A memorial wreath and votive candles lay against a fence surrounding the job site where construction worker Jose Ramirez Munoz was killed when the cherry picker he was in hoisted him into a steel beam 32 ft above the ground. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) DOB Halts Work at East Side Site After Worker in Cherry Picker Dies in Freak Accident A few votive candles and a memorial wreath resting against a green fence are the only signs that a 45-year-old worker was... News 19 Dec 2024 | 06:43
Elizabeth Street Garden, looking east from Elizabeth to Mott streets, November 8, 2024, 10:19 a.m. On weekdays, the garden doesn’t open until 11 a.m. ( Brian Berger) Elizabeth St. Garden Gets Reprieve but Eviction—& Senior Housing—Still Likely to Follow Like an inmate on death row, Elizabeth Street Garden (ESG) has been granted yet another stay of execution. On Friday November... News 11 Nov 2024 | 11:20
Photo of 10 Rockefeller Plaza, where the proposed hotel will be located. ( Photo: Alex Dolansky) Aspen Lux Resort Seeking to Open Hotel in Rockefeller Center, Reaches Final Approval Stage The Little Nell, the company behind a five-star luxury ski resort based in Aspen, Colorado, is in its final stages of acquiring... News 08 Nov 2024 | 06:39
The E. 52nd St. building that housed haute cuisine heavyweight La Grenouille, pictured above, has been sold to the owner of the famed Beijing-based restaurant franchise Quanjude. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) La Grenouille Building Sold to Beijing-Based Restaurant Franchise For $14.3 Million The building that housed La Grenouille, the recently-closed haute cuisine staple on E. 52nd St., has been sold to the Beijing-based... News 06 Nov 2024 | 12:40
The Terence Cardinal Cooke Center, at 1011 First Avenue in Manhattan, has been the headquarters of the Archdiocese of New York since 1973. ( Photo: Transpoman/Wikimedia Commons) Catholic Archdiocese Agrees to Sell 1st Ave HQ for over $100M; Needs Fund to Pay for Sex Abuse Crisis The Roman Catholic Archdioces of New York confirmed to Our Town that it has reached an agreement to sell its 20-story headquarters... News 22 Oct 2024 | 03:57
The Fifth Avenue Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 28th Street is housed in a building originally constructed for a bank in 1907. An adjoining 23-story tower was constructed for the site’s transformation into a hotel. ( Photo by Transpoman (Licensed under CC BY 4.0) Threat of Foreclosure Looms Over the Fifth Avenue Hotel Foreclosure proceedings have been initiated against the owners of Fifth Avenue Hotel, just 10 months after its grand opening,... News 20 Aug 2024 | 04:00
One possible version of a new Penn Station ( Photo: ReThinkNYC) Building a New Penn Station? It might happen someday. ReThinkNYC offers its visions today It has been a year since Gov. Kathy Hochul promised to “entertain all concepts” for rebuilding Penn Station. Since that time... News 06 Jun 2024 | 03:47
John Mangin (mic) and Azka Mohyuddin (podium) explaining provisions of the ‘City of Yes’ to Community Board 8 members, during a full May 15 board meeting. ( Photo via Community Board 8 ) UES’s CB8 Hears ‘City of Yes’ Explainer, Asks A Few Probing Questions As the massive zoning text amendment referred to as the ‘City of Yes’ undergoes public review, Manhattan’s community boards... News 20 May 2024 | 03:19
Rendering of the new Vornado tower ( Credit: Foster + Partners) Vornado Bucks the Office Space Slump, Unveils Plans for New 62-story UES Tower The Upper East Side could see a massive new addition if Vornado Realty Trust follows through on its ambitious plan to build... News 29 Apr 2024 | 11:47
The exterior of the beleaguered Papaya King, an iconic hot dog restaraunt that stood for decades on the corner of E. 86th St. & 3rd Ave. ZD Realty, the developer which now owns the plot, has filed permits to build a 17-story luxury condo building on the site. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) 17-Story Luxury Condo Building To Replace Papaya King, Iconic Hot Dog Joint, On E. 86th The owner of the plot that houses the now-gutted Papaya King restaurant, on E. 86th St. & Third Ave., plans to erect a 17-story... News 19 Apr 2024 | 04:27
A view of the skyline of lower Manhattan where rental prices appear to be softening in advance of congestion pricing going into effect later this year. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Is Congestion Pricing Prompting New Renters to Look Outside Zone? The rental landscape in Manhattan took a slight dip in February, fueled by dips in many downtown neighborhoods, even while... Evergreen 29 Mar 2024 | 02:10
Stuyvesant Tower-Peter Cooper Village complex in Manhattan that will now remain rent stabilized after property owner Blackstone decided on Feb. 24 not to pursue its appeal of an earlier court ruling it had lost to the STPCV tenants association. Photo Credit: Google Street View. Tenants Celebrate As Over 11,000 Apartment Units Will Remain Rent Stabilized in Stuy Town Approximately 11,200 apartment units in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Complex in Manhattan will remain permanently... News 26 Feb 2024 | 04:40
A rendering of the proposed Soloviev project, which will contain apartments and an underground casino with public green space on top of it. ( Photo by Soloviev Group) East Side Casino Plan Draws Heat From Locals, But Biz & Unions Offer Support Freedom Plaza, an $18 billion casino proposal that intends to bring everything from affordable housing to a “Museum of Freedom... News 15 Jan 2024 | 01:46
656 Lexington Ave. is now a construction site for a 19-story mixed-use building. Rybak Development bought the plot in 2021. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) New 19-Story Mixed-Use Building Starts Construction on Lexington Ave. & 55th St. A 19-story mixed-use building that will contain 23 apartments and 2,551 sq. ft. of commercial space has begun its excavation... News 12 Jan 2024 | 11:49
A rendering of 1334 York Ave., close to Weill Cornell Medicine’s main campus building at 1300 York Ave. Credit: SOM Inc. Weill Cornell Medicine to Take Over Five Floors Of Sotheby’s Former HQ On The UES Earlier this year, Our Town reported on Sotheby’s plans to acquire the Breuer building from the Whitney Museum to house its... News 04 Dec 2023 | 10:27
