As part of New York City’s first major bridge crossing since 1964, the $318-million second phase of the Kosciuszko Bridge was completed four years ahead of schedule and on budget, says its team.
Creating the new BAM Strong theater complex at the Brooklyn Academy of Music required heavy lifting to redevelop the Harvey Theater and transform two adjacent properties through new construction and renovation, says the team.
The 800-ft-tall glass tower at One Manhattan Square required a massive structural effort to support a 1.2-million-sq-ft building that houses 815 condominiums and 100,000 sq ft of indoor and outdoor amenities.
Complicating inherent challenges of renovating the central dome atop the botanical garden’s Palms of the World Gallery of the 55,000-sq-ft conservatory, built in 1902, was the need to maintain ideal interior climate conditions for its tropical plant collection during the year-long construction phase.
Long Beach Island’s sole highway connection with the mainland has been significantly enhanced via the six-year, $319-million project that rehabilitated the existing three-mile causeway and added a parallel structure.
What was once an imposing 1.3-mile interstate-grade highway barrier isolating Bronx neighborhoods now is a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly urban arterial boulevard that provides residents with a connection to parks and the Bronx River waterfront while also preserving access for commercial trucks.
Sarah Lawrence College has a new “front door”—the 35,000-sq-ft Barbara Walters Campus Center in Westchester County, N.Y. An adaptable social and academic gathering space, the center is named after the school’s famous journalist alumna.