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1 week ago | 6sqft.com | Aaron Ginsburg |Hollander Design |Skidmore Owings

Renderings courtesy of Related Companies and Wynn ResortsA $12 billion proposal to bring a casino complex to Hudson Yards just cleared a key step in the approval process. On Wednesday, the City Planning Commission (CPC) voted 9-2 to advance Related Companies and Wynn Resorts’ “Hudson Yards West” plan, which calls for a resort and casino, a 5.6-acre public park, a public school, office space, and hundreds of new affordable homes atop the site’s undeveloped western rail yards.

3 weeks ago | 6sqft.com | Aaron Ginsburg |Skidmore Owings

(L) Credit: Silverstein Properties, (R) Credit: Phil Doby on FlickrVisionary architect David Childs, who helped redefine the New York City skyline with the design of One World Trade Center, passed away at 83 on Thursday. Childs, the only partner to serve two terms as chairman of the renowned architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), succumbed to Lewy body dementia, his wife Annie told the New York Times.