The pandemic has prompted some builders to reconsider open plan apartments to include an entry space, a de facto “airlock” between the outside world and the rest of the apartment. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Building (Construction)”
Lenore Janis, Who Broke Construction Industry Barriers, Dies at 86
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2021
As a founder and president of an influential trade organization, she showed women how to make it in a field that had long excluded them. Source: New York Times
The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
432 Park, one of the wealthiest addresses in the world, faces some significant design problems, and other luxury high-rises may share its fate. Source: New York Times
‘One Property at a Time’: A City Tries to Revive Without Gentrifying
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
Neighborhoods in Newark are beginning to see a flurry of redevelopment, a decade after the city’s downtown gained vogue. Source: New York Times
The Real Estate Collapse of 2020
By Gotham Rex on December 25, 2020
The pandemic devastated the housing industry this year, but there were a few flickers of life. Source: New York Times
Housing Fights to Be Heard in the Mayoral Race
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2020
A coalition of housing groups releases a blueprint that includes rezoning affluent neighborhoods, legalizing basement apartments and turning hotels into affordable housing. Source: New York Times
Crane Accident in Midtown Manhattan Sends Debris Falling
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2020
The material that rained down from a tower terrified passers-by, though no one was injured. The building will be the second-tallest residential skyscraper in the city. Source: New York Times
At Hunter’s Point South, a Popular Park Paves the Way for Housing
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2020
Two new towers rising on industrial land in Queens will be filled predominantly with affordable housing. Source: New York Times
What the Coronavirus Has Done to New Development
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2020
The pandemic paused residential construction and stalled sales. Now developers in Long Island City and Greenpoint are scrambling to bounce back. Source: New York Times
New York City Begins Reopening After 3 Months of Outbreak and Hardship
By Gotham Rex on June 7, 2020
As many as 400,000 people may return to work on Monday in a city still recovering from the pandemic and roiled by protests. Source: New York Times