Exterior work is progressing on 200 West 88th Street, an 18-story residential tower on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects and developed by Nortco Development, the 215-foot-tall structure will span 114,000 square feet and yield 36 condominium units in three- to five-bedroom layouts. The project will also contain ground-floor retail space and enclosed parking spaces on the second level. The property is alternately addressed as 568-574 Amsterdam Avenue and located at the corner of West 88th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. ... Read full Story
Demolition is progressing at 105 Underhill Avenue, the site of a five-story residential building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects for the Underhill Gardens LLC, the structure will yield 21 units. The trapezoidal-shaped property is located between St. Mark's Avenue and Prospect Place. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 6/8/2026 7:01 AM
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is set to review a proposal for alterations and a rooftop addition at 144 West 80th Street, a four-story townhouse on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Designed by DTLS Architecture, the project involves modifications to both the front and rear façades, along with the construction of a setback penthouse addition designed to minimize visibility from the street. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 958 Rogers Place in Longwood, The Bronx. Located between East 156th Street and Westchester Avenue, the lot is one block from the Intervale Avenue subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Genc Popaj of GP Restoration NYC Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
39 Fairfield Pond Lane property sits on one of the priciest streets in the United States and was listed Sunday by billionaire hedge fund manager Zach Schreiber. ... Read full Story
A group led by Texas-born, Italian cuisine master Stefano Secchi, the chef of Michelin-starred Rezdora and Massara, both in Flatiron, bought the retail condominium at 12 East 12th St. that was home to Gotham Bar and Grill and later, simply Gotham until it closed two years ago. ... Read full Story
The 1.7 million square-foot midblock tower with a famous swooping facade recently achieved possibly the highest rent ever recorded in the city -- $340 per square foot for investment firm HBeyond. ... Read full Story
Construction is underway on three five-story residential buildings at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside, Queens. Designed by STUDIO V Architecture and developed by Cord Meyer Development, the structures will add 145 rental units to the 326,445-square-foot shopping complex. The project will replace two surface-level parking lots along 26th Avenue between 210th Place and 212th Street, at the southwest corner of the retail property. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 6/7/2026 7:31 AM
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is set to review a proposal for new two-story commercial building at 144 Spring Street in Soho, Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects for 144 Spring Holdings LLC, an affiliate of City Urban Realty, the proposal replaces an earlier glass-clad design approved by the LPC in 2016 and designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. The property is located at the corner of Spring and Wooster Streets within the Soho-Cast Iron Historic District. ... Read full Story
YIMBY recently visited three new residential developments across Bushwick, Brooklyn. All are located between Wyckoff and Irving Avenues in close proximity to the DeKalb Avenue station, served by the L train, and will add nearly 150 units to the developing neighborhood. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 3219 Barnes Avenue in Olinville, The Bronx. Located between Burke Avenue and South Oak Drive, the lot is near the Burke Avenue subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Floriand Lulaj is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Medically retired Navy veteran Damien Teague has lived in San Lazaro Mobile Home Park in Boulder County for 18 years — and he is determined to keep his tight-knit community intact. ... Read full Story
For years, developers, investors and homebuyers have been betting that San Pedro's long-awaited waterfront renaissance would eventually arrive. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Michael Young | 6/6/2026 8:00 AM
The City Planning Commission recently approved the $100 million renovation of the historic Studio 54 theater at 254 West 54th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Ennead Architects and Rockwell Group, the project will reconstruct the stage and orchestra seating to improve sight lines, accessibility, and audience comfort. Other modifications will include an expansion of the lobby and front- and back-of-house areas, modernization of building systems, and revisions to exterior signage. The venue, renowned for its incarnation as an exclusive nightclub in the late 1970s, has been operated by Roundabout Theatre Company since 2003. The property is located between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 6/6/2026 7:30 AM
In Plain Sight, a free, yearlong public art exhibition, opened June 4 at Brooklyn Army Terminal and the Brooklyn Wholesale Meat Market in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Curated by Debra Simon of Debra Simon Art Consulting in partnership with NYCEDC and WXY architecture + urban design, the exhibition features 12 Brooklyn-based artists and uses the waterfront industrial campus as a site-specific canvas. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 80 Ainslie Street, a seven-story residential building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by Syndicate Architecture and developed by Parkview Management, the structure yields 16 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are five units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $85,509 to $238,160. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 611 West 181st Street in Fort George, Manhattan. Located between Wadsworth Avenue and St. Nicholas Avenue, the lot is near the 181st Street subway station, served by the 1 train. Moses Kupferstein of BBM Construction Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
“Later that week we were boarding our flight with the painting secured in an enormous case with a toothy, bespectacled cartoon squirrel emblazoned on the back and a speech bubble that read ‘I’M JUST NUTS ABOUT PUZZLES!’” — Orlando Whitfield, All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art, 2025
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Blazon is a less commonly used synonym of the more familiar coat of arms. Both centuries-old terms refer to heraldic designs, symbols, and other imagery (think crosses, lions, stripes, etc.) that typically appear on banners, shields, armor, and elsewhere. The verb form of blazon meaning “to depict heraldic figures or designs in drawing or engraving” and emblazon, “to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic figures or designs,” came into use around the same time in the late 1500s, from the French spoken in medieval England. (The word heraldry, also ultimately from Anglo-French, came into use then too.) Emblazon still refers to marking something with an emblem of heraldry, but it is now more often used for adorning or publicizing something in any conspicuous way, whether with eye-catching decoration or colorful words of praise.