http://www.planNYC.org/ PlanNYC | New York City Planning Information Portal en-us ja3n@earthlink.net http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#4553 New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger provides a dual critique of the Museum of Arts and Design’s new home at 2 Columbus Circle. From the outside, he laments that the renovated structure resembles too closely the building it replaced, the nearly windowless building once called the “Lollipop Building.” From the inside however, the building, which once housed Huntington Hartford’s largely unsuccessful Gallery of Modern Art, has been transformed into a completely new space, which Goldberger calls “functional, logical, and pleasant to be in.” 2008-08-18 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#4174 The new Museum of Arts and Design, located at 2 Columbus Circle, is set to open in the next few months, replacing Edward Durrell Stone’s Gallery of Modern Art, built in 1964, despite efforts to landmark the original building. The new building façade is now viewable and many have noticed what looks like the letter E and the letter H on the building. This resulted from a last minute design revision. 2008-05-01 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#2330 Francis Morrrone of the New York Sun argues that Columbus Circle on Manhattan's Upper West Side has failed to live up to its potential for "grandeur," citing the "chic" addition in 2003 of The Time Warner Center and the impending structure at 2 Columbus Circle, the new home of the Museum of Art and Design. According to Morrone, the buildings on the circle are out of scale and fail to relate to the circle's center, a column with Christopher Columbus at its top. 2007-03-30 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#2095 The neighborhood around Columbus Circle has been changing and developing for at least the past ten years, but has continued to see rapid improvements in the past several years. Opening of the Time Warner Center was a tipping point for the neighborhood, sparking redevelopment and an increase in property values. New towers and hotels continue to open, as demand in the area increases and companies grow to view it as a new business center. 2007-02-22 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#1769 A 202-unit condominium on the southwest corner of Central Park has done nearly $1.6 billion in sales. The developer is giving credit for the building’s popularity to the success of the Time Warner Center. The New York Post reports on how the combination of services and cache of the Columbus Circle development are catalyzing real estate activity in the area. 2006-12-07 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#1588 Delano Village, a large-scale apartment complex in Harlem, was sold this year to Apollo Real Estate Advisors, a large development group whose recent projects include Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle. The sale of the partially rent-regulated Delano Village in Harlem illustrates that New York’s large apartment market is not limited to midtown and lower Manhattan. Large investment is currently targeting middle-income properties across the boroughs, but will this trend last? 2006-11-01 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#1436 Owners of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle are suing one of the contractors who helped design the plumbing and electricity for much of the building. A $135 million lawsuit alleges that the contractor missed so many deadlines and submitted such "unworkable" designs that extra money had to be spent to fix the problems. 2006-09-21 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#1044 Time Warner Inc. may soon seal a deal to buy control of Court TV and incorporate it with its Turner Broadcasting System Inc. The transaction may call for the relocation of Court TV offices located midtown on the east side, to the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle. Employee shuffling is said not to start until the end of 2006. Also included in the purchase is the Atlanta Braves baseball team. 2006-05-01 10:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#874 James Carpenter, a collaborator in the glass facade at the entrance to the Time Warner building at Columbus circle is responsible for designing a system of cast-glass prisms that will be used on 7 World Trade to make the three-story high fountain in the lobby glitter with reflected natural light. 2006-03-28 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#738 The neighborhood around Columbus Circle is in the midst of a second wave of development. Prices in the Time Warner area are high and getting higher with no sign of abatement. 2006-02-25 00:00:00 http://www.plannyc.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issues&file=index&catid=1&issueid=59#742 A judge has permitted the sale and redesign of 2 Columbus Circle. Originally designed by Edward Durrell Stone, the building was passed over for landmark status by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1996. Nevertheless, various preservation groups maintain opposed to the ruling. 2006-02-25 00:00:00