Major high-rise projects in dense urban settings are often intentionally isolated from nearby buildings. Not so with One Vanderbilt, says the project team for the landmark $1.4-billion, 1.7-million-sq-ft skyscraper in east midtown Manhattan.
A one-acre, 92-ft-high glass canopy roof and skylight atop New York City’s Moynihan Train Hall was always going to be a centerpiece of the $1.6-billion transit center that expands capacity for the bustling Pennsylvania Station across the street in midtown Manhattan.
At the nine-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy hitting the Northeast, the agency is executing and planning numerous greenlit projects from Coney Island to Montauk Point, and beyond.
During NYC Dept. of Buildings' three-month safety sweep, inspectors also issued more than 3,600 violations to contractors and site safety professionals for failing to keep sites safe.