The Spiral Turns a Manhattan Skyscraper Into a 1,000-Foot Garden
At the northern end of the High Line, BIG’s supertall office tower wraps every floor in a shifting ribbon of terraces designed for life in the wind.
Real Estate
The zoning, development rights, construction, and economics shaping New York's buildings and skyline.
How an Art Deco Landmark Reshaped 222 LES
A failed air-rights deal and a protected 1931 building forced a Lower East Side development to trade twin towers for a sharper dialogue between old brick and dark glass.
Hudson Landing Would Build 1,127 Homes Above Manhattan’s Coal-Tar Legacy
A parking lot opposite the Intrepid Museum could become a two-tower housing complex. First, its buried history as part of a manufactured-gas plant must be addressed.
520 Fifth Avenue: The Supertall Wearing a Terracotta Disguise
At 520 Fifth Avenue, an aluminum curtain wall borrows the texture and glow of fired clay, allowing a 1,000-foot tower to speak in the architectural language of old Midtown.
Equitable Building: The Skyscraper That Made New York Step Back
The Equitable Building’s enormous shadow was legal, but the backlash helped produce the zoning rules behind New York’s wedding-cake skyline.
Worldwide Plaza: The Tower That Dressed for an Older New York
Its brick walls and copper crown helped lure corporate Manhattan west in the 1980s. Nearly four decades later, the same landmark is caught in a very modern office-market crisis.
The Hess Triangle: New York’s Tiny Monument to Property and Spite
A sidewalk mosaic in Greenwich Village preserves the memory of a parcel the city missed, along with a family’s refusal to surrender it.
350 Park Avenue: Unbuilding a Tower for Citadel's Supertall
350 Park Avenue is being cleared for a planned 1,414-foot office tower shaped by air rights, all-electric systems, trading floors, and Midtown's view economy.
The $238 Million Apartment Tower That Treated Buyers Like Applicants
220 Central Park South sold the most expensive home in America by combining Central Park frontage, pencil-tower engineering, and extreme buyer control.
The Tower That Invented Billionaires' Row, Then Exposed Its Risk
One57 proved that Central Park views could sell for nine figures. It also showed what happens when a luxury tower becomes a speculative market.
Why the Chrysler Building Got So Cheap
One of New York's most famous skyscrapers became a bargain because the most valuable part of the property was never really for sale.
The Tiny Holdouts Rockefeller Center Had to Build Around
Rockefeller Center looks like a master plan, but two small buildings on Sixth Avenue show where the plan lost.