As he spoke, jittery flares of rapid-motion activity could be seen in and around the near-vacant construction site below as the portentous shadows of unseen skyscrapers poked into the frame, grew, twisted and melted away at twilight.
But in 2000, with the demolition of a vacant building and the construction of an apartment block, the area started to turn.
The lot remained vacant until construction of the apartment building began last March.
And rather than leave the land vacant until construction moved ahead — there is no timetable set yet — the city decided to cover it with soil and build the garden.
Of the 2,517 housing units in the initial sample, 1,297 were invalid (e.g., vacant, under construction), were unable to be screened after repeated attempts (no one contacted after 12+ attempts, refused screener), or contained no eligible respondent (e.g., no one 25 or more years of age).
The Proenza Schouler show last season, held at 5 Beekman Street, was particularly tricky because the long-vacant building had recently changed hands and construction was beginning.
[World Business, Section W.] Rising From a Vacant Midtown Lot Construction of a 27-story building has begun at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, on a lot that has been vacant for more than a decade.
CONS: The apartment overlooks a vacant lot, where construction doesn't appear imminent but is likely to come someday.
A few minutes later the bus arrived at a debris-strewn vacant lot, with construction vehicles all around.
The Fire Department says the smoke is from a vacant factory, under construction, that caught fire in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx.
