Onlookers fled and dust filled the air as a wave of tiles slid from the roof of the Drum Tower in Fengyang County.

But plenty of 5G “smartpoles” are on the way. The towers, which have been popping up around New York City since 2022, are part of the city’s effort to upgrade its wireless service.

What Are Those Mysterious New Towers Looming Over New York’s Sidewalks? As the city upgrades to 5G wireless, the streetscape is changing. Not everyone is impressed.

Every year at summer's end, volunteers in New York turn historic mountain fire towers into glowing lanterns to honor fire watchers who kept Adirondack and Catskill communities safe for decades.

The developers also recently hired Real New York as its exclusive brokerage for the building. The tower, which will offer studio to three-bedroom units, is expected to open in 2026.

A struggling office tower in the heart of Midtown Manhattan is set to be converted into a residential building with 1,250 apartments, in one of the most notable examples of how New York City’s ...

A 5G tower at Myrtle Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn. Amir Hamja for The New York Times How crowded is it where Madison Avenue meets East 86th Street?

Construction has stopped on 1 Seaport, a sixty-story luxury condo in New York at the center of lawsuits involving SSC High Rise, Pizzarotti, and Fortis Property, run by Louis and Joel Kestenbaum ...

Claremont Hall, climbing 41 stories above the historic Union Theological Seminary campus, was designed to delight the eye without disrupting the neighborhood.

Buildings are responsible for nearly 40 percent of the world’s carbon emissions. In Amsterdam, they are trying to create a blueprint to do something about it.

A 16-foot clock with gold accents was installed without permission outside Trump Tower more than a dozen years ago. Dave Sanders for The New York Times ...