Speed Part II: Northside Piers Getting Glassier by the Day

As we said below, we're looking at one building going up slooooowly and one going up so fast you look at it and say, woah. We remember how, not that long ago, the site of Northside Piers on the Williamsburg waterfront was little more than some pile drivers and excavation. Now, the building is almost entirely glassed in and work is going forward on the part of the development closest to Kent Avenue. (The front part will be six stories tall and encased in red brick.) You may like it or you may strongly dislike it, but the Toll Brothers project shows how fast buildings can go up. There was no steel coming out of the ground in October. No word on when the other two buildings in the development will start. (Those buildings will be in front of this one on the water side and, uh, take a bunch of views with them.) We don't know when Any wagers on move-in dates or when that waterfront promenade will open?