Weekly highlights: Top picks from the 6sqft staff
- Karim Rashid’s East Harlem HAP Five gets its bright pink trim
- The mysterious origins of the famous New York Egg Cream
- In just a month, Second Avenue Subway eases congestion on the Lexington Avenue line by 11 percent
- Hidden tunnel connecting New Yorker Hotel to Penn Station unearthed
- Lendlease-Turner selected as design-build team for $1.5B Javits Center expansion
- Extell reveals renderings of new Central Park West condo tower
This Week’s Features
- With Ben Carson as HUD Secretary, how will NYC housing and development be affected?
- 12 unique wallpaper ideas for renters and homeowners at every budget
- The history of Little Syria and an immigrant community’s lasting legacy
- Art Nerd New York’s top event picks for the week – 2/2-2/8
- Designing One Vanderbilt: The architects of KPF discuss the incredible 1401-foot undertaking
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Images: Rendering of the Jacob K. Javits Center expansion courtesy of Empire State Development Corporation (L); Syrian children on Washington Street in 1916 (R)
