Meatpacking District
Barry Diller’s floating Hudson River park is now ‘Little Island’
The undulating park was designed to mimic a leaf floating on water.
First look at Gansevoort Peninsula Park along the Hudson River
See how the former sanitation parking site will be transformed into a large public space
Hudson River Park to get new 5.5-acre parkland with public beach
The new park will be designed by James Corner Field Operations
Studio Gang’s High Line-hugging ‘Solar Carve’ gets its curtain wall
The 12-story office building is getting close to completion.
Pier 55’s concrete pots begin appearing in the Hudson River
The $250 million pier’s concrete pots will the park its characteristic undulating shape.
New looks inside Studio Gang’s ‘Solar Carve’ on the High Line
New looks at the office building whose design is inspired by the sun
Here’s what Pier 55’s futuristic floating park looks like right now
Work on installing the 480 piles that will support the park will begin next month.
Work resumes on Pier 55’s Thomas Heatherwick-designed park
This $250 million has overcome years of drama to finally make some progress in earnest.
Studio Gang’s High Line-adjacent ‘Solar Carve’ tops out
The 139,000-square-foot building now stands 10-stories tall.
Gansevoort Street redevelopment is back on—again
An appellate court panel has ruled in favor of the developers and the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
High Line-adjacent building with megamansion ambitions asks $75M
The six-story building is located less than a block away from the High Line’s southern entrance.
Studio Gang’s High Line-hugging ‘Solar Carve’ is on the rise
The building will eventually stand 10 stories tall and bring new office space to the Meatpacking District.
Whitney Museum unveils design for proposed Hudson River art installation
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.
The Standard may have a buyer for its High Line hotel
A private equity fund has made an offer on the Meatpacking District property.
Whitney Museum wants to bring a permanent art installation to the Hudson River
The museum looked to Barry Diller’s now-dead floating park at Pier 55 for what not to do.
Gansevoort Street redevelopment plans will have to wait even longer
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.
Fyre Festival promoter’s onetime Meatpacking District home lists for $7.5M
William "Billy" McFarland, the promoter behind the doomed music festival, rented the posh Manhattan pad for about a year.
Meatpacking District’s Standard hotel now helps you get involved in activism
The hotel has added a #RingYourRep phone booth to its plaza that is a direct line to government officials.
Pier 55 construction resumes, but opponents aren't backing down
New permits are allowing the project to move forward, despite previous legal challenges, and threats of future ones.
The Standard High Line hotel is looking for a buyer
The hotel last sold in 2014 for a reported $400 million.
Pier 55 backers appeal stop-work order on beleaguered floating park
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.
Lower East Side synagogue blaze suspect apprehended, Manhattanhenge returns, and more
Three things to know today.
Judge halts Gansevoort Street redevelopment yet again
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.
Gansevoort Street redevelopment suit against LPC, developers gets tossed
A state Supreme Court judge dismissed the suit filed by advocacy group Save Gansevoort.
Court halts Pier 55 construction, again
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.
LPC greenlights Restoration Hardware's Meatpacking hotel plans
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.
Part of historic Gansevoort Market revamp cleared to move forward
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.
Pier 55's undulating design may be getting modifications
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.
Restoration Hardware's Meatpacking hotel sent back to the drawing board by LPC
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.
Pier 55’s futuristic floating park will be home to 400 plant species
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.
Pier 55 cleared to move forward unencumbered
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.
LPC, Gansevoort Street developers sued by advocacy group
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.
Vintage photos uncover the industrial origins of Meatpacking District locales
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.
Latest Pier 55 lawsuit dismissed, allowing construction to proceed
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.
Pier 55 appears in court (again)
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.
Fight against Pier 55 may be funded by real estate tycoon
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?
Pier 55 completes first minuscule phase of construction
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.
Inside the Museum of Ice Cream, this summer’s Instagram magnet
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.
Pier 55 construction resumes following latest lawsuit
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.