The City That Builds - RBS & The East Side

As a young lad I enjoyed building toys. One of my favorites was Omegals, large plastic yellow tubes & connection pieces you could use to build any number of life-size creations. You could construct a lemonade stand and if business was bad in your selected location, you could reconfigure the set-up into a car and roll down a block. If you went to many blocks in the wrong direction you could re-assemble that car into a club and shield and fight your way out.

What does any of that have to do with anything… I enjoy watching things get built, and Stamford is great if that is all it takes to amuse you.

RBS:

Royal Bank of Scotland is building their new US headquarters diagonal from the train station. In the ultimate pissing contest, RBS is constructing the world's largest trading floor across the street from the current title holder, UBS. It looks as if the steel frame is nearly finished on the outside ring. Check out the link below to see what it will look like completed:

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=rbsgreenwichcapitalheadquarters-stamford-ct-usa



GlenView House & The East Side Commons:

These are the two locations currently under construction on East Ave. Both were former car dealerships now becoming apartments/ condos with ground floor retail. GlenView is on the corner and after an insane amount of excavation is popping above ground, the Commons is a few blocks past lagging slightly behind in progress. Both should have an impact on transforming the neighborhood and may go as far as usurping the Scuba Dude standee as the East Side’s most prominent landmark.