With its entrance into the New York office market, Parsippany, N.J.-based SJP Properties went big with Eleven Times Square. The 40-story glass-clad speculative office building sits atop a six-story ribboned base that wraps around the bustling corner of 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue. Photo Courtesy Of FXFOWLE Architects Related Links: Best of 2010 Dan Kaplan, senior partner at FXFOWLE Architects in New York says the tower’s prominent site was one of the most challenging aspects for the design team from the beginning. “It is surrounded on all four sides with ample light and air,” he says. “There is no ‘back.’
Related Links: New Meadowlands Stadium Tight Safety Coverage The $1.6 billion New Meadowlands Stadium is a football field disguised as high-technology showcase. Visitors will encounter a quartet of 30-ft-high and 118-ft-wide high-definition LED video displays, a 360-degree video ribbon encircling the seating bowl, giant video screens at the stadium entrances and in the pedestrian plaza, more than 2,100 flat screen televisions spread across the facility, and wireless Internet access throughout. But the real technology innovations in the project were actually behind the scenes in the construction effort. One of the biggest technology contributions was the use of radio frequency identification
When finished in 2014, the $1.4 billion Fulton Street Transit Center will create a hub connecting five subway stations and ten subway lines, improving access for the more than 300,000 daily commuters in Lower Manhattan. Photo Courtesy Of Skanska USA Civil Northeast Related Links: Best of 2010 New York-based Skanska USA Civil started work in December 2008 on the site – located at the southeast corner of Broadway and Fulton Street – which is surrounded by existing structures. To the north is the A/C subway tunnel and platforms, to the east are two three-story buildings, to the south is the
The $55 million modernization of the U.S. Land Port of Entry facilities at Massena, N.Y. replaced an obsolete 50-year border crossing station with a state-of-the-art complex. Photo Courtesy Of Gilbane Building Company Related Links: Best of 2010 The Massena Land Port of Entry processes 2,500 cars and trucks crossing into the United States from Canada daily. Housed within the facility are operations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Food and Drug Administration and related agencies. The General Services Administration (GSA) selected Smith Miller + Hawkinson, New York, to design the new complex to
When the advertising agency Grey New York decided to move from a location they’ve occupied for 45 years, the new space had to meet a number of very specific criteria. Photo Courtesy of Structure Tone Related Links: Best of 2010 The company, whose clients include such heavy-hitters as Procter & Gamble and the National Football League, was founded in 1917. But its changing roster of clients demanded a modern facility. In addition, the company was purchased by the larger conglomerate WPP, whose CEO restructured the company. The move had to consolidate 1,200 employees, who formerly occupied 21 floors in private
An innovative $4 million restoration project along the Harlem River created a cost-effective, durable and ecologically friendly shoreline that serves as a model for future projects. Photo Courtesy Of Dewberry Related Links: Best of 2010 Along the Harlem River between 139th and 145th Streets in Manhattan, the steel sheet-pile wall securing the riverbank suffered extensive corrosion and developed holes. Watering entering the holes at high tide and exiting at low tide removed soil from behind the walls, creating large sinkholes that swallowed pavements and plantings along the neglected riverfront. The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation enlisted Dewberry,
A complex $37.6 million remediation project cleaned up a Superfund site in Sayerville, New Jersey, tainted with chemicals and hazardous wastes. Photo Courtesy Of The Conti Group Related Links: Best of 2010 For more than 30 years the 12-acre Horseshoe Road site near the Raritan River in Sayerville housed various operations producing coal tar, epoxy resins, paint pigments, sealants and pesticides. Poor waste handling practices and the dumping of waste materials left the site contaminated. In 1981 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) learned of the site when a brush fire exposed 70 partially filled drums of silver cyanide, acetonitrile
As New Yorkers regain access to their rivers, Hudson River Park has been a signature success, running from Battery Park City north for 5.5 miles along an uninterrupted causeway for pedestrians and cyclists. But the work is far from over, as the park’s newest addition, Segment 3, added a mile-long stretch of nature walks, recreational and sport fields (including miniature golf, sand volleyball and a concrete skate park), a playground and a boathouse. Additionally, the project saw the creation of two piers, occupying 21 acres of upland and pier space, as well as 90 acres of “safe water” for boating.
Across the East River from Manhattan, a new rail station, constructed to its original specifications despite the recession, is bringing a civic transit presence to Brooklyn. Photo: di Domenico + Partners Related Links: Best of 2010 The Long Island Railroad Pavilion at Atlantic Terminal, completed in January, has replaced the station originally built in 1907, and connects six LIRR tracks and 10 subway lines. At $108 million, and serving 32,000 daily commuters, it is modest compared to its Manhattan sisters. But in its adherence to the original designs it stands unique. “We made a serious effort to support the design
Delivery of the new $90-million Media Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., was a long time coming, but in the end the client got just what it envisioned. The 163,000-sq-ft, six-story building was initially conceived in the late 1990s by Japanese firm Fumihiko Maki and Associates with its Boston-based partner Leers Weinzapfel Architects. Driven largely by donations, the project lost much of its funding and stalled when the dotcom boom went bust. Photo courtesy of STV Related Links: Best of 2010 After nearly five years on-hold, the project found its financial footing again and the project broke ground in spring
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