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270 Park will be the tallest building to be intentionally demolished in the world!

Last week demolition permits were filed for the Union Carbide building at 270 Park Avenue, which will be replaced by JP Morgan Chase with a new 70-story tower designed by Foster & Partners. Due to its location, the building will not be demolished using explosives. Instead, it will be covered in cocoon netting and disassembled piece by piece, first removing harmful materials, then working inside out to remove everything from doors and fixtures to the steel structural columns and concrete slabs.

JP Morgan's new skyscraper will take advantage of the recent #Midtown East Rezoning, which allows developers to purchase and transfer air rights from adjacent landmarked buildings – they ave already made a deal with St. Bartholomew’s Church to purchase 550,000 square feet of air rights for $20.7 million.
Currently, no renderings have been released for the new tower, which will break the world record of NYC's 612-foot tall #SingerBuilding, demolished in 1968 and replaced with One Liberty Plaza.

#unioncarbide #jpmorgan #270park #modernism #modernistarchitecture #moderninteriordesign #architecture #nychistory #midtowneast #airrights #parkave #seagrambuilding #leverhouse #urbanism #nycurbanism #urbanist #historicpreservation #lpcnyc

Just released - plans for #TowerFifth a 1,551 skyscraper on 5th Avenue by Macklowe Properties. It will be the tallest building (by roof height) in NYC, almost 200’ taller that One WTC.
What do you think? Comment below.

#FacadeFridays! Alwyn Court facade detail photograph by Berenice Abbott, 1938. Alwyn Court, built in 1907 was designed by Harde & Short in the French Renaissance style and clad in terra cotta ornament. The 12-story building featured luxury apartments, a typical apartment averaging 14 rooms and 5 bathrooms. The building was landmarked in 1966 and restored by Beyer Blinder Belle in 1980.

Tap the photo to order one of our beautiful fine-art prints.

#architecture #nychistory #nycarchitecture #architecturehistory #midtown #urbanism #lookup #bereniceabbott #hardeandshort #classicarchitecture #manhattan #historicpreservation #facade #ornamentation #architecturephotography #archilovers #nyhistory #historicarchitecture #nycurbanism

West Side Cowboy, 1906-8

In the early 1900s, a mounted signalman known as a West Side cowboy warned traffic and pedestrians on 11th Avenue when a train was approaching.

At the time, Eleventh Avenue was known Death Avenue due to the grade level New York Central freight line, which killed many pedestrians trying to cross between trains. The #cowboy led the train through the crossings with a bright red flag and lantern, alerting pedestrians of the approaching train.

In 1929 the last train traveled up the Avenue followed by the closing of 105 street-level crossings, signaling the construction of the elevated track that would eventually become the #Highline.

Tap to purchase either fine-art print (1906 or 1908)

The Ansonia on Broadway and 73rd, 1912

The Ansonia was the largest residential hotel when it was built and the first air-conditioned hotel in New York.

The building was developed by William Stokes, who occupied the penthouse when it was completed in 1904. Next to his apartment Stokes built a farm on the roof, one of NYC’s earliest examples of urban forestry. His wife described the roof farm, which included “about 500 chickens, many ducks, about six goats and a small bear." Every day, a bellhop delivered free fresh eggs to all the Ansonia’s tenants, and any surplus was sold cheaply to the public in the basement arcade.

The building originally had copper cornices, which were removed during World War II and melted down for the war effort.

Tap the image to purchase a fine art print of the Ansonia.

#MapMondays! 1972 modernist #subway map by designer, Massimo Vignelli who also created the New York City Transit Authority’s Graphic Standards Manual in 1970. This streamlined transit map is not geographically accurate, simplifying the subway system into a diagram of colored lines. Each station is represented by a dot and linked to other color-coded lines running vertical, horizontal, or at 45-degree angles. Water is beige, parks are brown, the boroughs are greatly distorted with no mention of specific landmarks or neighborhoods. Central Park, for example, is wider than it is tall.
Since the map was replaced for a more geographically accurate map in 1979, the map has become a favorite for graphic design enthusiasts. When the Second Avenue Subway opened the MTA released a limited edition map with Vignelli's design. 🤷‍♂️Do you like Vignelli’s modernist design or the current, more accurate design?

#Purchase a print of the Vignelli map by tapping the image above to visiting the link in our bio.

What do you think about the Mayor's recent address? Comment below!
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Yesterday Mayor de Blasio’s State of the City address centered around making NYC the #FairestBigCity in America.

The Mayor presented some progressive proposals for the city, including:
-Two weeks paid vacation for working New Yorkers -Expanding access to health care for undocumented New Yorkers
-Improving bus service with dedicated signals, more protected lanes and greater enforcement of cars blocking lanes. -Retirement savings accounts for private-sector workers whose employers don’t provide it.

Mayor de Blasio also addressed the need for a vacancy tax on landlords of empty storefronts*, a fair work week for fast-food and retail workers, living wage for Uber & Lyft drivers, protections for freelancers, stronger tenant protections, banning styrofoam, and yes, our ongoing effort to end the use of single-use plastic bags in NYC. *Manhattan’s overall vacancy rates doubled from 2.1 to 4.2 percent between 2012 and 2017, according to a City Council report last year.

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