Devin Gannon

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Photos courtesy of Brown Harris StevensThe longtime Upper East Side co-op of a key Central Park supporter is on the market. Norma Dana, who passed away last year, founded the Central Park Conservancy’s Women’s Committee and led fundraising efforts for several improvement and restoration projects in the park, including the creation of the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center with her husband. The park champion’s three-bedroom apartment at 550 Park Avenue hit the market this spring for $4,950,000.

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All renderings by bucharest.studioIt’s going to be BIG. Architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) this week unveiled designs for a 1,000-unit mixed-use tower at 175 Third Street in Gowanus, expected to be the largest building in the neighborhood. Situated along the canal, the concrete-clad building will take a horseshoe shape and rise 27 stories in a series of cascading volumes.

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5 Times Square. Photo via WikiCommons A largely vacant office tower in Times Square is set to become a mixed-use development with 1,250 new homes. The Empire State Development (ESD) on Thursday voted to approve the conversion of 5 Times Square, a 38-story building office on 7th Avenue between 41st and 42nd Streets.

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Photos courtesy of NY Knicks/MSG SportsWhile fans took over Manhattan streets after the New York Knicks won game six against the Celtics last week, it’s the players’ turn now. Streets across the borough have been temporarily co-named after Knicks players ahead of the first Eastern Conference finals game on Wednesday.

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Photo courtesy of the Landmarks Preservation CommissionThe city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted on Tuesday to designate the Breuer Building on the Upper East Side as an individual and interior landmark, protecting the Brutalist icon before auction house Sotheby’s opens its global headquarters there. Designed by innovative architect Marcel Breuer, the building at 945 Madison Avenue was home to the Whitney Museum of American Art from 1966 to 2014.