# NEW YORK | LOW-RISE / GENERAL Development News + Construction **URL:** \ **Category:** New York\ **Created:** [June 13, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165 "2014-06-13T20:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 45
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/892 "2024-04-04T02:48:52Z")
**220 East 9th Street** update > **[Vacated 9th Street parking garage fetches $14 million for likley residential...](https://evgrieve.com/2024/04/vacated-9th-street-parking-garage.html)** > > EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City. > According to public records and the [TradedNY account](https://www.instagram.com/p/C5HcGFPtEWP/?img_index=1), Arcus Development, operating through Astor Nine LLC, is the new owner of the vacant property. > > While Arcus hasn’t revealed its intentions, _Crain’s_ [noted](https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/shuttered-east-village-parking-garage-east-ninth-street-sells-14m) that the property “seems poised to become luxury housing.” ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/893 "2024-04-07T20:08:36Z")
> **[Demolition Work Underway At 1448 Third Avenue On Manhattan's Upper East Side...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/04/demolition-work-underway-at-1448-third-avenue-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html)** > > Demolition is underway at 1448 Third Avenue, a future 39-story, 125-unit residence by. CetraRuddy and Douglaston Development on the Upper East Side. ---
**Author:** ![Alemel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alemel/32/91966_2.png) [@Alemel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Alemel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/894 "2024-04-10T17:14:22Z")
350 East 18th st ![07aeb29f96bd5a06819d0305c19e5c501f02965b](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/6/3620a6824f9214a01404218496ae59489a48fbfc.jpeg) [CITYREALTY](https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/new-look-upcoming-kips-bay-condominium-planned-across-stuyvesant-town/62265) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/895 "2024-04-14T11:40:17Z")
We have a thread for this (though the name of the municipality is incomplete): > [@NEW | 1448 Third Ave | FT | 39 FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-1448-third-ave-ft-39-floors/23535/3): > > I certainly agree that the existing building is unattractive. But I always wonder what will happen in a case like this to the existing tenants who live there. The building may be junk but they are not. Real estate development can have its up side for sure. But it also can have a less than grand underbelly. ---
**Author:** ![Alemel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alemel/32/91966_2.png) [@Alemel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Alemel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/896 "2024-04-16T17:17:26Z")
![IMG_1855](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/e/4e5556e695c302e0bd5bfe4565f20e8698c48d47.jpeg) ![IMG_1852](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/3/e36694f879126eb8edec958cb4cc2efeb6090194.jpeg) ![IMG_1850](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/0/30a6201580ea72eb673acfd072ea0538ed1f8dae.jpeg) 9 Chapel - not a big fan of the corrugated and perforated metal ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/897 "2024-04-18T16:23:00Z")
280 East Houston Street > **[Construction watch: 280 E. Houston St.](https://evgrieve.com/2024/04/construction-watch-280-e-houston-st.html)** > > EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City. EV Grieve photo ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/4/04efb7a7a206f6b7deb36258184a07286bf752c1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bkhights](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@bkhights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bkhights)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/898 "2024-04-19T16:31:37Z")
![IMG_9091 2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/c/ecedf159edd07e31694a247d4c6c57be0630bf6b.jpeg) Pretty tall building (left) topped out off the Gates Ave. J/Z stop - not sure if it has a thread ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/899 "2024-04-19T17:50:29Z")
> [@NEW YORK | 1333 Broadway (Brooklyn) | 205 FT | 20 FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1333-broadway-brooklyn-205-ft-20-floors/22172): > ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/900 "2024-04-23T02:43:48Z")
Updated design for 307-309 Sixth Avenue ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/7/f7a16af8746bdb4936fab412c206d4d1f630da7d.jpeg) > **[New look for residential building proposed for 307-309 Sixth Avenue +...](https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/new-look-residential-building-proposed-307-309-sixth-avenue-beautiful-village-listings-under-25m/61445)** > > 32 Jones Street & 49 Downing Street : On Tuesday, April 16, the Landmarks Preservation Commission (“Landmarks”) will review an application to construct a new building at ---
**Author:** ![Jaydayvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Jaydayvis](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Jaydayvis)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/901 "2024-05-01T04:24:19Z")
441-467 Prospect Ave SOUTH SLOPE ![IMG_1852](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/6/66b398da6b2dc4905cddd545f463189ff58e33a0.jpeg) ![IMG_1853](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/7/d722a7eb4d3e9f7029db1f4b0eeecce665220d5c.jpeg) ![IMG_1854](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/2/a2cb42b837a44a04cf8c2a18b52fed3346145975.jpeg) You can learn more about it on ZAP here [NYC Planning - Zoning Application Search](https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/2021K0375) You can learn about the losers who think it’s too tall for the area here [A Brooklyn group says yes to affordable housing but no to 13-story towers](https://www.brickunderground.com/live/arrow-linen-rezoning-housing-not-high-rises-windsor-terrace-brooklyn) ---
**Author:** ![arctic\_camel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/arctic_camel/32/186335_2.png) [@arctic\_camel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/arctic_camel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/902 "2024-05-01T09:32:53Z")
> **[Eero Saarinen's Black Rock skyscraper refurbished in New York](https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/30/eero-saarinens-block-rock-skyscraper-refurbished-new-york/)** > > The first and only skyscraper by Eero Saarinen in New York City has undergone a renovation to help it "meet the expectations of today". ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/a/9a450eaccf1d14d29b35bd0cc2b1f18f37baaf80.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/2/72e8ea792fa37ea8270d2d17148e7953c3959888.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/8/c81a67f2666c370d4d4e08b21ba9c41274c9caba.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/a/5ac54511669dbbb59eef2023428700b6844ac0af.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/f/ff36944457e37abe6a7dea6f14b1b1b8ccf3e4a3.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/d/1de7d33ea776db7af1010040ab92bfe98997fc2f.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/f/5f6ac762465fd556c67c3be88484ad7c21ff1889.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/9/3954508179181bed5fb0c60977b1274be1f2ba17.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/903 "2024-05-01T19:20:45Z")
These losers, who call themselves “Housing Not High Rises”, should be chucked into the pigeon hole. > [@NIMBY organizations to pigeonhole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/nimby-organizations-to-pigeonhole/20096/22): > > And ofc the usual incompetence from “village preservation”. This could still go through possibly, we’ll see I hope I am not the only one who hopes they are destined for the dustbin of history. ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/904 "2024-05-01T19:29:50Z")
The city removing the FAR cap will make these types of people lose their marbles. It’d be glorious to see that in real time as removing the cap will allow for even more high-density projects. ---
**Author:** ![arctic\_camel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/arctic_camel/32/186335_2.png) [@arctic\_camel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/arctic_camel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/905 "2024-05-05T10:30:05Z")
> **[Leica Gallery / Format Architecture Office](https://www.archdaily.com/1016164/leica-gallery-format-architecture-office)** > > Completed in 2024 in New York, United States. Images by Nick Glimenakis. The Meatpacking District in Manhattan has undergone a series of dramatic transformations in scale and use throughout its history. Small lots were... ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/6/36578a099468e712dc9505f46da45a99c484ffba.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/d/cd0324efbb775bdb9ca492bf818b6e5d0d87fa31.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/9/b92f37b269f9904c24a3201c4ab48ab2eb641409.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/7/7775922a5508e94337185098c316b4032b15f8be.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/a/2a732aad3f68e39fb34b7de39fd7629fc0071a44.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/8/4822b23b2c03070d2b68a2edf004079761598dde.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/5/d591745803a86cadd7e77d18dc212f54a8376dcf.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/f/8f7e42c8dd05771cd8b199dd4207cc6082d6645b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bkhights](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@bkhights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bkhights)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/906 "2024-05-05T20:34:10Z")
![IMG_9371](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/8/f813d96ca0d93bb6f463721c831688ebb7aa6e15.jpeg) Not sure if this has a thread. New Museum in foreground ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/907 "2024-05-05T21:44:08Z")
New Museum thread is here: > [@NEW YORK | 235 Bowery | 174 FT | 15 FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-235-bowery-174-ft-15-floors/4868/11): > > New Yorkers aren’t Thrilled about the New Museum…? Well Robert is, and I am, and so-on-and-so-on: and most people will be as well IMHO. I imagine a small child looking up and squealing in delight - “Wow, look at that, that is SO cool”. I see my elderly mother responding to my query on what she thinks - “now thats different, I like it”. My various friends and associates would marvel at the creativity, the artistry, and WOW factor of that new addition - “This looks FANTASTIC”. The above sta… ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/908 "2024-05-05T22:58:55Z")
The cantilevered building under construction in the back is 183 Chrystie Street: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/5/4586b3d083c31d95e52a34814fbf2e11f0510bda.jpeg) thread: > [@NEW YORK | 183 Chrystie Street | 175 FT | 17 FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-183-chrystie-street-175-ft-17-floors/22813/4): > > Chrystie Street could be so pretty but it needs so much work. ---
**Author:** ![AntonioL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/antoniol/32/139225_2.png) [@AntonioL](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/AntonioL)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/909 "2024-05-06T04:50:13Z")
2nd Ave & E 25th St ![IMG_8226](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/e/2e5a732848d6003fa28dd40aa915f5759b9cedf4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165/910 "2024-05-06T15:41:44Z")
That is this project here: > [@NEW YORK | 429 Second Avenue | 150 FT | 12 FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-429-second-avenue-150-ft-12-floors/22804/12): > ---
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maybe with the right light - It could work ![IMG_2929](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/9/9960256bb8f3e4eb5501449eb1fc44071dac57f1.jpeg) ![IMG_2927](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/b/0b4d8eb106eeed1baf5632efeff72fd15ad17940.jpeg) ![IMG_2928](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/3/236c492bc71ef24c0795e75f8a8b19c8c81b0cf5.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165.md?page=44) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/165.md?page=46)