This weekend, L.E.A.F will launch its inaugural flower festival in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The event aligns with the expansion of the district’s Open Streets program, which includes the installation of new planter barricades that reduce vehicular traffic.
Construction has topped out on The Collection, an eight-story residential building at 401 West Street along the Hudson River waterfront in Manhattan’s West Village. Designed by Thomas Juul Hansen and Hill West Architects and developed by Wainbridge Capital, the ten-unit project has taken some time to materialize because of a delay in demolition due to sustained flood damage from Superstorm Sandy. The property is located between West 10th and Charles Streets, directly across from the Christopher Street Pier.
Union Square’s first vertical technology campus and small business incubator is approaching full completion. Located at 124 East 14th Street, Zero Irving is the latest project from RAL Development and is envisioned as an equitable alternative for small businesses who cannot typically afford Class A office space and an educational launch point for the next generation of tech-centric workers in New York City.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) recently reviewed proposals to install new awnings and signage at Balthazar Restaurant in Soho. Located at 80 Spring Street, the restaurant occupies the ground floor of the building that was originally constructed in 1903. Today, the restaurant is one of the most popular destinations in the neighborhood.
Exterior work is continuing on 76 Eighth Avenue, a ten-story commercial building in Greenwich Village. Designed in collaboration between Gene Kaufman Architect and RAAD Studios and developed by Sang Lee, Noviprop, and Plus Development, the 120-foot-tall structure will yield 30,000 square feet of office space and ground-floor retail at the corner of Eighth Avenue and West 14th Street.
