What Holds Up One West End’s 50-Foot Overhang?
Above West End Avenue, a glass tower reaches far beyond its base. The explanation begins with a triangle and ends with a swimming pool suspended over the city.
Jared Ebersole
The Tower That Lifted Water to Upper Manhattan
Highbridge Water Tower solved a stubborn problem in New York’s gravity-fed water system: how to serve a neighborhood higher than its water supply.
The Burial Ground Beneath Washington Square
Washington Square’s marble arch celebrates a president. Beneath the surrounding park, thousands of earlier New Yorkers remain buried, shaping what the city can build today.
Waterline Square and the Architecture of Sunlight
Behind Waterline Square’s angled glass towers lies a question that shaped years of debate: how do you build a neighborhood without leaving its park in shadow?
How Sully Kept Flight 1549 Flying
The Hudson River landing began with a basic principle of flight: losing engine thrust does not mean losing lift. What followed depended on judgment, teamwork, and a river full of rescuers.
Why Buildings Need Revolving Doors
That awkward shuffle into the lobby serves a purpose: revolving doors control drafts, conserve heat, and help tall buildings manage powerful air pressure differences.
Why Giant Cruise Ships Don’t Tip Over
Behind the towering decks and rooftop pools is a carefully managed balance of hull geometry, weight and underwater machinery.
When Central Park’s Reservoir Was Part of Your Tap
Until 1993, Central Park’s best-known stretch of water belonged to New York’s drinking-water system. Its retirement reveals how the city outgrew an exposed piece of essential infrastructure.
Pier 98: Where Manhattan’s Heat Meets the Hudson
A former fuel dock connects New York’s subway history to its steam system and a continuing debate over the river’s industrial role.
The San Remo: Room for Sunlight, No Guarantee for Stars
The San Remo’s twin towers turned housing rules into a Manhattan landmark. Decades later, Madonna discovered that buying into the building presented another kind of design problem.
100 Norfolk Street: The Building That Gets Bigger as It Rises
On Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a condominium turns a height limit into an architectural puzzle, using air rights and exposed steel trusses to expand above its neighbors.
Manhattan’s Grand Gateway Has a Traffic Problem
The Manhattan Bridge arch was designed as a monumental entrance. Fatal crashes at its feet have renewed the question of what should pass through it.