Hudson Yards's 38-Story Residential Building Gets Its First Rendering

The building includes 251 apartments, 20 percent of them are affordable

New details have emerged on Lalezarian Properties' planned residential tower in the Hudson Yards neighborhood. Yimby spotted the first rendering for the project at the construction site, which is located between 515 West 36th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues).

This Ismael Levya Architects-designed building will rise 38 stories and include 251 apartments. Of those, about 50 will be below market rate units — the developer was able to build an additional 33,000 square feet of residential space due to this provision.

The first three floors of the building will include retail. There are plans for 36,000 square feet of community facilities above that, and apartments start on floor eight. Residents will also have access to terraces on the ninth and 36th floors.

The project came about after Lalezarian's purchase of four lots on West 36th and 37th Streets for $46.9 million in 2012 and 2013. Construction on the project is expected to wrap up sometime in 2018.

First Look At 515 West 36th Street, Hudson Yards’ Newest Residential Tower [YIMBY]

Oh Look, Hudson Yards Is Getting Another Residential Tower [Curbed]

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Notorious B.I.G. Memorial Could Be Coming to Clinton Hill

T.S.A. Replaces Security Chief as Tension Grows at Airports and Age

Peter V. Neffenger, the agency's administrator, removed Kelly Hoggan as part of an overhaul after facing a backlash over waits at airport security lines and management problems.

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3 Starchitect-Designed Manhattan Penthouses Hit the Market

The penthouses are asking over $100 million in total

The days of the freewheeling Manhattan luxury market are behind us (right?) but those days aren't going down without a fight. Both the penthouse of Zaha Hadid's 520 West 28th Street and two penthouses in Herzog & de Meuron's 56 Leonard hit the market today, asking a grand total of $102.25 million. Here's everything you need to know about the uber-luxury apartments.

↑ The penthouse of the first and last New York City residential building expressly designed by the late Zaha Hadid hit the market today asking $50 million. The price tag is no surprise. Since sales first launched in the High Line-adjacent building back in October, it's been reported that the 7,000-square-foot penthouse would ask just that. Now the penthouse is availing itself to the public for the first time alongside a new rendering of its 2,500-square-feet of outdoor space. The five-bedroom triplex will be connected by a sculptural staircase designed by Hadid and have direct elevator access as well as an elevator within the apartment. Thought the price tag was a eye-popping? Its combined monthly common charges and taxes are $28,146.

↑ The two final sponsor units in Herzog & de Meuron's Jenga-like tower of glass in Tribeca came back to market today after a somewhat lengthy hiatus. The smaller of the two penthouses, a 3,709-square-foot half-floor spread on the 52nd floor with four bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms, is back asking $17.75 million. The larger penthouse is asking $34.5 million and takes the whole 58th floor. It covers 5,849 square feet and has five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms. Both penthouses come with a custom kitchen island sculpted of Absolute Black granite that's shaped like a grand piano and topped by a custom floating hood.

• All 520 West 28th Street coverage [Curbed]
• All 56 Leonard Street coverage [Curbed]

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This $379,000 Upper West Side Co-op Doesn't Even Have a Bed

But it sure is cute

Welcome back to The Six Digit Club, in which we take a look at a newish-to-market listing priced under $1 million, because nice things sometimes come in small packages. Send nominations to the tipline.

Located on the first floor of a six-story co-op building on the Upper West Side, this studio apartment overlooks a tree-lined street in the neighborhood, located between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive. Where it lacks in space it makes up for in charm with features like a sit-in window, and an open kitchen with a marble island. What's conspicuous by its absence however is a bed — though it seems like the couch probably folds out into one. If you can get past that aspect, the apartment is currently available for $379,000. It also boasts a good amount of storage, marble floors in the bathroom, and stainless steel appliances (including a dishwasher). And the furniture in the pictures can be included as part of the sale. Amenities for building residents include a landscaped garden, bike storage, and a part-time doorman.

Listing: 316 West 84th Street #1C [Compass]

The Six-Digit Club Archives [Curbed]

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Michael Shvo's Gas Station-Replacing Chelsea Condo Is On the Rise

Say Goodbye to Free Newspaper Distributors in the NYC Subway

MTA has initiated a ban on newspaper hawkers in attempt to combat excessive trash

It’s a sad day to be a Metro and amNY newspaper distributor. In response to MTA complaints that the so-called "hawkers" contribute to the excess of trash found in subway stations (thus leading to things like track fires), the MTA has announced an agreement with the publishers of the free daily papers that will prohibit the workers from distributing papers in the subway. WNYC reports that self-service racks will take the place of actual people, while the hawkers will remain in LIRR, Metro-North and NJ Transit stations.

It will be interesting to see the effect that this method of distribution will have on circulation of those free papers, given that sometimes convincing straphangers to take a paper requires as much of a sales pitch as anything else. "If you’re not friendly, then people are not gonna take the paper. And that’s what really sells our paper," says Michael Thorpe, an amNY hawker for the past eight years.

What do you think of this new change? Will you miss your local hawker or do you agree that overall, the change is for the better? Are you indifferent? Let us know in the comments below.

• Read All About It: Free Newspaper Hawkers Go Silent [WNYC]

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