tale of two buildings
both these construction photos were shot out the same window of our apartment. but the story behind each is quite different. the building on the left, named 195 Bowery, has been going up for about 2 years. and for 2 years it's looked exactly the same. Curbed broke some news on the place almost 4 months ago, and in the time since, all they've done is put in an elevator shaft and a small mini floor on top.

this is a crazy contrast to the Avalon Chrystie building on the right. just a massive whole in the ground 5 months ago, it's now starting to tower around 14 floors high and has suddenly become visible out our window. with the main structure nearing completion, this building (which, by the way, is about 20 times the size of 195 Bowery) is going up at an incredible fast pace. and it looks to be well built. now that's the way to get construction done! they should send a crew over to 195 Bowery, they'd have it finished in a month.