New York
Elevators being added as big projects approach completion, kick off.
Deep Subway Stations Getting Elevators in Manhattan Curbed New York reported in December 2018 that five uptown Manhattan subway stations will undergo accessibility improvements with the installation of new elevators....
Important tower completions and reveals in the construction-heavy metropolis
JPMorgan Chase Tower: Foster + Partners Chosen, Details Released Investment bank and financial services company JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired Foster + Partners as lead architect for the company’s...
New York YIMBY: Plans unfold in Midtown, Murray Hill, NoMad and the Financial District.
Extell’s 131-Story Central Park Tower Set to Break Records Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and developed by Extell, Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street in Midtown...
Big Apple Rising
New York YIMBY provides project updates from Hudson Yards and across the boroughs. Hudson Yards Second-Tallest Building Near Completion The 92-story, 1,009-ft.-tall 35 Hudson Yards (ELEVATOR WORLD, April and October...
Projects abound in New York City (NYC) and across the Hudson in Newark.
US$23.4-Million Elevator Project at Brooklyn MTA Station A US$23.4-million Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) project that includes installation of three handicapped- accessible elevators at Greenpoint Avenue station in Brooklyn was expected...
News from New York YIMBY: Lower East Side emerges as hotspot as towers rise and are planned across the boroughs.
Hotel in Hudson Yards Across From Javits Center Planned Atria Builders has filed a permit to build a 43-story, 487-ft.-tall hotel for Flushing-based Marx Development Group at 450 Eleventh Avenue...
Towers planned or rising throughout the boroughs, and an audit uncovers inspection issues.
One Seaport Reaching Toward 60th-Floor Pinnacle One Seaport, a residential tower on Maiden Lane near the waterfront in the Financial District (EW, August 2014 and December 2014), is reaching toward...
Manhattan crackles with activity.
BIG-Designed Project with Twisting Towers Moves Forward The Eleventh, a Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)-designed project described by developer HFZ Capital as a “micro neighborhood” along the High Line in West...
High-profile contracts let and projects announced, plus a new initiative for safety in New York City (NYC).
Schindler VT System to Serve One Vanderbilt One Vanderbilt, a skyline-defining building ELEVATOR WORLD has been watching closely (EW, December 2014; March, July and December 2015; and September 2016), now...
Tall-building plans and completions join other industry news from the busy Big Apple.
Chase’s New Headquarters to Rise in Midtown East JPMorgan Chase plans to replace its 52-story world headquarters with a new, 70-story building on the same site between 47th and 48th...
