues to rankle and incite hyperbole (as per BB): "At roughly 800 feet tall, this sun-eclipsing tower completely dwarfs everything in the vicinity. The stats are staggering. As the diagram illustrates, the market rate component of the project is more than twice the height of the Manhattan Bridge, which hits 336 feet."
The constant pounding of pile driving is enough to drive even the most tolerant neighbor mad, and residents living near Extell's two-tower project at 250 South Street are at the end of their ropes. They complain of "earthquake-style rumbling" and cracks in their walls and ceilings, but they'll have to endure a lot more, as the buildings don't even have foundations yet. The neighbor-hated project will have a 68-story market rate tower, and a 13-story affordable building, which has already been dubbed with "poor door" status. [Bowery Boogie; previously]
Orchard Street's Hell Buildingwill continue to give us hell until the fall of this year, when the long-awaited Hotel Indigo opens ("on or after September 20") after yet another delay. In limbo for about a decade, the 23-storybuilding topped out last year, but construction still isn't complete. There are renderings of rooms, the lobby, and more taped up in a bare concrete commercial space on the ground floor, so... get excited? [BB; previously]Inside the Community Murals of the 1980s Lower East Side
In the early 1980s, PBS produced a short documentary about the Lower East Side's thriving street art scene, specifically focused on the many murals organized and spearheaded by various community groups and nonprofits such as CITYArts. The short interviews a number of downtown figures directly involved in the projects, including Philip Pocock (who posted the video), activist Tomie Arai, artists Peter Tirado Vidal, Eva Cockcroft, and Mike Alewitz, and others. The result is a fascinating glimpse at a unique, politically-charged art scene that flourished in the face of what Pocock calls "an urban policy of neglect."
"One of the most important points I feel is that mural painting is an environment art," he goes on to say. "It's site-specific, unlike painting which is commodity-based. Murals are not commercial products, you can't sell them. They're just there for everyone's enjoyment. They're public, as opposed to private."
Clearly, there's a sharp difference between the neighborhood depicted in this video and the one currently infested with drunk, belligerent fratboys.
· You Know... The Struggle [YouTube via Flaming Pablum]
· You Know... The Struggle [YouTube via Flaming Pablum]
Penthouse BC, which has five bedrooms, a private rooftop, and a $7 million ask. If the sale goes through, it would set aneighborhood record. [NYP; previously]
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