If approved, the permanent installation would sit on south edge of Gansevoort Peninsula. The design is meant to honor New York’s shipping industry and gay community.
Plans to transform a group of five low-slung buildings on Gansevoort Street into swanky retail, offices, and restaurants will have to wait a little while longer.
The convoluted saga of Barry Diller’s floating park continues as the Hudson River Park Trust and the US Army Corps of Engineers appeal a recent decision to stop construction.
The Gansevoort Street developers have until April 21 to respond, but in the meantime, they will not be able to move forward with demolition plans on two buildings within the overall project.
In April last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed off on the project, finally allowing it to move forward. The District Court judge however found the Army Corps of Engineers to be at fault.
Restoration Hardware has been given the green light to move forward with plans to construct a concept hotel at 55 Gansevoort Street, just steps away from their flagship store.
Developers and preservationists will faced off in court this week over the revamp of historic Gansevoort Street, which is due to get taller buildings and high-end retail.
One of the standout features of the design were the pot-shaped piers that would hold up the park over the Hudson River and create the differential heights throughout the space.
This past Tuesday, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission debated the design company’s planned conversion of a five-story building at 55 Gansevoort Street into a hotel.
Once complete the park will be accessible from connecting paths on West 13th and West 14th Streets. If everything goes according to plan construction will wrap up in 2019.
In what might be the final blow to the City Club of New York’s lawsuit, the state Court of Appeals has denied their motion for leave, allowing construction on Pier 55 to proceed.
The plan to redevelop a block long stretch on Gansevoort Street between Greenwich Street and Washington Street was approved by the LPC in June this year. It's being designed by BKSK Architect.
For the past few decades, the Meatpacking District has been undergoing a dramatic change, moving away from its mostly gritty past to becoming a bastion for high-end restaurants, pricey housing, and—of course—a little thing called the High Line.
The City Club's main contention against the project and the Hudson River Park Trust had been that the park should have been subjected to a full Environmental Impact Statement and not just a state Environment Assessment Form.
Construction on the futuristic floating pier has been snarled by demands that the park undergo a full environmental review, as well as allegations that the trust set up by the park's private funder, Barry Diller, would be wrongly advantageous to him.
The approvals process and construction of Pier 55 on Manhattan’s West Side has been snarled by lawsuits since the moments plans for the futuristic floating park were announced. But who exactly is behind these lawsuits?
Despite three pending lawsuits and an injunction, the first phase of construction is complete at Hudson River Park’s Pier 55. That means that nine of 550 piles are in place, not much but it's a start.
Every year (give or take), a new art installation or museum exhibit comes along that takes New York City—particularly its Instagrammers—by storm. This summer, it's the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up with a pool of sprinkles, among other things.
The planned park at Pier 55 received a temporary reprieve Tuesday when the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court decided to lift an injunction that halted construction on the project last month.