New Housing New York
Phipps Rose Dattner Grimshaw image
  • Brook Avenue and East 156th Street, Bronx
  • STATUS: Concept
  • COMPLETED: 2011
  • SIZE: 40,000 square foot site
  • # COMMENTS: 9
A competition for sustainably designed mixed-income, mixed-use affordable housing, NHNY has the potential to invigorate the local community and the city’s housing providers.
How important do you think LEED certification is to establishing a project's "green" credentials?
“What is most important about LEED, is not what a great method for sustainable architecture evaluation it is. In fact, most of us architects have several doubts on how a point checklist can be able to evaluate architecture. The most relevant aspect of the LEED movement, in my opinion, is that it is the first mainstream recognition for sustainable practices in buildings. What makes LEED certification so important is that it establishes a common ground for everyone, from a teacher to a businessman, to be able to point their fingers to buildings and say- That is a real sustainable building.”

Bárbara, chile

06-14-2007

West Side Rail Yards
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  • 34th Street and 11th Avenue
  • STATUS: Competition Winner Selected
  • COMPLETED: Unknown
  • SIZE: 1,140,000 sq ft/26.17 acres
  • # COMMENTS: 5
MTA selects Related Companies/Goldman Sachs to develop the West Side Rail Yards after the collapse of the Tishman Speyer agreement.
What Do You Think?
“For far too long this strip of Manhattan's west side has sat desolate and underutilized. Today is a monumental and exciting occasion as we take the first official step towards developing this land. I look forward to the important work yet ahead where, through the City's land use review process, we will work to seek and incorporate public input to make sure the development plans meet community goals such as creating new permanently affordable housing, successful open space and critical public infrastructure.”

Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President, New York, NY

11-27-2007

Governors Island Redevelopment
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West 8 proposed an extensive and coherent design for this 2nd park for New York.
What do you find interesting in the park designs that should be explored further?
“I have often thought that Governor's Island could be dedicated to the Eldery and to homeless youth. These are the most vulnerable citizens in NYC so an Island would be a safe haven. •Excellent re-use/re-habilitation potential for of the existing historic architecture • plus some child and geriatric services • in a beautiful public park. • Assign each child a resident "grandparent"; give everyone the support they need. Dreamy.”

R Strickstein, Manhattan

12-17-2007