A Chronicle of Change in the Form of The City
Rendering of 107 Morgan Street in Jersey City by SLCE Architects. I opened my Facebook page aghast at one of my favorite fellow bloggers postings of a proposed new construction tower in Jersey City. First off, why the #### in this day and age would someone build an all BLACK building in our era of Continue reading
Wow it s been over 8 years since I largely abandoned my blog project, Gordon s Urban Morphology, which aimed to take an up close and personal look at some of the more intriguing provocations of the New York City urban-scape. Much of this had to do with starting (now 2) new businesses, adopting a child, and Continue reading
(Honeycomb on The Hudson by Heatherwick Studio. Image by Visualhouse, 2016) At the massive Hudson Yards complex rising on Manhattan s West Side, the anticipated centerpiece has been unveiled by London s Heatherwick Studio. Towering above the newly constructed platform over the railyards, this Honeycomb of sorts, at least through its representative image, draws the public in Continue reading
(The William Vale Hotel, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Image by Greg Gordon. 2016) Perched on stilts, an Architecture of striation and, in a lot of ways, playful fun, has risen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The building has become the latest curiosity in the New York Architecture landscape because it directly challenges the conventional buildings rising in the Continue reading
Thoughts on Urban Densification and the changing structure of New York s waterfront: The New York waterfront has seen a proliferation of Urban Wall buildings cropping up along it s shores; Most notably in the Williamsburg area of the City. With changes in Zoning and a push toward affordable housing, there is nowhere to go but up. And Continue reading
(The Lower East Side, Williamsburg Bridge East River Park. New York, around 1937) A stunning image posted from our friends at The Lower East Side Facebook page; The East River Park under construction sometime around 1937. Old warehouse buildings against The River, now long gone, remnants of the industrial rise of New York City Continue reading
Noting recently, the trend in large building design toward a fragmentation (or deconstruction) of sorts, and wondering: What is at the heart of this uneasy feeling in the Architecture World? Looking up at new skyscrapers today, it seems that sky topping design falls into two broad categories, the Monolith, and its arch-rival, the Fragmented Monolith. Continue reading