Up and over
The Tetris Building located at 802 9th Avenue (53rd St) in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.The 6-story steel and glass building was built in 2013 "up and over" a pre-existing prewar building,built in 1920.Can you imagine the loud noise those poor residents in the red building had to endure during construction.
To see the entire building look here: cleanroom.wordpress.com/category/802-9th-avenue/
The Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan stretches from 34th St to 59th between 8th Avenue and the Hudson River.City zoning regulations limits the buildings to six stories in the area,thus generally the buildings there are older walk-up types.
There a few explanations for the Hell's Kitchen name.The name first existed in print on September 22nd,1881 where a newspaper reporter went with a police guide to investigate a multiple-murder incident at a particular tenement building on 39th St between 9th and 10th Avenues to which the reporter referred to as "Hell's Kitchen",and adding that the entire section was "probably the lowest and filthiest in the area".The most common story however traces the name to veteran police officer "Dutch Fred,the Cop" and his rookie partner.In 1881,both policemen saw a small riot on 39th St near 10th Avenue and the rookie supposedly said to Dutch Fred "This place is hell itself" and the veteran cop replied,"Hell's a warmer climate.This is Hell's Kitchen".
-Wikipedia
Up and over
The Tetris Building located at 802 9th Avenue (53rd St) in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.The 6-story steel and glass building was built in 2013 "up and over" a pre-existing prewar building,built in 1920.Can you imagine the loud noise those poor residents in the red building had to endure during construction.
To see the entire building look here: cleanroom.wordpress.com/category/802-9th-avenue/
The Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan stretches from 34th St to 59th between 8th Avenue and the Hudson River.City zoning regulations limits the buildings to six stories in the area,thus generally the buildings there are older walk-up types.
There a few explanations for the Hell's Kitchen name.The name first existed in print on September 22nd,1881 where a newspaper reporter went with a police guide to investigate a multiple-murder incident at a particular tenement building on 39th St between 9th and 10th Avenues to which the reporter referred to as "Hell's Kitchen",and adding that the entire section was "probably the lowest and filthiest in the area".The most common story however traces the name to veteran police officer "Dutch Fred,the Cop" and his rookie partner.In 1881,both policemen saw a small riot on 39th St near 10th Avenue and the rookie supposedly said to Dutch Fred "This place is hell itself" and the veteran cop replied,"Hell's a warmer climate.This is Hell's Kitchen".
-Wikipedia