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TSX Broadway demolition passes halfway mark In Times Square
August 19, 2020Demolition is moving along steadily at 1568 Broadway in Times Square, where the 46-story tower has been reduced to around half its former size. The 30-year-old, 470-foot-tall steel superstructure formerly housed the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton and will be replaced by a new hotel dubbed TSX Broadway. Designed by PBDW Architects, Mancini Duffy, and Perkins Eastman, and developed by L&L Holding Company, Maefield Development, and Fortress Investment Group, the new structure will rise 46 stories and span 550,000 square feet.
NJ TRANSIT BOARD AUTHORIZES CONTRACT FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK AT PENN STATION NEW YORK
May 13, 2020New Design of Central Concourse will add Staircases, Escalators to Improve Customer Access to Platforms
The Hidden Feats that built New York’s towering skyscrapers
April 29, 2020The ingenuity of engineers helped build landmarks like Black Rock and the new supertalls. Our critic takes a virtual tour with Guy Nordenson.
Classic Skyscrapers define New York
April 22, 2020Take a Virtual Tour. It’s a metaphor for Manhattan, a synonym for “Mad Men,” the apex of midcentury modernist New York. It supplanted some of the city’s stateliest mansions with corporate palaces in blue glass and bronze.
NYU reveals global public health school expansion project In Greenwich Village
March 29, 2020New York University has revealed renderings of a new medical school set to debut as part of its Greenwich Village campus. Located three blocks east of Washington Square Park, the project will establish much-needed facilities for the university’s rapidly expanding School of Global Public Health.
Severud Associates taps Wavelength Lighting to retrofit 14,000 s/f office with LED lamps and fixtures
March 3, 2020Manhattan, NY Structural engineering firm Severud Associates retrofitted their Midtown office space with energy-efficient lights from Brooklyn-based LED lighting and networked controls distributor and project company Wavelength Lighting.
NYU’s Expansion At 181 Mercer Street Continues Ascent Over Greenwich Village
February 25, 2020The massive steel superstructure of NYU‘s newest building is continuing to climb at 181 Mercer Street in Greenwich Village. Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake are the designers of the 23-story, 750,000-square-foot structure, which sits along Houston Street directly to the east of I. M. Pei’s three-tower University Village complex.
FXCollaborative’s 185 Broadway Begins Vertical Ascent In The Financial District
February 13, 2020Construction is going vertical at 185 Broadway, a 31-story mixed-use building in the Financial District. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by SL Green, the 260,000-square-foot development is located at the southwestern corner of Dey Street and Broadway, directly next to one of the entrances to the Fulton Street subway station.
TSX Broadway to bring outdoor stage and 30 ‘Ball Drop Suites’ to watch New Year’s Eve celebrations
December 31, 2019Love it or loathe it, Times Square keeps shining brighter, year after year. The most dazzling addition coming to the “Crossroads of the World” is TSX Broadway, a $2.5B redevelopment of the landmarked Palace Theatre and former DoubleTree Suites Hotel at 1568 Broadway. The 550,000-square-foot venture at the southeast corner of 47th Street and Broadway is being steered by a consortium of developers: L&L Holding Company, Maefield Development, and Fortress Investment Group.
PRATT MANHATTAN UNDERGOES RENOVATIONS TO OFFER A MORE WELCOMING CAMPUS FOR STUDENTS AND VISITORS
December 18, 2019The Pratt Institute Manhattan campus is undergoing renovations that will enhance its presence on 14th Street to better welcome both students and visitors. Work is underway to add facilities including a new lecture hall as well as to relocate the Pratt Manhattan Gallery from the second to the ground floor to improve access to its rotating exhibitions.