New Domino: Worst Mega-Development in NYC, Or Just One of the Worst?
New Domino: we obviously don’t like it very much. But dang it, we respect it for its ability to keep finding new ways to make us like it less.
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Brooklyn (more)
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(City) Point Break: Remember Brooklyn’s LEED Silver-Hopeful City Point Development?
That's good, that's real good: Scaled back and shrunken down, City Point -- which was once Brooklyn's Time Warner Center -- has broken ground in Downtown Brooklyn.Tuesday, July 20, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Queens (more)
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Friday Reading: Ambitious New Art Space in Hudson Yards, Richard Meier’s Outtakes and The Ground Zero Ghost Ship
It's terrible outside. Why not stay inside and read some carefully chosen, if seemingly random, stories about what's going on in architecture, green building and design?Friday, July 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Queens Is Not Keen On Green, Glassy Flushing Commons
The idea behind the LEED Silver-hopeful Flushing Commons development in Queens was to "revitalize" the borough. Instead, it's united many residents in opposition.Thursday, June 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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New Jersey (more)
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Good For The Hartz (Mountain Industries): Jersey Mega-Developer Signs On With EPA
New Jersey real estate mega-developers are notably less mega- than those across the Hudson. But Hartz Mountain Industries, the bona fide Jersey mega-developer behind the lovely Meadowlands Expo seen here, is indeed big time. And they're going green, big time.Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Long Island (more)
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What’s In A (LEED Platinum) House, or Notes On The “Little Green Revolution” In The Hamptons
This unassuming house is the first LEED Platinum home in the Hamptons. Which is great, of course, but which would be greater if it presaged a green boom on LI. The good news: it might.Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Go Hamptons: Southampton Raises Bar To Energy Star-Level On Commercial Buildings
The Hamptons: beautiful and still comparatively unspoiled in parts and near enough to Amagansett's "Lunch" restaurant and the great St. Peter's Catch Fish Store and Channing Daughters winery and a bunch of other cool things that it's hard not toFriday, February 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Other Recent Articles
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Slow Train Coming: Phase 1 of Moynihan Station Project Might Actually Happen
Nearly 20 years in and several re-designs in, the Moynihan Station project is finally, finally nearly ready to leave the station. Finally. Maybe.
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Gowanus Update: Green Condos, Brown Canal, Fleeing Developers, Superfund Adventures, Et Cetera
The Toll Brothers bounced on The Gowanus after Superfund designation, but life goes on there — and the LEED Gold Third and Bond condos are open for business.
Monday, July 19, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Green and Orange: Meet Barnard College’s LEED Silver Diana Center
Barnard College’s new Diana Center is a super-efficient, LEED Silver-hopeful structure. It’s also kind of orange. Guess which one architecture critics care more about.
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WWJJD: What Would Jane Jacobs Think Of Green Building In New York City Circa Now?
Jane Jacobs is as close to a saint as urbanism can offer. But while everyone loves Lady Jane, would she love what’s happening in green building in NYC?
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Hear Ye: Verizon Wireless Store at One Bryant Park Seeking LEED Gold
Believe it or not, there’s a LEED Gold-hopeful wireless store behind the LEED Platinum facade at One Bryant Park…right across the street from The Verizon Building.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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Frank Talk: Gehry Explains Dropping The (Shiny, Maybe A Little Over The Top) Bomb On LEED
Frank Gehry has never shown as much interest in green buildings as he has in really shiny buildings, but when he talks LEED, we’re listening.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
