We’ve written previously about the Harsen House; the 16-story, 22-unit project at 120 West 72nd Street broke ground in late 2006 and developer Anbau Enterprises sold the project out within a scant seven months. The building was designed by BKSK Architects (designers of the Queens Botanical Garden Visitor’s Center, which recently earned Gotham’s first LEED Platinum rating) with interiors by Andres Escobar. Green design elements include hot water radiant heat, FSC-certified oak floors, ducted kitchen hoods which ventilate air directly outdoors, and energy-efficient, floor to ceiling windows. Anbau recently announced that it has completed the 60,000-square-foot project after inking retail heavyweight Sleepy’s (The Mattress Professionals) to a long-term lease for the Harsen House’s 4000-square-foot ground-floor retail space.
July 21st, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Queens Botanical Garden"
Top 5 New York City Green Buildings: 2007
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 | Continued
Video: PlentyTV at Queens Botanical Garden
Tobin Hack and PlentyTV visit the Queens Botanical Garden in this video, which has some great clips of last month’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Garden’s Visitor & Administration Center, which will be the first building in New York City to earn a LEED Platinum rating from USGBC. In addition to the exterior shots of the [...]
October 22nd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
gbNYC Previews BKSK’s Platinum Visitor Center at Queens Botanical Garden
A few weeks ago, I had the unique opportunity to tour the Queens Botanical Garden’s new Visitor & Administration Center, which hopes to earn New York City’s first LEED Platinum rating from USGBC. (It’s currently on track for 53 of the 69 possible LEED points; 52 are required for a Platinum rating). I’d written about [...]
July 17th, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
From the Botanical Garden to Silvercup Studios: Going Green in the Borough of Queens
While (some of us anxiously) wait and see if the Mets’ CitiField will join the new ballpark in Washington for the Nationals in seeking LEED certification, a variety of other ambitious green projects are either underway or in the works over in Queens.
The Queens Botanical Garden
The first, the Queens Botantical Garden’s Sustainable Landscapes and [...]