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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'rendering'

July 2, 2008

The firm attached to the South Street Seaport makeover, SHoP Architects, has released some new images of their vision. Curbed approves, and gets "a better feel for the layout of the proposed new Seaport" through the images of the model -- they also urge community members to ditch the mall and get on board, though it's likely many fear the waterview-blocking 42-story tower in the proposal.......

Continue Reading "South Street Seaport Makeover Gets a Model"

May 16, 2008

Renderings of luxury suites courtesy Barclays Center. Lawsuits from community and environmental groups, a tanking economy, and outcry over slavery money aren’t stopping Forest City Ratner from pushing forward with the $950 million Barclays Arena in Brooklyn, possible future home of the New Jersey Nets. Yesterday a luxury suite showroom opened in the New York Times building as an attempt to woo big-ticket investors and shift public opinion. Renderings for the proposed project have gone......

Continue Reading "Troubled Nets Arena in Brooklyn Selling Luxury Suites"

April 20, 2008

When Tishman Speyer's bid was selected as the winner in the West Side Rail Yards development derby, politicians were relieved but the NY Times' architecture critic was upset. Nicolai Ouroussoff wrote the design "lacks even the pretense of architectural ambition" and called it a "wishful fantasy" and "a damning indictment of large-scale development in New York." In today's NY Times Arts & Leisure section, Ouroussoff takes on "big-time development" and how renderings are so......

Continue Reading "West Side Rail Yards Rendering Fakery"

April 4, 2008

Rendering of proposed garage garden courtesy Joralemon Realty. After stalling their landlord’s attempt to build a parking garage in their courtyard next to the BQE two years ago, tenants and other community activists are still fighting the proposal. Built in 1890, the Riverside Apartments at Columbia Place and Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights were regarded as a great advancement in tenement living. Located near the Columbia Place docks, the nine buildings were unique for their......

Continue Reading "Landmarks Commission to Consider Parking Garage at Historic Riverside Tenement in Brooklyn Heights"

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