manhattan
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New York City’s Newest Skyscraper Has Three Floors Just For Maids’ Rooms
Watch out 432 Park Avenue. There’s a new super-skyscraper slated for 125 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan, and this new tower will be tall. It will be eye-catching. And it will be expensive — so expensive, they’re building three floors just for maids.
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Are LG’s New Headquarters Really A ‘Public Shame’?
New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman is on a roll lately in his quest to hold architects accountable for their design shortcomings. His latest target? The firm HOK, which he says has turned tech manufacturer LG’s new headquarters into an “eyesore”.
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Parts Of New York City Are Built On The Ruins Of English Cathedrals
Last week, Jalopnik’s Michael Ballaban posted about what is easily one of my favourite urban stories of all time, which is that parts of Manhattan are actually built on the wartime ruins of English towns — churches, homes, pubs, libraries, shops, and businesses — all shipped to the U.S. as ballast during World War II.
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Four Of America’s Tallest Towers Will Rise Within Blocks Of Each Other
While most of the supertall building boom spotlight has been placed China and the UAE over the past few months, there’s an even more staggering development happening in the US. At least four 300m+ skyscrapers are set to rise along (or adjacent to) West 57th St over the next few years, each of the tall…