Loft apartments in New York City are a highly sought after portion of the city’s real estate stock. These unique apartments can be found in certain areas such as Tribeca, SoHo, Chelsea, and NoMad. These are typically high end residential units whose...
New York City suspended nonessential construction during the stay at home order in response to the COVID-19 crisis. As the spread of the virus decreases New York City is reopening with Phase 1 which includes all construction. The following is a summary of the NYC...
I am an architect in NYC and owner of Fontan Architecture. One type of project we do quite often is combining apartments. In this post we will review one specific project in Brooklyn Heights. The owner of the apartment had a 2 bedroom apartment for several years. The...
I am an architect and owner of Fontan Architecture. As an architect in NYC with an office in Manhattan, we renovate apartment all over the city. In this post we put together a few apartments we renovated in Manhattan within the past few years. Tribeca Loft...
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Joint Live Work Quarters for Artists or JLWQA is a building use for buildings designated for Artist live work spaces. This applies in certain loft dwellings in a few Zoning districts within New York City. There are buildings in NYC, primarily SoHo lofts, that are...
