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Sensitive Solutions
A vertical campus in the heart of NYC accommodates special-needs students while also achieving ambitious environmental standards.
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A Bunker of History Begins to Open
The New-York Historical Society has long seemed like a remote fortress on Central Park West because of the stately but insular architecture of its stone building and a certain bumpiness in its public relations.
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EMS is taking a hike uptown
Eastern Mountain Sports is climbing into a nearly 13,000 square foot duplex retail space in the Laureate condominium on the southeast corner of Broadway and West 76th Street. The store will open next fall at 2150 Broadway in 4,100 square feet at the street level and 8,700 square feet on the second floor.
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North Shore-LIJ To Open Urgent Care Center In Rego Park
The current Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNS) corporate headquarters building is a grand brick and limestone building with eight stories and a penthouse, built in 1920 by the noted Walker & Gillette Architects. The building was originally a single-family residence and was donated to VNS by the Lamont family in the 1950s. As a landmarked structure, the VNS building required careful restoration under the strict guidelines of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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Taking Care of Business
Louis Braverman, Architect
Project : Poets House, Battery Park City.
Standout: From the double-height entry to an oval exhibition space and the garage door that opens the auditorium to the outside, glass is the defining element at this library and learning center for LEED Gold Certification.
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Australia and New Zealand Bank
The Growth Continues
ANZ Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in the South Pacific and seeks to continue its worldwide growth. To reflect their ever-growing prominence, ANZ retained noted architects, Mancini Duffy to create a spectacular new U.S headquarters office in New York City. In order to minimize any disruption to their core business, ANZ retained Cauldwell Wingate to quickly build-out a space that would reflect the bank’s premier status.
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Visiting Nurses Center
A Landmark Preserved
The current Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNS) corporate headquarters building is a grand brick and limestone building with eight stories and a penthouse, built in 1920 by the noted Walker & Gillette Architects. The building was originally a single-family residence and was donated to VNS by the Lamont family in the 1950s. As a landmarked structure, the VNS building required careful restoration under the strict guidelines of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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Where Few Women Go: A Building Site
Sharon Darling, 24, is a graduate of a program at Nontraditional Employment for Women, a group that prepares women for union jobs in the building trades, and has been an apprentice with Electricians Local 3 for nearly a year. In five years, she will attain the status of mechanic, earning $40 to $50 an hour and the authority to delegate grunt work like hauling 90-pound bales of wire to apprentices like her. She lives in Midwood, Brooklyn.
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