NYC architecture

Superstorm Sandy left a swath of damage throughout New York City. Although devastating, it now provides opportunities to improve city infrastructure and the ability to better handle natural disasters.

The month of October, or one might say Archtober, will bring architecture and design in New York City to life through a series of events.

Next month is your chance to explore and discover the intriguing world of architecture in New York City.

A hefty $40 million donation could see the building on Furman Street near Pier 5 in Brooklyn transformed into a state-of-the-art recreational facility.

“An excellent expression of the neo-Classical style, the monumental domed building is the focal point of the [Columbia University] campus.”

On West 68th Street, a short distance away from Central Park, sits a building with a curious history.

Home of America’s first renowned interior decorator—Elsie de Wolfe—Washington Irving House, located on 122 East 17th Street (also known as 49 Irving Place), is said to have a long and prosperous history.

A rainy day brings surprises. Coming across The Haier Building in Midtown’s Garment District was one of them.

HL23, the 14 story co-op tower on West 23rd Street and 10th Avenue is thoroughly modern in design and technology, yet its lithe and muscular form seems to hearken back to less digital times.

NEW YORK—Like pleated swags of fabric billowing in the winds that blow off the Hudson River, the glass façade of the IAC building on West 18th Street resembles a tall sailboat gliding up the West Side Highway.

New York City Structures:New York’s narrowest house is on the market again with an asking price $4.3 million.

NEW YORK—In January 1898 the U.S. battleship Maine traveled to the port of Havana during a Cuban revolt against the Spanish government.

NEW YORK—Stately, squared shouldered and heads above the rest—the Empire State Building turned 80 on Friday, May 1.

NEW YORK—As the stretch of Broadway between Union Square and Madison Square Park became known as “Ladies’ Mile,” in the latter half of the 19th century, residential buildings were converted to commercial storefronts, and new buildings were constructed to create strings of retail stores offering dry goods, clothing, and home furnishings.

In honor of Earth Day we are looking at the Hearst Tower on Eighth Avenue at 57th Street.

A veritable charm, the Greyston Gatehouse was recently listed as a New York City landmark by the city’s Landmarks Preservation Committee.

Walking through the narrow black door of McSorley’s Old Ale House on East Seventh Street is to cross a threshold into the earlier days of New York City.

NEW YORK—Originally the American Fine Arts Society, the Art Students League of New York was constructed in 1892 in the French Renaissance style.