The vertical metal channels we’re seeing are deep, either for aesthetics of the final product or to allow for more insulation/ a higher R value between them.
A little more from DOBNOW:
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Not sure why I never just looked at DOB 
, could’ve saved less time for fantasies…
Regardless, unfortunately, the reclad is ugly and everyone, both architecture oriented people and lay people, seems to agree to that fact.
A condemned parking garage on the Upper West Side that was partly owned by a member of the Zabar family has sold for $10.5 million. Its new owners likely plan to redevelop it into a residential property, according to the broker involved in the deal.
It was purchased for $10.5 million — $75,000 above the asking price — by south Brooklyn-based construction company ZHL Group. Andreas Efthymiou, a broker at Ripco, which marketed the 48-foot-by-102-foot site for just under $9.8 million, called it a “rare development opportunity” with the potential for about 20,000 in buildable square feet. ZHL Group, which is located on McDonald Avenue, did not return a request for comment by press time. Efthymiou, however, told Crain’s that the Upper West Side lot, which sits around the corner from Zabar’s original 2245 Broadway storefront, will likely become housing, although whether rentals or condos is unclear.
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1221 York Avenue
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1760 Third Avenue
College dorm turned migrant shelter to be converted into 435 affordable units. Construction begins Feb 25 and will last 18-24 months.
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That third picture looks like a tutorial on what not to do for Brick Laying For Beginners 101.
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Update on 504 W 49th Street- looks like they are building a whole deck over the railroad tracks here before any construction will begin on the rest of the site
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655 madison avenue Per NYguy
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10383330&postcount=64
known information from the 625 Madison Avenue thread.
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That makes sense since over 80% of the building is built above the tracks, you couldn’t really start building the building without it.
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how much taller is the new building?
655 Madison Avenue
Just stumbled across this insane saga at 55 Eckford Street in Greenpoint:
- 2003 - the lot, containing a few industrial buildings, was sold to Blue Diamond Development LLC
- 2004 - permits were filed for a 16 story residential building on the lot, later reduced to 12 stories
- 2005 - remaining buildings on the lot were demolished, and about six floors of frame were constructed when the developer ran out of money, stalling the project.
55 Eckford Street in 2007
- 2009 - property foreclosed on by Madison Realty Capital L.P.
- 2010 - permits extended
- 2012 - permits extended again
- 2013 - Madison Realty Capital sold property to Eckford-Greenpoint LLC for $7 million
- 2014 - YIMBY reports: “Completion Finally Imminent: 55 Eckford Street”
- 2016 - A stop work order is issued after several new construction permits were issued to turn the site into residential apartments. The site will sit dormant for 8 more years.
55 Eckford Street in 2018
- 2022 - NY AG Letitia James takes Eckford-Greenpoint principal Xi Hui Wu to court over allegedly taking off with mllions of dollars of client money
- April 2 - Poise Property Group acquires 55 Eckford Street for $7.2 million, hoping to build a 5-story building in place of the 6-story skeleton
- May 2024 - Application is filed with the Brownfield Cleanup Program for 55 Eckford Street
- January 2025 - New permits filed for a 5-story, 21 unit building
- Present - according to Reddit, activity has resumed on site. Could this be the end of this 20+ year saga?
55 Eckford Street in 2024
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Built this 655 Madison Avenue higher.
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/extell-demolish-east-60th-street-site
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the one to the right of it is also almost/recently completed, and they completely crapped out on applying any facade. it was supposed to be brick at one point, then was just finished with grey render instead
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