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December 4, 2019

New looks for Thomas Heatherwick’s quirky Lantern House condos on the High Line

By Devin Gannon

New renderings were released this week of Thomas Heatherwick's first residential project in the United States, providing a peek inside one of New York City's most unique new buildings.
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November 25, 2019

Get a first look inside Renzo Piano’s first NYC residential tower at 565 Broome Street

By Alexandra Alexa

Known for his work on The New York Times Building, the Whitney Museum, and the Morgan Library expansion, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano has completed his first residential building in NYC at 565 Broome Street.
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November 22, 2019

New mixed-income development brings 435 affordable housing units to Soundview in the Bronx

By Alexandra Alexa

Following a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday, L+M Development Partners and Nelson Management Group opened the doors to their new mixed-use affordable housing developments in Soundview, the Bronx.
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November 21, 2019

See the design for the new Made in NY campus in Sunset Park

By Devin Gannon

The city released on Thursday designs for the fashion and film production complex planned for the Sunset Park waterfront.
See it here

November 21, 2019

Starting next year, big NYC buildings will display letter grades based on energy efficiency

By Devin Gannon

Certain New York City buildings next year will be forced to share how energy efficient they are with the public.
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November 20, 2019

Construction breaks ground for Greenpoint Landing’s OMA-designed towers

By Alexandra Alexa

Construction is now underway on the next phase of development at Greenpoint Landing, which includes one acre of additional public waterfront space designed by James Corner Field Operations and two new residential towers designed by Rem Koolhaas’ international architecture firm, OMA.
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November 19, 2019

New renderings show 72,600-square-foot public park coming to Brooklyn’s Pacific Park development

By Alexandra Alexa

Developer TF Cornerstone this week released new renderings for two sites within Brooklyn's long-delayed Pacific Park development that have yet to break ground: 615 and 595 Dean Street.
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November 15, 2019

2,050 affordable apartments coming to former Peninsula Hospital site in Far Rockaway

By Dana Schulz

The City Council voted yesterday to give the go-ahead to the Arker Companies' massive redevelopment of the former Peninsula Hospital site in Far Rockaway.
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November 14, 2019

A first look inside the Waldorf Astoria’s historic conversion

By Alexandra Alexa

We now have a sneak peek inside the historic condo conversion currently underway at the Waldorf Astoria, now called The Towers of the Waldorf Astoria. Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group Co.
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November 8, 2019

Penthouse inside 111 West 57th Street’s landmarked Steinway Building hits the market for $21M

By Alexandra Alexa

Once home to the Steinway & Sons piano company, the landmarked building at 111 West 57th Street was acquired by developers JDS Development, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners in 2013 for $217.
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November 8, 2019

See inside Domino Sugar Factory site’s first commercial building

By Devin Gannon

The first commercial building at the Domino Sugar Factory site in Williamsburg officially launched leasing this week. Ten Grand Street sits within the 45-story mixed-use tower One South First, which opened in September with 330 rental units.
Take the tour

November 5, 2019

Affordable housing complex at former Bronx juvenile jail site breaks ground

By Devin Gannon

The city on Monday broke ground on a five-acre mixed-use project that will bring more than 700 affordable apartments, open space, and manufacturing space to the Bronx.
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October 30, 2019

First and tallest tower in Manhattan West complex is now open

By Alexandra Alexa

The doors of One Manhattan West have officially opened. The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed tower spans across 67 stories and 2.1 million square feet of office space, and at 995 feet, it’s the tallest building in the development.
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October 29, 2019

See inside SHoP’s slender supertall at 111 West 57th Street

By Devin Gannon

The skinny skyscraper perfectly positioned over Central Park has officially topped out at 1,428 feet, becoming the world's second tallest residential building.
See inside the supertall

October 29, 2019

State grants permit for developer to build BJ’s Wholesale Club on Staten Island wetlands

By Michelle Cohen

Despite opposition from residents and public officials, 18 acres of forest wetlands near Staten Island's north shore will be turned into a BJ's Wholesale Club, a gas station and a parking lot.
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October 29, 2019

25,000 shoppers flocked to Brooklyn’s Wegmans Sunday for record opening day sales

By Michelle Cohen

Fans of the Rochester-based Wegmans grocery chain were waiting in the rain before sunrise on Sunday for the new Brooklyn Navy Yard store to open, the New York Times reports.
More Wegmania, this way

October 25, 2019

After 16 years and $5B, New Jersey’s American Dream mall is now (partially) open

By Michelle Cohen

As 6sqft reported in July, the three-million-square-foot American Dream mega-mall with an indoor water park, amusement rides, and a ski slope adjacent East Rutherford, New Jersey's Met Life Stadium, had announced an October 25 opening.
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October 23, 2019

Now dubbed ‘Zero Irving,’ the contested Union Square tech hub releases new renderings

By Alexandra Alexa

The vision for a contested tech hub currently underway at 124 East 14th Street—the site of the former P.C. Richard & Son building—is coming into sharper focus.
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October 22, 2019

New renderings revealed for FXCollaborative-designed Brooklyn Music School expansion

By Alexandra Alexa

The Brooklyn Music School has just announced plans for a new 20,000 square-foot facility as part of a 167,000 square-foot mixed-use development in the heart of the Brooklyn Cultural District.
Details here

October 18, 2019

Nordstrom’s 7-level flagship opens at Central Park Tower next week

By Devin Gannon

Nordstrom's massive flagship store officially opens to the public next week, seven years after the company first announced its move to New York City.
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October 16, 2019

Facebook and Apple are battling for office space at Midtown West’s former Farley Post Office

By Devin Gannon

Two major tech companies are vying for office space at the former James A. Farley Post Office in Manhattan.
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October 15, 2019

Permits filed for 30-story ‘affordable luxury’ condo tower on the Lower East Side

By Devin Gannon

A developer this month filed an application with the city to build a 30-story condo building next to a landmarked nursing home on the Lower East Side.
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October 15, 2019

Essex Crossing’s second condo tower tops out on the Lower East Side

By Devin Gannon

The Essex Crossing mega-development hit another milestone this week, with its seventh building topping out at the Lower East Side site. The mixed-use tower at 202 Broome Street includes 83 luxury condominiums, 175,000 square feet of office space, and 34,500 square feet of retail space.
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October 14, 2019

Skyline Tower, NYC’s tallest building outside Manhattan, tops out

By Michelle Cohen

Skyline Tower in Long Island City, Queens, has officially become the city's tallest building outside of Manhattan. The luxury condo tower has now topped out at 778 feet.
But it won't hold the title for long

October 9, 2019

Construction kicks off at Google’s new Hudson Square campus

By Devin Gannon

Construction has officially kicked off at Google's massive new campus in Hudson Square. The tech company plans to open office space across three properties 315 Hudson Street, 345 Hudson Street, and 550 Washington Street, which formerly served as a freight terminal.
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October 8, 2019

Thomas Heatherwick’s pair of bubbled condos on the High Line gets rebranded as ‘Lantern House’

By Devin Gannon

The pair of unique condo buildings with a bubbled facade rising on the High Line will officially be called Lantern House.
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October 8, 2019

Brooklyn’s tallest office tower tops out; see new interior renderings

By Dana Schulz

Brooklyn just keeps getting bigger. In April, the borough's tallest tower, the condo tower Brooklyn Point, topped out at 720 feet. Now, Brooklyn's tallest office tower has also reached its full 495-foot height.
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October 7, 2019

26-story boutique office building planned on top of Calvary Baptist Church on Billionaires’ Row

By Devin Gannon

Developers are planning to build a massive office project on top of a Billionaires' Row church. The Real Deal reported on Monday that Alchemy and ABR Investment Partners have partnered to buy properties owned by Calvary Baptist Church at 123-141 West 57th Street.
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October 3, 2019

Behold photos of Williamsburg’s new commercial office development 25 Kent, now complete

By Michelle Cohen

25 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg's first ground-up commercial office development in over 50 years, is now complete.
Many more photos of 25 Kent, this way

October 2, 2019

Mixed-income development with healthy grocery store breaks ground in East New York

By Alexandra Alexa

A groundbreaking celebration this week officially kicked off construction at 50 Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York. The Dattner Architects-designed project—referred to as 50 Penn—is led by Philadelphia-based developer Pennrose with RiseBoro Community Partnership, who will manage the property.
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October 2, 2019

See the creative office complex proposed for a massive Art Deco post office in Chelsea

By Devin Gannon

A historic post office in Chelsea is set to become a creative office complex.
See images here

September 26, 2019

Cuomo breaks ground on Belmont Park arena; see new renderings of Islanders’ future home

By Michelle Cohen

In a ground-breaking ceremony that included the New York Islanders, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman, local leaders and hockey fans, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week heralded construction of the New York Islanders' new arena at Belmont Park. The arena will anchor the $1.
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September 25, 2019

Sou Fujimoto will design co-living complex at former Slave Theater site, his first New York project

By Alexandra Alexa

Days after filing building permits for 1215 Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy—the site of the former Slave Theatre—London-based co-living startup The Collective has announced it will be partnering with renowned Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto on the design, his first in New York.
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September 23, 2019

Site of former Slave Theater in Bed-Stuy will get a 10-story co-living and hotel building

By Alexandra Alexa

London-based communal living company The Collective filed a building permit application last week for a planned development on the site of the former Slave Theater in Bed-Stuy, which the company bought earlier this year for $32.5 million.
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September 20, 2019

Partial stop work order issued for 200 Amsterdam after wet concrete hits playground

By Devin Gannon

Update 9/20/19: NYC Parks reopened P.S. 199's playground on Friday after determining the area was no longer at risk.
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September 20, 2019

Robert de Niro-funded studio taps Bjarke Ingels to design $400M ‘vertical village for film’ in Astoria

By Alexandra Alexa

The star power involved with Robert de Niro’s planned production studio in Astoria continues to grow.
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September 19, 2019

Designs revealed for major mixed-use project on Lower East Side synagogue site

By Dana Schulz

In 2017, the Lower East Side's abandoned 1850 Beth Hamedrash Hagadol synagogue, which once housed the city's oldest Jewish Orthodox congregation, was severely damaged in a fire.
All the details this way

September 18, 2019

Review of mechanical space use continues at Extell’s Upper West Side tower

By Alexandra Alexa

Extell's Snøhetta-designed Upper West Side tower at 50 West 66th Street has cleared one set of legal challenges but the building's contested use of mechanical spaces remains an issue.
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September 17, 2019

One Vanderbilt tops out at 1,401 feet, becomes tallest office building in Midtown

By Devin Gannon

The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower is now Midtown's tallest office building and the fourth-tallest skyscraper in New York City.
Another supertall makes its mark

September 17, 2019

The world’s tallest residential building, Central Park Tower, tops out at 1,550 feet

By Devin Gannon

Central Park Tower officially topped out on Tuesday, breaking the record set by nearby 432 Park Avenue for the tallest residential building in the world.
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September 13, 2019

Williamsburg’s tallest building opens in Domino complex with an outdoor pool and rooftop cabanas

By Michelle Cohen

Two Trees Management announced yesterday the opening of the second building to rise at Williamsburg's Domino Sugar Factory site at the corner of Grand Street and Kent Avenue.
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September 13, 2019

Long Island City’s Skyline Tower is now the tallest outer-borough building

By Devin Gannon

A tower on the rise in Queens just became the tallest building in New York City outside of Manhattan. Hitting the 63rd floor, Skyline Tower has officially surpassed in height its neighbor and previous record-holder, the 673-foot-tall Citigroup Building.
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September 12, 2019

VIDEO: See two years of work on Brooklyn Point’s recently completed facade

By Alexandra Alexa

Earlier this Spring construction of Brooklyn’s tallest residential tower, Brooklyn Point, topped out at 720 feet. Now, the 68-story skyscraper has reached another construction milestone and is fully enclosed.
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September 11, 2019

Sales launch at disputed 200 Amsterdam Avenue, with one-bedrooms starting at $2.625M

By Alexandra Alexa

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September 3, 2019

A first look inside Álvaro Siza’s restrained yet powerful Hell’s Kitchen tower, his first U.S. building

By Alexandra Alexa

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August 28, 2019

Harlem church’s rezoning proposal includes new tower and music school, but still no developer

By Devin Gannon

A Harlem church looking to rezone part of Central Park North revealed plans this week to incorporate a music school and cultural center to its proposal for a 33-story residential tower.
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August 23, 2019

Sales at contested 200 Amsterdam Avenue will launch soon, including two $40M penthouses

By Alexandra Alexa

Last week, construction of the residential floors at 200 Amsterdam Avenue topped out and now we’re getting a little peek at what the luxury, CetraRuddy-designed interiors will look like.
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August 22, 2019

New 2.5-acre complex will bring 500+ rentals to the Astoria waterfront

By Michelle Cohen

A sprawling new residential development at 30-77 Vernon Boulevard from Cape Advisors and Wainbridge Capital will bring over 500 rental apartments to the Astoria waterfront area (h/t Yimby).
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August 21, 2019

New renderings reveal Prospect-Lefferts tower with luxury amenities and Verrazano Bridge views

By Michelle Cohen

The Moinian Group and Bushburg Properties have released interior renderings of the new 26-story tower with 467 rental residences at 123 Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn's Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Fancy amenities, this way

August 19, 2019

Developer who wants to raze abolitionist home in Brooklyn says he’ll build a museum in basement

By Alexandra Alexa

Update 8/19/19: The owner of 227 Duffield Street told Gothamist on Friday that he will build an African American museum in the basement of the property which has ties to the abolitionist movement.
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August 14, 2019

LPC approves 14-story complex behind East New York’s landmarked Empire State Dairy building

By Michelle Cohen

Update 8/14/19: The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday approved Dattner Architects' plan to construct a 14-story building behind the Empire State Dairy.
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August 14, 2019

A first look at Walker House, Newark’s historic Bell Telephone Building conversion

By Alexandra Alexa

The first images of the finished Walker House in Downtown Newark have been released, giving us a peek inside the restored Art Deco masterpiece at 540 Broad Street.
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August 9, 2019

City seeks proposals to develop two East Harlem sites with 350 affordable units and community space

By Michelle Cohen

The city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on Thursday issued a request for proposals to develop two city-owned East Harlem sites. The new developments are to include 350 units of affordable housing as well as retail and cultural and community space.
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August 9, 2019

Live on top of the American Copper Buildings’ eye-catching sky bridge for $12K/month

By Alexandra Alexa

One of the city’s most architecturally significant projects to rise in recent years are the two copper-clad towers at 626 First Avenue in Murray Hill known as the American Copper Buildings.
Take the full tour

August 8, 2019

Jeanne Gang completes ‘solar-carving’ tower on the High Line, her firm’s first NYC building

By Devin Gannon

The Meatpacking District gained a new architectural landmark this week. Construction of Studio Gang's 40 Tenth Avenue is officially complete, making it Jeanne Gang and her firm's first New York City building.
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August 5, 2019

Billionaires’ Row kosher deli fights high-rise developer over eviction

By Michelle Cohen

Cafe Classico, a kosher delicatessen that has occupied the storefront on West 57th Street next door to an 1891 French-style townhouse for 19 years has asked a judge to spare it from eviction, the New York Post reports.
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July 31, 2019

Brooklyn Botanic Garden ramps up fight against proposed Crown Heights towers with new exhibit

By Devin Gannon

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's fight against two high-rise towers in Crown Heights continues this week with the opening of a new educational exhibit.
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July 23, 2019

Mount Sinai files plans for new $600M Beth Israel facility in the East Village

By Michelle Cohen

Mount Sinai Health System filed an application with the Department of Health to close its current facility and redesign a $600 million Mount Sinai Beth Israel facility two blocks away, slated to open in 2023, Crains reports.
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July 22, 2019

Development with affordable housing and city’s first civil rights museum gets the green light in Harlem

By Alexandra Alexa

New York’s first civil rights museum will soon land in Harlem, as the city pushes forward with a new $260 million development near the Adam Clayton Powell office building on 125th Street.
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July 19, 2019

Construction of affordable housing complex on former juvenile jail site in Hunts Point set to begin

By Devin Gannon

The first phase of a project that will bring more than 700 units of affordable housing to the Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point will get underway in the coming weeks, developers announced Tuesday.
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July 18, 2019

New court ruling may mean more delays for Lower East Side’s Two Bridges megaproject

By Michelle Cohen

A recent ruling by a panel of state appellate judges may add more delays–at the very least–to the rise of JDS Development Group's proposed addition to the multi-tower Two Bridges development on the Lower East Side/Chinatown waterfront, The City reports.
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July 15, 2019

As plans for 5 WTC push forward, long-time FiDi residents seek more involvement in the process

By Alexandra Alexa

Last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo put out a request for proposals for 5 World Trade Center, the last remaining site at World Trade Center’s southern end and the former home of a Deutsche Bank Building that was severely damaged during the September 11 attacks.
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July 10, 2019

Robert De Niro wants to build a $400M film studio in Astoria

By Devin Gannon

As the number of movies and television shows filmed in New York City continues to grow, Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro wants in on the action.
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July 9, 2019

Jersey Shore’s first five-star hotel opens in Asbury Park, with room rates up to $1,050/night

By Devin Gannon

A slice of New York City luxury moved to the Jersey Shore last week. The Asbury Ocean Club, a 17-story hotel-condo, officially opened its doors on the boardwalk of Asbury Park, an evolving seaside community in Monmouth County.
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July 5, 2019

Developer Silverstein Properties funds a new artist residency at 3 World Trade Center

By Alexandra Alexa

As rents and costs of living continue to rise in the city, artists have an increasingly hard time finding affordable studio space—particularly in Manhattan. In an effort to help struggling artists, a new artist residency is launching at 3 World Trade Center this fall.
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July 3, 2019

Opening date for NJ’s delayed American Dream mega-mall set for October

By Devin Gannon

The mega-mall that has been in the works for over 16 years officially has an opening date, as NJ.com reported.
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June 27, 2019

Equinox opens its largest new fitness club at Hudson Yards

By Alexandra Alexa

Equinox has officially opened the doors to its 100th fitness club at 35 Hudson Yards, just ahead of the very first Equinox Hotel opening next month.
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June 26, 2019

Cuomo releases RFP for 5 World Trade Center, may include 900-foot tower and affordable housing

By Michelle Cohen

Earlier this month, the Port Authority and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation arrived at a deal to release a request for proposals for the development of 5 World Trade Center, Crain's reported.
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June 25, 2019

New renderings reveal amenities at Eliot Spitzer’s Williamsburg-waterfront development

By Alexandra Alexa

New renderings of 420 Kent Avenue, the Williamsburg waterfront development located just south of the Williamsburg Bridge, offer a first peek at the building’s amenity package as the project enters its final phase of construction.
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June 14, 2019

VIDEO: See the city’s highest rooftop pool get lifted 680 feet atop supertall Brooklyn Point

By Devin Gannon

The tallest residential building in Brooklyn was crowned this week with the highest infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere. A video released by Extell shows a 27-foot-long pool being hoisted 680 feet in the air, taking its place atop Brooklyn Point.
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