Signa Holding, an Austrian real estate firm, is selling its 50% stake of the Chrysler Building, four years after its acquisition. ( Photo by Reinhold Möller, via Wikimedia Commons and licensed under CC BY 4.0) Chrysler Building Co-Owner Selling 50 percent Stake After Financial Woes in Europe Signa Holding, the European real estate giant, is selling its 50 percent stake of the Chrysler Building, as it undergoes... News 22 Dec 2023 | 05:42
A rendering of what Fifth Avenue could look like, after new construction begins next year. Photo courtesy of the mayor’s office A New Vision For Fifth Avenue This winter, in a bid to encourage holiday shopping and festivities, the city transformed a stretch of Fifth Avenue from... News 21 Dec 2022 | 03:15
Manhattan’s Central Business District, where drivers will be subject to new tolls. Map via the MTA A Congestion Pricing Primer Excessive traffic may become little more than a distant memory in much of Manhattan, if congestion pricing plans prove to... News 26 Oct 2022 | 03:54
The main gallery, Air, makes for interesting perceptions, between all the mirrored surfaces, and four of the five New York City boroughs at your feet. Designed by Kenzo Digital. Photo: Ralph Spielman Manhattan Reaches a New Plateau When developer SL Green opened the 77-story One Vanderbilt skyscraper last year, they saved the best for last. The 1401-foot-tall... News 14 Oct 2021 | 02:13
The 9/11 memorial. Photo: Jörg Schubert, via Flickr. 9/11: Burned in My Brain I had been looking forward to Sept. 11, 2001, for weeks. It was going to be a red-letter day. Bob Dylan’s newest album, Love... Home 30 Aug 2021 | 01:01
LIRR concourse at Penn Station. ( Photo: Joseph M. Calisi) Cuomo Announces 'New' Penn Station Plan During a speech in NYC on Jan. 6, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled the 30th proposal of his 2020 State of the State: the... News 13 Jan 2020 | 11:15
