27 Cliff Street, between John and Fulton streets
Gramercy Park:
Manhattan Indian Flavor opened in March, serving an all-encompassing menu of curries, tandoori dishes, and naan, which here can be stuffed with coconut, mozzarella cheese, and ground lamb. Lunch specials which come with rice, an entree, and garlic naan are priced at $15 each.
311 Second Avenue, at East 18th Street
Greenpoint: The calling card at
Fulgurances Laundromat is a unique chef-residency program, where a rotating cast of up-and-coming chefs will lead its kitchen in three- to six-month stints. Veteran chef Victoria Blamey formerly of Gotham Bar and Grill, and fresh off a separate residency at Blue Hill at Stone Barns is kicking things off with a five-course menu ($75).
Bill to make Open Streets permanent passes City Council
The city’s popular Open Streets program is one step closer to becoming permanent. In a 39-8 vote, the City Council on Thursday passed a bill to make the program a permanent part of New York City, even after the end of the pandemic. The legislation is now headed to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s desk, where it’s expected to be signed into law.
Under the bill, Open Streets will be overseen by the Department of Transportation or local community organizations, who can apply to manage the programs in their neighborhoods. Roadways included in Open Streets will also be up for annual review, at which point DOT can recommend permanent design changes to streets, such as the construction of shared roads or pedestrian plazas.
Academy of Motion Pictures: Willis Construction Inc.
With the limitless capabilities of concrete, aside from specs, engineering requirements - and physics - one is only constrained to creativity and innovation when it comes to its use. Contractors can be innovative with the mix, colors and stains, a finish fit for a king, not to mention the design of the project. The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Insitute (PCI) celebrates this fact with award competitions year-round. Recently the institute announced the winners of the 2021 PCI Design Awards. Judges awarded 26 projects along with 12 honorable mentions for design excellence in building and transportation categories.
“Once again, the precast concrete industry has put its best foot forward and has delivered many inspiring and impressive projects,” says PCI President and CEO Bob Risser, P.E. in the official PCI announcement. He sees the award program as a chance for the precast concrete industry to demonstrate precasts practicality
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Gate Precast achieved a company best during this year’s Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Design Awards, earning nine “Best in Class” wins, two special designations and three honorable mentions.
Photo of Hudson Yards by Dimitry Anikin on Unsplash; Photo of One South First via Two Trees Management; Frame image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay
Earlier this week, 6sqft reported that
2020 Building of the Year with a whopping 50 percent of the votes. However, after we discovered a glitch in our vote-counting system (how 2020!), the results are too close to call and it’s a virtual tie with
One South First. If it were another year, we would extend the voting to call a single winner, but it
is 2020, and we don’t want to think about voting anymore!
The fact that our readers put these two buildings on par is fitting, as they are both prominent projects that have changed the trajectories of their respective neighborhoods–15 Hudson Yards at the Hudson Yards mega-development and One South First at the Domino Sugar development on the south Williamsburg waterfront. Ahead, learn more about the two buildings and what sets them apart.