Architecture review: A skyline worth staring at

From the January issue: As the development and gentrification of Greenpoint and Williamsburg continue apace, a new building promises to contribute in a major way to the area’s stock of residential architecture. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects, the Greenpoint, at 21 India Street, is a 400-foot-tall, 40-story rental and condo tower scheduled for completion in spring 2018. Part of a wave of development washing over the neighborhood — over 3,000 new apartments are expected to come on the market in the next three years, not including several thousand more that will be part of the 22-acre waterfront development Greenpoint Landing — the Greenpoint may well be the most striking building of the bunch. [more]