The Building That Couldn’t Be Budged

“For generations, the residential property at 1301 Third Avenue was owned by the same family. Erected around 1910, it was a building of no particular note, a five-story, six-unit tenement in a row of nearly identical buildings, itself little different from countless other rows throughout the city.

Today, the building still stands, under new ownership and in a much-altered condition. Immediately to the north, 1301 is now perfectly flush with the far taller 200 East 75th Street, an 18-story luxury condominium designed by Beyer Blinder Belle. On the southern flank, yet another recently completed tower, the 32-story 201 East 74th Street from the office of Pelli Clarke & Partners, looms larger still.”

Read the full article on The New York Times.