It might be a bit early to start looking back on what has been a truly watershed year for the green movement at large, and green building in particular, but here’s our stab at the top five green buildings in New York City that either received a LEED rating or were completed during the course [...]
December 4th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 2 comments | ContinuedHearst Tower
Monday LEEDoff: 20 Times Square at Port Authority Bus Terminal- Gold Core and Shell
In a major turnaround from its seedy Fun City days, Eighth Avenue has made a major case that it’s Manhattan’s greenest thoroughfare. Though the strip has retained much of the gritty flavor that makes it a favorite among tourists and unwitting theatergoers, new green towers from the New York Times and Hearst, plus the speculative [...]
December 3rd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued
Manhattan Commercial Green Building Survey with Spotlight on Green Rehabs
This week’s issue of Crain’s New York Business includes the paper’s most recent Real Estate Report, which focuses on green building projects in New York City’s commercial and residential sectors. gbNYC has previously discussed many of the new commercial projects presented in the article, titled Eco-towers on the rise, including 7 WTC and the other [...]
October 16th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Ground Zero Soap Opera Continues
With Governor Pataki’s March 15 deadline for Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority to reach an agreement over the future of Ground Zero just days away, it seems that both sides are still haggling it out over what’s going to happen. The negotiations should be of great interest to green building scholars as Silverstein’s 7 [...]
March 13th, 2006 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued