Progress on facade under the netting
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Oh, how I’d love to live in Kips Bay off 2nd Avenue… too bad rent is $5,000 for a studio.
You could find something for 3k but not much less than that.
Hmm. I like where I live now - Bushwick - previously Harlem. Affordable here. The younger crowd keeps me young lol. I feel like Kips Bay is not my scene - although the EV and LES is definitely my scene lol
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“Complete” and beautiful.
Smart architectural design: attractive, yet understated.
The interiors were well done too. Large ‘punched’ windows without any dividing mullions to obscure the view-thru is a fantastic feature.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/video/what-is-a-mullion-window.html
This type of ‘punched window’ is the best way for getting the ‘large windows’ for light/views: much better than the floor-to-ceiling glass IMHO.
Those ceiling recess pockets for the shades was also a smart detail for the interiors.
Click through the photo set linked below for proof positive.
Good to see ‘beautiful’ modern architecture: the curves, the brick, the set-backs all make for a fine finish.
BTW. I have 3 other posts on this topic. Click on my infoshare tag above to see my other comments/links/photos in this thread.
That corner needs to be redeveloped asap.
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Nice photo set; great looking building. The last photo in the set offers a subtle glimps of the Chrysler Building nestled in the deep background.
There is a lot I like about the design of this new condo buiding. The large “no-mullion” windows on this residential condo building will be a powerful selling point; people like the clear unobstructed views they offer. I have notice many individual condo apartment owners are now replacing the traditional multi-pane windows with these no-mullion windows.
I see this a lot on many pre-war buildings along Riverside Drive; which is an expensive upgrade to the apartment. I think the waterfront views are what makes that type of ‘upgrade’ a good investment.
All-in-all this new building at 609 Second Avenue was very well done. There is a link here on my previous post that features a nice simple discription of NO-Mullion windows. We will be seeing a lot more of this type of window in the future is my guess. Enjoy the video. 
This is a photo of no-mullion window that was previously a muiti-pane (mullioned) window in a pre-war condo building on Central Park West: it was a vast improvement in the view - as I saw the before/after.
Lite lite lite
Lites are the individual segmentation of glass in a window. All windows are multipaned now, it is an energy code requirement across the US.
You know its vastly easier and correct to say a picture window (for one that doesnt open) or a single casement window (for one that is operable) instead of using all these different terms that refer to something else like multi-pane windows, mullionless windows, no mullion windows, punch windows, etc.