Sentence examples for construction on the block from inspiring English sources

The elevator building is the first new construction on the block in years and reflects the city's continuing renaissance.

Residential construction on the block got under way later than it did on other East Side blocks, where brownstones went up in the 1870's.

The committee also concluded that the university had adopted prudent assumptions in its three-billion-dollar plan for capital spending, roughly a quarter of which will be devoted to construction on the block.

A 210,000-square-foot office building, already fully leased, that shares a two-story retail base with an adjacent hotel is under construction on the block bounded by Fleet Street, Central Avenue, Exeter Street and Aliceanna Street four blocks away.

It calls for the construction of the multiuse building on the block of Fifth Avenue that stretches from 109th to 110th streets.

Residents of the block said the rats congregated around construction sites on the block.

(There are five other construction projects on the block, and Forbes.com's world headquarters is just two blocks away).

A Bon Chon franchise is under construction on the same block, and should be double-frying by this summer.

On a recent trip to 4 Downing, I sat against the wall of the enormous Salvation Army across the street and watched the construction going on down the block.

The building's roots can be traced to just after 1900, when a group of artists began construction on the famous "studio block" of West 67th Street just off Central Park West, putting up high-rise structures that combined studios and dwelling spaces.

In 1909, just before construction on the rest of the block began, the library trustees (or perhaps the Lenox heirs) allowed Hope Farm, a children's charity in Dutchess County, to take over the empty field in the back for a benefit.