Affordable Housing Lottery Launches For Halletts Point 7 At 3-3 27th Avenue In Astoria, Queens
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Halletts Point 7, a 14-story residential building at 3-3 27th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by The Durst Organization, the structure is a 100-percent affordable New York City Housing Authority development. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 145 units for residents at 40 to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $25,372 to $86,460 Amenities includes tenant lounge, community room, fitness room, bike storage, and a shared laundry room. Units come equipped with large windows, energy-efficient appliances and light fixtures, designer hardware,…
Date 2022-09-23
Author Vanessa Londono
Preserving history, embracing the future: Major Delaware Riverfront project underway
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A 26-story multi-use building on the Delaware Riverfront, just north of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, is now under construction. The history of that neighborhood is playing a major part in the building’s design The project is a stone’s throw away from the riverbank’s original granite steps, the Wood Street Steps, commissioned by William Penn in the early 1700s to allow public access to the river. This modern-day project wants to do that, too. The Piers at Penn's Landing, built by New York City developer The Durst Organization, is going up over the site of a historic…
Date 2022-09-20
Author John McDevitt
Durst Organization begins work on 26-story mixed-use project along Delaware River waterfront
The Durst Organization is starting work on a new 26-story apartment tower near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, the first piece of a larger overhaul of the Delaware River waterfront planned by the prominent New York developer.
Date 2022-09-19
Author Ryan Sharrow
The World’s 10 Best Skyscrapers
A city is a sum of its parts, and its tallest towers are more often than not the highlights, literally For the 22nd time, an international panel of experts has picked its top 10 from a worldwide pool of more than 600 eligible skyscrapers, which were completed in the previous calendar year and are at least 100m tall, for the Emporis Skyscraper Awards. It is the world’s most renowned prize for high-rise architecture and has been awarded on an international basis. The primary criteria in awarding the prize are excellence in aesthetic and functional design. 10. CIBC Square South Tower…
Date 2022-09-08
Author Lindsay Saunders
Excavation Underway At 300 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard In Northern Liberties, Lower North Philadelphia
A recent site visit by Philly YIMBY has discovered that excavation work is underway for a 315-foot-tall, 24-story tower at 300 North Christopher Columbus Boulevard in Northern Liberties. The development will span nearly an entire city block, bordered by North Christopher Columbus Boulevard to the east, Vine Street to the south, Water Street to the west, and Callowhill Street to the north. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by The Durst Organization, the 316-foot-tall tower will feature 10,094 square feet of ground-level retail as well as a new public park as part of the development. The site is located on…
Date 2022-09-07
Author Vitali Ogorodnikov