New York Public Library

Book It: LEED Gold Battery Park City Library Set To Open

Wed

Mar

It's an interesting place, Battery Park City. While it effectively exists apart from New York City -- and all the built-in efficiencies that make New York City such a surprisingly green place -- Battery Park City is both a pretty nice place, and very green in its own right, at least in terms of its ultra-green condo and rental buildings. Yes, Battery Park City is also home to Manhattan's first Applebee's, but the views are great and the buildings are nice and if there was one thing that one could grouse about as regards Battery Park City -- besides the aforementioned Applebee's -- it would be that it doesn't have a 23,000-volume LEED Gold branch of the New York Public Library. Those so inclined should do their grousing now, because Battery Park City is getting that LEED Gold public library you're always grumbling about.

Viñoly’s Silver Staten Island Stationhouse Approved by Art Commission

Wed

May

by Stephen Del Percio

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Earlier this week, the New York City Art Commission approved Rafael Viñoly's design for the 49,000-square-foot 121st Police Precinct on Staten Island; the project aims to be Gotham’s first LEED-certified police facility. The Art Commission, which was founded back in 1898, serves as New York City’s design review agency, reviewing permanent works of art, architecture, and landscape architecture that are planned for construction or renovation across the five boroughs. 11 members volunteer their services to the Commission, including an architect, landscape architect, painter, sculptor, and representatives from the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the New York Public Library.

LEED Silver for Bronx Library Center & Local Law 86 Primer

Mon

Jan

by Stephen Del Percio

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The New York Public Library’s Bronx Library Center was awarded LEED Silver certification from USGBC last summer, but USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi officially presented the honor in person at a ceremony last Thursday, January 11th up in The Bronx. The Center is the first publicly-funded green building in New York City to receive LEED certification (noteworthy because the City’s Local Law 86, requiring LEED Silver for many public projects, took effect on January 1, 2007). At five stories, 78,000 square feet, and designed by Dattner Architects, the Center is the New York Public Library’s largest capital project in the past twenty years, at a cost of some $50 million. Green features include FSC-certified desk, door, and interior paneling, an insulated glass curtain wall, and separately controlled heating and cooling areas for office and bookshelf spaces.