All posts tagged "Construction"

After years of controversy, community pushback and construction pauses, the building slated to become the tallest on Manhattan's Upper West Side is finally going up — to the annoyed resignation of local residents. Close to both Central Park and Lincoln Center, 50 West 66th Street will be 775 feet tall with 127 luxury condo units. Eight listings available on Douglas Elliman are currently going for between $4.6 million and $34 million. Its distinctive orange-clad scaffolding and glass facade are already towering above the block. “I’m less than thrilled,” said local Lynn Kressel. “I feel like the......

When Ronald Reagan ran for governor of California in 1966, he humorously said that his "the 11th Commandment" was "thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."

In contrast, House Republicans who voted against making Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) speaker were not only berated, pressured, insulted and bullied by Jordan's supporters — some of them even received death threats, including Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colorado) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa).

Historian/author Thomas J. Balcerski, in an op-ed published by CNN on October 24, examines the chaos and bitter divisions that have plagued the Republican House majority. Looking back on U.S. history, Balcerski argues that the GOP of 2023 may be experiencing "political realignment."...

A machine deck fire sent a construction crane boom plunging 45 stories to the Midtown Manhattan streets, with terrified pedestrians running for their lives to the terrifying sound of the tumbling equipment on Wednesday morning. The flames caused severe damage to the 180-foot-long boom once the fire ignited high above 550 10th Ave. at 7:25 a.m., and the arm collapsed with a 16-ton load of concrete headed to the 36th floor and several loud bangs while plowing into a high-rise building across the street. A plume of thick black smoke, visible above the New York skyline for miles, rose as the sleep......

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Carol Eckstrom dragged out a chair and staged a sit-in, just a few months after her stroke. In a way, she got what she asked for: The manager of her Sacramento mobile home park had finally hired contractors to fix the bulge in her walkway. But it would cost her $500. Eckstrom flatly disagreed that she should automatically have to pay $500 to her landlord to have the walkway fixed. She wanted time to find her own contractor. If sitting right on top of that trip hazard all day would stop the work from happening, that’s what she would do. Eckstrom is 73, a retired accountant......

A project that could become a model for developing housing at record speed is beginning to take shape in the El Cerrito neighborhood of San Diego and is on track to open in December. With construction of a ground-floor medical clinic and parking garage still underway, crews are placing 21 shipping containers each day on the site at El Cajon Boulevard and 55th Street. By the end of the year, 137 shipping containers will have been converted into 40 housing units for homeless people, plus one for a manager, at a cost of $23.3 million. A planned second phase will add an additional 132 units at a c......

MIAMI — Martin Langesfeld said his older sister Nicky’s “happy place” was the beach. That’s why she moved to a beachfront condo in Surfside. This weekend, he and his family will go to the beach in her memory. The Langesfelds will commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Champlain Towers South collapse along with the families and loved ones of the nearly 100 people who died. Nicky Langesfeld was 26, an attorney who loved animals and someone who her brother “looked up to in everything.” She and her husband Luis Sadovnic both died when their portion of the condominium building collapsed at 1:2......