September 6, 2014

Weekly Highlights: Top Picks from the 6sqft Staff

We talk to Sue Chin, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Chief Architect, about designing for a very different clientele–tiger, sharks, gorillas, and more. We’ve got the dirt on Frank Gehry’s Ground Zero Performing Arts Center rejection. Coffee Culture: Are neighborhood cafes the first sign of gentrification? Travel back in time to Radio Row, the city’s original […]

August 30, 2014

Weekly Highlights: Top Picks From the 6sqft Staff

From failed suicide attempts to accidental plane crashes, we uncover the wild and dark history of the Empire State Building. Is Ridgewood NYC’s “next big thing?” We take a look at the rise of the Queens neighborhood. You know those weird outcrops, stairs, doors and out of place architectural adornments that just have us going “huhh??” […]

August 23, 2014

Weekly Highlights: Top Picks From the 6sqft Staff

Our list of architectural saviors includes sites saved from the wrecking ball, as well as those that have remained intact and been adaptively reused. We looked at the history of Herald Square AND Gramercy Park (it was a nostalgic kind of week). Floorplans of the Woolworth Building’s $110 million ‘Pinnacle’ penthouse were revealed, making it one of the […]

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