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Jared Ebersole

At 200 Eleventh Avenue, the Garage Comes Upstairs

At 200 Eleventh Avenue, the Garage Comes Upstairs

A Chelsea tower lets residents ride an elevator with their cars and park beside their apartments. Making that convenience possible took an unusual arrangement of concrete, ventilation, and living space.

How 160 East 22nd Street Hangs Over Its Neighbors

How 160 East 22nd Street Hangs Over Its Neighbors

A 24-foot overhang gives this Gramercy condominium room to grow above older buildings. Behind its limestone facade, enormous concrete beams carry the weight home.

Cornell Tech: New York’s Big Bet on a Small Island

Cornell Tech: New York’s Big Bet on a Small Island

On Roosevelt Island, New York’s bid to build a technology powerhouse became an experiment in construction, energy efficiency, and the architecture of ambition.

The Shed: Eight Million Pounds of Moving Architecture

The Shed: Eight Million Pounds of Moving Architecture

At Hudson Yards, a rolling shell turns a plaza into a performance hall. The engineering inside explains why this unusual arts center moves.

Lantern House and the Art of the Oversized Bay Window

Lantern House and the Art of the Oversized Bay Window

Beside the High Line, Thomas Heatherwick’s Lantern House turns a familiar domestic feature into an architectural illusion, hiding two floors inside one towering bay.

Yankee Stadium’s Biggest Trade Happened Across the Street

Yankee Stadium’s Biggest Trade Happened Across the Street

The Yankees’ move brought wider concourses and more luxury suites. It also reshaped Bronx parkland and turned public financing into part of the stadium’s foundation.

The High Bridge: New York’s Oldest Bridge Was Built for Water

The High Bridge: New York’s Oldest Bridge Was Built for Water

Before it carried walkers across the Harlem River, the High Bridge carried Croton water into Manhattan. Its arches reveal a struggle over public health, gravity, and the river below.

The Future Left Behind at New York’s 1964 World’s Fair

The Future Left Behind at New York’s 1964 World’s Fair

Queens once offered a preview of video calls and space-age living. The New York State Pavilion reveals what happened when tomorrow needed maintenance.

The Public Acre Hidden Above Water Street

The Public Acre Hidden Above Water Street

Above a parking garage in Lower Manhattan, the Elevated Acre preserves a public bargain and a fragment of a waterfront future that never arrived.

Why New York’s Fire Alarm Boxes Have Outlasted Attempts to Remove Them

Why New York’s Fire Alarm Boxes Have Outlasted Attempts to Remove Them

False alarms made New York’s street boxes a target for removal. Deaf New Yorkers helped establish why replacing them required more than a telephone.

How Tribute in Light Gave New York’s Skyline a Memory

How Tribute in Light Gave New York’s Skyline a Memory

Born from an architect’s bicycle ride after September 11, Tribute in Light turns 88 searchlights into a public act of remembrance.

The Roof Arthur Ashe Stadium Couldn’t Carry

The Roof Arthur Ashe Stadium Couldn’t Carry

To shelter the US Open from rain, engineers built a vast, independent structure around Arthur Ashe Stadium, with foundations reaching deep beneath Queens.