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- 125th Street Corridor
- 2nd Avenue Subway
- 421-a tax incentive program
- 980 Madison Tower
- Access to the Region's Core (ARC)
- Albee Square Mall Tower
- Atlantic Yards
- Bayside Rezoning
- Bayswater/Far Rockaway Rezoning
- Bedford Stuyvesant Rezoning
- Briarwood Rezoning
- Bricktown Centre
- Brig Redevelopment, Wallabout Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Academy of Music Cultural District
- Brooklyn Greenway
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Bush Terminal Park
- Clinton Hill/Ft. Greene Rezoning
- College Point Police Academy
- Columbia University Expansion
- Columbus Circle
- Con Ed Site Redevelopment
- Coney Island Development
- Cooper Square Urban Renewal Area
- Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel
- Domino Sugar Factory
- Downtown Brooklyn
- Downtown JFK-LIRR Link
- DUMBO Rezoning
- Dyker Heights/Fort Hamilton Rezoning
- East River Plaza
- East River Science Park
- East River Waterfront
- East Side Access
- Far Rockaway and Mott Creek Rezoning
- Far West Village Rezoning
- Federal Housing Policy
- Fieldston Landmark Designation
- Flushing Development
- Fordham Expansion
- Forest Hills Rezoning
- Fresh Kills Master Plan
- Fulton Street Transit Center
- Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station
- Garment District Rezoning
- Gateway Center at Bronx Terminal Market
- General Theological Seminary Tower (Chelsea)
- Governors Island
- Gowanus Development
- Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning
- High Line Redevelopment + Whitney Museum
- HUB Retail and Office Center
- Hudson Railyards
- Hudson River Park
- Hudson Yards Rezoning & Development
- Hunter College Health-Professions Tower
- Hunts Point Vision Plan
- Inwood/Sherman Creek Waterfront Rezoning
- Jamaica, Queens Development and Rezoning
- Javits Convention Center Expansion
- JetBlue JFK Terminal
- Kingsbridge Armory
- Kissena Park Rezoning
- Lincoln Center Redevelopment
- Long Island City
- Lower East Side Rezoning
- Lower Manhattan Development
- Maspeth - Woodside Rezoning
- Mets Stadium Construction
- Middle Village-Glendale Rezoning
- Midwood Rezoning
- Mott Haven School Campus
- Moynihan Station
- Museum for African Art
- New Madison Square Garden
- New Rego Park, Queens Mall
- New York City Building Code
- New York City Hospital Redevelopment
- New York Diamond Tower
- New York Historical Society Tower
- No. 7 Line Extension
- North Brother Island
- North Tribeca Rezoning
- NYC 2012 Olympic Bid
- NYU Development
- One Madison Ave Clocktower
- P.S. 64 Redevelopment
- PlaNYC 2030
- Plaza Hotel Redevelopment
- Policy Developments - Landmarks
- Public Place
- Queens Botanical Garden
- Queens Plaza
- Queens West
- Randalls Island Water Park and Playing Fields
- Red Hook Cruise Terminal
- Red Hook Development
- Renaissance Ballroom and Renaissance Casino
- Seventh Regiment Armory (Park Ave.)
- Silvercup West
- SoHo Sanitation Garage
- Solid Waste Management Plan
- South Bronx Jail Plan
- South Ferry Terminal Project
- South Street Seaport Redevelopment
- South Village Historic District
- Springfield Gardens Rezoning
- St. Vincent’s Expansion
- Stapleton Waterfront District
- Starrett City
- Staten Island NASCAR Track
- Staten Island North Shore Light Rail
- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village
- Sunnyside Yards Platform
- The Caledonia (Chelsea)
- Trump Soho Hotel Condominiums
- Union Square Redesign
- Union-Utopia Rezoning
- United Nations Renovation
- Upper West Side Rezoning Proposal
- Uptown New York (East Harlem)
- Van Cortlandt Park Filtration Plant
- Via Verde - New Housing New York Legacy Project
- Washington Square Park Redesign
- West-Park Presbyterian Church Tower
- White Plains Courtyard
- Whitestone Rezoning
- Willets Point Development
- World Trade Center Redevelopment
- Yankee Stadium Construction
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Columbus Circle
With the recent completion of the Time Warner Center, renovations to the monument and circle itself, and restoration of the 2 Columbus Circle building, the Columbus Circle area of midtown Manhattan is quickly growing into its own small neighborhood. The area, which runs between 54th Street and 63rd Street and between Broadway and West End Avenue, is seeing significant growth in luxury condominium and apartment development, with at least three major developments currently under construction. In October 2006, consumer electronics retailer Best Buy signed a 15-year-lease on 46,000 square feet just north of the Circle.
Building Design for 2 Columbus Circle Emerges to the Public
Thursday, May 01, 2008 | New York Times | Topic: Land Use
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.
Lost Opportunities at Columbus Circle?
Friday, March 30, 2007 | New York Sun | Topic: Urban Design & Architecture
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.
Columbus Circle Revitalization Continues
Thursday, February 22, 2007 | New York Sun | Topic: Economic Development
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.
The Birth Of A Residential Hot Spot
Thursday, December 07, 2006 | New York Post | Topic: Economic Development
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.
Upscale Developers Set Sites on Harlem
Wednesday, November 01, 2006 | New York Times | Topic: Housing
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?
Time Warner Center Owners Sue Contractor
Thursday, September 21, 2006 | New York Sun | Topic: Economic Development
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.
Time Warner Inc. to Buy Court TV
Monday, May 01, 2006 | Variety.com | Topic: General
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.
Lower Manhattan Has Great Light
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | BusinessWeek | Topic: Urban Design & Architecture
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.
Judge OK's Sale & Redesign of 2 Columbus Circle
Saturday, February 25, 2006 | Other | Topic: Economic Development
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.
Columbus Circle Development Continues
Saturday, February 25, 2006 | New York Post | Topic: Economic Development
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.