Earlier this month the Open Space Alliance was looking for design proposals for the 50 Kent space, which will now host the concerts that used to be held a few blocks over, on the Williamsburg Waterfront by The Edge (and at McCarren Park Pool before that). Now they've started up a Facebook page, and earlier today posted a few renderings of what the space will look like come summer. Needless to say, the neighbors complaining about the new location have lost this battle, but expect more come summer. more ›

Good news for everyone in Madison Square Park stuck on that super long Shake Shack line—there's new pretty art to play with! The Madison Square Park Conservancy recently unveiled plans for their newest interactive art installation, Pet Sounds, by California-based artist Charles Long—it will go on display starting May 2nd and remain on view through early September. more ›

Earlier this year the board of directors at the Whitney Museum approved plans to begin construction on a new building near the High Line, to be completed by 2015, saying that "Downtown is a new city, a new nation. Why shouldn’t the Whitney be the museum of record there?” Well, it's on its way, and now Curbed has grabbed some shots from an unveiling of the plans... and there's a video fly-through of the whole thing! Think of it as the closest renderings will ever get to IMAX or 3-D. more ›

Here's a look at what the Brooklyn Navy Yard looked like back in the day, and here's a look at what's become of the beautiful homes of Admiral's Row, which at one time housed high-ranking officers and their families. And now Brownstoner has obtained some renderings of what the area could look like in the future... when it's home to a supermarket. The site notes that these are for the proposed redevelopment of Admiral's Row by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp., and still contain the Timber Shed (which is supposed to be saved, according to current plans). At least the Commandant's House isn't turning in to a strip mall... yet. more ›

There's been a lot of talk about giving parts of the BQE a makeover (a park, a silencer)—and last night there was a meeting concerning how to "fix the ditch." Or, rather, a meeting about how to pay for the grandiose visions that have been proposed (the cheapest of the three plans is $10MM). more ›

So this is what a Victory Terror Mosque looks like! It's almost as if the people behind the Islamic community center and mosque planned for Lower Manhattan called up a designer and said, "Give us something that bitterly mocks 9/11... With lots of light!" And isn't it interesting that Park51 only released two renderings of the interior? You can bet the rest of the 18-story building will be decked out like a 9/11 party palace. more ›

Just days after we tried to console forlorn Atlantic Yards hater Rick Moody by reminding him about all the unused empty space surrounding the boondoggle, the project's designer released these flashy new renderings showing what they have in mind. Though the Municipal Art Society had envisioned a dreary vacant lot around the Barclays Center Nets arena, it seems SHoP Architects have bigger things in mind. Like a plaza! And lush plant life native to the Northern Hemisphere. And, best of all, an Oculus. (Eat your heart out, Shelbyville.) more ›

While covering the ambitious plans to remake Governors Island back April 2008, we optimistically headlined one story "Governors Island Makeover to Start Soon." Well, sooner turned out to be later (though there was a demolition), because the city and state were locking horns over funding for the $260 million project. But now that the Bloomberg administration has taken over the island, it seems that the wheels are turning again. The Master Plan is in the public review stage, the city has committed $41.5 million to the first phase of the development, and now we just need another $220 million to put the polish on it! more ›

The Kosciuszko Bridge, one of the worst bridges in all of New York State—and the worst in New York City, is getting redesigned. Last night four possible designs for the bridge, which goes over Newtown Creek and connects Brooklyn and Queens, were unveiled by the DoT for residents to review and critique. The renderings are even accompanied by this amazingly soundtracked simulation video! more ›

The forthcoming "Luna Park at Coney Island" will supposedly miraculously open in time for Memorial Day Weekend with 19 new rides, including one, Air Race, that will make its worldwide debut! And according to Mayor Bloomberg's office, by summer 2011, the "Scream Zone at Coney Island" will provide additional attractions, including two custom roller coasters, a human slingshot ride, and go-karts. All in all, the city and its partners Central Amusement International (CAI) and renowned ride designer Zamperla, will install 23 new rides by 2011. more ›

Last summer the courtyard at P.S. 1 in Long Island City was transformed into a woolly village suggesting something out of Planet of the Apes (particularly when packed with ragged, glassy-eyed hipsters). The summer before that, it was urban farming. Today P.S.1 announced this year's winner of the Young Architects Program, which is regarded in the architecture world as a "kingmaker" of sorts; previous winners include SHoP, which was brought in to revamp the Barclays Center after Frank Gehry left the building. This time it's the Brooklyn firm SO-IL, and their winning entry is entitled "Pole Dance." Scenesters fond of P.S. 1's Warm Up parties will be quite stoked to learn that this Pole Dance is interactive. more ›

The High Line park is still growing. Last year upon the opening of the highly anticipated converted railway, we only entered Phase I of the overall plan. And now Curbed has a few aerial views of the second half, still a work in progress, which runs from 20th to 30th Street. They note it's scheduled to open sometime this year, but the Friends of the High Line are keeping the date mum for now (though it could be around the 1 year anniversary of the first half opening). In the meantime, check out Phase II renderings... looks leafy! more ›

To construct the World Trade Center, Greenwich Street was disconnected from the Battery to the south and what came to be known as Tribeca to the north. Now, the city is attempting to reintegrate the street into a new neighborhood by extending it through the redeveloped WTC site. So the 41 acres south of the World Trade Center site, between Broadway and West Street, is being rebranded "Greenwich South." (Take that, Tribeca North!) The Downtown Alliance has just released a design study full of big ideas for the neighborhood; their ambitious plans foresee "a model for the 21st century business district." more ›

Developer Bruce Ratner must be relieved this morning to see that big bad Nicholas Ouroussoff at Times does not revile the latest renderings for the Nets arena planned for Brooklyn. You'll recall that Ouroussoff dissed the last designs as "a monstrosity" and "a shameful betrayal of the public trust, one that should enrage all those who care about this city." But bringing young New York firm SHoP on board may be just the lipstick on the boondoggle Ratner needs; Ouroussoff, who had embraced Gehry's vision for the project, calls this new look "somewhat more promising." more ›

After dropping architect Frank Gehry from his embattled Atlantic Yards project, developer Bruce Ratner replaced him with arena designer company Ellerbe Becket, whose revised brick shit-house renderings for a proposed Nets Arena were met with derision. So last week it was revealed that Ratner was doing damage control by bringing in hot New York architecture firm SHoP, and now this morning we have take three on the arena, which is still radically different from Gehry's signature crumpled paper design, but less banal than the last misfire. more ›

A new rendering by the Municipal Art Society suggests that Bruce Ratner's $4.9 billion plan to build a Nets basketball arena and mixed-use towers in Brooklyn is a far cry from what was originally proposed, duh. No official renderings of the 22-acre site have been provided to the public since Ratner revealed that starchitect Frank Gehry's ambitious arena designs had been scrapped to cut costs, so MAS has stepped in to show what the area will look like in the coming years. more ›

Check it out, check it out! Red Hook may have lost its iconic Revere Sugar Refinery Dome, but look what the neighborhood is gaining on that mostly-cleared parcel of land adjacent to IKEA: A 376,000 square foot shopping mall with a massive BJ's, the discount big box wholesaler you can find all over the United States of Generica! These renderings leaked to Curbed/Racked reveal the vast breadth of the project (first hinted at last September), which would be the largest retail development in over two decades. If you build it, they will shop? more ›

Tonight the Municipal Art Society will present the public ideas for Coney Island, as well as outline their ideas for revitalization (a preview from tonight's meeting after the jump). MAS President Vin Cipolla said that “The extraordinary array of ImagineConey submissions from the public is a reminder of Coney Island's unique potential as New York's great waterfront destination. Building on the City’s work so far, we must take the steps necessary to realize that potential and create a truly original destination and economic engine for New Yorkers and tourists alike.” more ›

It's been about six months since the Parks Department and Friends of the High Line unveiled their ambitious renderings for the previously overgrown elevated railway on the west side of Manhattan, and it's nice to see that work is still continuing apace. The Friends' year-end email to subscribers included some photos of the progress; planting began in September, and earlier this month a staircase went in at the southern part of the High Line, at the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Streets. more ›

The Municipal Art Society (MAS) had their intense redesign Coney Island workshop at the end of last week, and as promised they've released their ideas to the public today. The concept and design is portrayed in the renderings above (so many robots and clowns!), and MAS says "The concept, which would include a variety of indoor and outdoor facilities, can be implemented immediately (Summer 2009) and would take advantage of the parcels of undeveloped land in Coney Island, much of which is now vacant or operating as street-level parking." more ›