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April 25, 2005
More, More, More
Wait, I redoubled when I read this, after spending many-a-night wondering why all the heat had dissipated, this put my temperature right back up to Dangerously High. "Silverstein Properties has applied for an additional $3.5 billion in Liberty Bond financing with the New York City Industrial Development Agency to go toward the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site." Wait Larry, you're telling me, it wasn't enough to collect seperate policies on both towers, or to give the whole design process a a gracious middle finger by inserting Childs, now you want Billions in Liberty Bonds??? I have to say, you have a staggering amount of couth, asshole.
Why does nearside Brooklyn only have one Hotel? Where do all those parents stay when visiting their South Brooklyn dwelling Oberlin grad kids... Well the Marriot is building 28 more stories of overpriced (yes, $210/night for Downtown Brooklyn, monopoly is a beautiful thing, Mom) chain experience.
Agri-Tecture. Love It. The High Line gets moving, and for once we can breath a sigh of relief that we won't be stuck with another Battery Park Waterfront - read - concrete race track for Type-A rollerbladers.
Interview with New Urbanist kingpin Stefanos Polyzoides, principal at Moule & Polyzoides...
Green Building is self evident to most folks, but here is a comprehensive list of 46 benefits, with a short explanations for each. So money talks, eh? "75,000 ft2 (7,000 m2) office building that saves $0.50/ft2 ($5/m 2) per year in operating costs ($37,500 per year), will see the value of the building increase by $375,000. A 1999 HMG study of 108 big-box stores in California found that daylighting increased sales by 40%." Get LEED.
The smokestacks atop the Pennsylvania Railroad Power Station, also recognized as the Schwartz Chemical Building in Long Island City Queens, appears to be doomed, despite efforts to perserve or incorporate the existing - and quite beautiful - structures into the Lux Condos planned for the site. The Grey Lady reports...
"Flying Cars Ready to Take Off." Umm... ok folks. Tighten it up 60MIN.
Posted by jmarston at April 25, 2005 01:37 PM
Comments
don't forget the Holiday Inn express going in on Union Street between 3rd & 4th Aves.
and there's always the Brooklyn Motor Inn. Conveniently located next to no subways, the Red Hook Houses and the entry to the Battery Tunnel. Who stays there anyway?
Posted by: dirtgirl at April 25, 2005 09:53 PM