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The Insane and Inspiring Plan for Affordable Housing in Gotham
Hamilton Nolan · 10/24/14 12:00PMLet's Build a Lot of Crapola Around the Grand Canyon, Say Idiots
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/14 09:24AMThe Mind-Boggling Industrial Future of the Arctic
Hamilton Nolan · 04/30/14 09:58AMLuxury City Nearly Complete with Construction of Empty Soulless Towers
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 05/19/13 09:15AMHow to Develop Film with Coffee and Vitamin C
Sam Biddle · 07/06/11 08:04AMBrownstone Brooklynites Absolutely Terrified of Hip-Hop Music
Richard Lawson · 03/02/11 12:50PMAs the huge (largest-ever in Brooklyn) and controversial Atlantic Yards development project, adjacent to some of Brooklyn's most bobo-filled enclaves, makes further progress, the level of hysteria rises and rises. The latest story has a group of Park Slope residents freaking out about a new bar opening in their neighborhood (in anticipation of arena crowds supposedly) that they fear will dare to play hip-hop music.
The Lower East Side: Not What It Used To Be
Hamilton Nolan · 05/20/08 10:40AMThe Five Proposals For The West Side Rail Yards
Sheila · 12/04/07 12:36PMLast night, representatives of the five design teams proposing plans for West Side Rail Yards development made their first public presentations. The order was randomly chosen, with each team allotted 20 minutes each. Inside Cooper Union's Great Hall, an old man stood directly behind me and began chewing on something loudly. A young Jewfro'd man, not being able to find a seat, simply lay down on the floor, as if star-gazing. Were all development enthusiasts born in a barn? In any event, four proposals were "meh" to interesting. And one was horrific.
Giant Bubblegum Tower Not Being Built On LES
josh · 04/17/07 03:16PMCurbed came across some utterly ridiculous plans for a new tower planned to desecrate the Lower East Side. Dubbed the Delancey Tower, the building was designed by Harlem architects Peter L. Gluck and Partners and was to rise opposite the azure excrescence known as Blue. But the fact that the firm seemed to be using pre-chewed gum to build models made us suspect the thing has less of a viable future than Sanjaya. We're delighted to report the building is indeed stymied, or in the words of architect Tommy Gluck, "temporarily on hold." And if the building's experience of being on hold is anything like our experience of being on hold, that hold will be interminable and cruel, and scored to Vivaldi's Spring.
The Coney Island Redevelopment: Don't Forget About The Gay Fornicating Midgets
Josh · 04/03/07 03:56PMConey Island's amusement park Astroland recently opened for its final season. Soon it goes the way of all things old tymey—trammeled 'neath the cloven hooves of developer Joe Sitt, who bought it up in November. But let others moan and groan (and yes, even petition) against the upcoming destruction and condofication of Astroland. Whatever preposterous excrescence will soon stand where the Cyclone once did, we know it won't be more mind-blowing than what preceded it. Midgets! Incest! Nuremburg! Welcome to Lilliputia!
Chelsea Modern: Where The Rich, Old Cavort
Josh · 03/22/07 05:54PMThe best part, by far, was the model of the 12-story 47-unit building, designed by Audrey Matlock, which LIT UP! Through the miniature glass fa ades, the lights reflected their gentle glow onto the well-cared for hides of the wealthy gathered like moths around it. Lady Cavendish, sweat seeping through her cake-makeup, swayed in a full length fur coat and Ivanka Trump nearly concealed her desire to punch us, then kiss us. Later developer Robert Gladstone, a nice-smelling older man, told us about 20% of the units are sold. They range in price from a cool $1 million for a 1br to just under $5 million for a two-terraced unit. No word on whether you get a discount if you have a view of Gehry's dastardly IAC headquarters.