LANDMARK MANHATTAN BUILDING TO MAKE WAY FOR TOWER
LANDMARK MANHATTAN BUILDING TO MAKE WAY FOR TOWER
The turn-of-the century Beaux Arts Kaskel & Kaskel building at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 32nd Street in Manhattan, New York, will be replaced by a 40-story mixed-use tower designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), DNAinfo New York reports. KPF filed plans to build the 539-ft.-tall tower with the New York City Department of Buildings in July. The project includes lower-level retail, condominiums starting on the eighth floor and resident amenities. Kaskel & Kaskel was a men's clothier that catered to the rich and famous, including President Theodore Roosevelt.
SAN FRANCISCO’S BART EMBARKS ON ESCALATOR REPAIR
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco is repairing 12 escalators at four stations. The work involves replacing controllers and overhauling electrical systems of units that continue to malfunction. The units will be taken out of service while work is performed, with the first, at Embarcadero, being out of service from July 24 until mid October. Other stations with escalators to be repaired are Montgomery, 16th and 24th Mission. Aimed at providing more reliable access, the project is slated for completion in 2018.
CONDO TOWER PLANNED NEXT TO HISTORIC SEATTLE CHURCH
A church, built in the 1890s in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood, is set to get a neighbor: a 30-story condominium tower that will also house operations such as a food bank and other nonprofits, Curbed Seattle reports. Trinity Episcopal Parish sold development rights to Australia’s Caydon Property Group but will retain ownership of the property, which will have “affordable” units. Chicago-based SCB Architects and Clint Pehrson Architect are the designers. The tower will contain approximately 200 units. Construction is expected to start in a year and be complete by 2020.
