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  • New Hotel Rising at 5 Allen?

    New Hotel Rising at 5 Allen?

    Down at the southern terminus of Allen Street, where the roadway forks into Pike, a narrow finger building is gradually on the rise. All signs point to this being a hotel, mere steps from another hotel in the [...]

  • 38 Delancey Removes Last of the Plywood

    38 Delancey Removes Last of the Plywood

    The last of the rotten plywood was finally removed from the 38 Delancey development over the holiday weekend. All that remained up until that juncture was the fence which blocked the incredibly spacious foyer.  [...]

  • Progress Report: Assafa Islamic Center at 172 Eldridge

    Progress Report: Assafa Islamic Center at 172 Eldridge

    Construction of the new Assafa Islamic Center at 172 Eldridge Street is straddling the proverbial speed bump. From the outset, the fourteen-year-old institution has had plenty of problems with the new facility, [...]

  • Another Look at 2 Allen Street Construction

    Another Look at 2 Allen Street Construction

    It was almost a year ago that we first reported on the demise and demolition of 2 Allen Street, an historic piece of the neighborhood designed and built by renowned architect Frederick Eberling in 1887.  Looking [...]

  • Brickwork at New NYU Legal Facility on MacDougal

    Brickwork at New NYU Legal Facility on MacDougal

    Remember the Provincetown Playhouse (est. 1916) on MacDougal?  Like so many buildings across downtown, the last remaining piece of the historic structure is now held hostage by NYU.  Nevertheless, after a year [...]

  • The Nolitan Undresses

    The Nolitan Undresses

    Since last summer, the Nolitan has made local headlines for its gross violation of zoning restrictions in a protected district.  The fifty-five-room boutique hotel resides at 30 Kenmare Street in the Special [...]

  • 250 Bowery is Kaput

    250 Bowery is Kaput

    One year ago, financial woes over a new eight-story, eco-friendly Bowery hotel plagued FLAnk Architects to the point of foreclosure. In that time, 250 Bowery has slowly decayed into a veritable urban wasteland.  A [...]

  • Work Anew at Assafa Islamic Center, 172 Eldridge Street

    Work Anew at Assafa Islamic Center, 172 Eldridge Street

    Ever since a pair of steel supports was installed back in October, it has been all quiet on the Eldridge mosque front.  The worksite at 172 Eldridge was quiet through autumn and winter.  But now spring is finally [...]