High Line Area Development

[kurokevin]

With the renewal of the West Chelsea Highline and the accompanying development boom surrounding, I thought it would be a good idea to stick many of these developments into a single thread.

From Triplemint.com

"A 20-story condo tower designed by Jean Nouvel is to be built on a parking lot at 11th Avenue and 19th Street. The project is a team effort by Alf Naman Real Estate Advisors and Cape Advisors.
Gwathmey Seigel & Associates has been hired by the owners of the Chelsea Market to explore the feasibility of adding residential units on top of the gourmet food shopping complex. Trust us: it's feasible.
Related and Taconic Investment Partners plan a 23-story tower to include 200 condos and 250 rental apartments on the east side of 10th Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets.
Robert A.M. Stern Architects has been hired to design two mixed use buildings for a huge residential project planned by Edison Properties at 10th Avenue between 17th and 18th Streets.
One block to the north the Georgetown Company is planning a residential building by Frank Gehry to complement the Gehry office building now rising on 11th Avenue for Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp.
On 18th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues Madison Equities is building a 12-story condo designed by Audrey Matlock. You can see it here..
An 11-story residential building designed by Annabelle Seldorf is to replace a three-story warehouse on 19th Street.
Tamarkin Architects is planning a 12-story condo tower on the southeast corner of 10th Avenue and 19th Street.
<b>Leviev Boymelgreen is building a residential tower at 23rd Street and 10th, where a gas station was recently closed and torn down.</b>"



Go to the GKV Architects Website:

http://www.gkvarchitects.com/ -> Portfolio -> Building Design -> 5th Icon to the left "10 Chelsea"

While an address is not listed, the lot looks to be the SW corner of 23rd and 10th. IMO a decent enough time that will complete the 23rd St. gateway into the West Chelsea area.

While it's nice enough, I can't help but feel that such a creative and influential area deserves something more spectacular and creative.

Still, I cannot wait to see how this area continues to develop.

[krulltime]

10 Chelsea:

[krulltime]

Here is another one...


245 10th Avenue:






Designed 2005, Construction 2006-2008

Sitting adjacent to the High Line tracks and wrapped in a combination of perforated and punched metal and tinted, fritted, and clear glass, this condominium tower in the West Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan evokes the images of steam trains. The 43,000 SF residential tower, which consists of 24 dwelling units along with ground floor art galleries, is wrapped in a continuous metal and glass skin. This gradient skin, whose pattern was arrived at through the digital manipulation and abstraction of images of steam clouds, is accomplished through varying punches and perforations within a panelized system of semi-reflective stainless steel. The skin will be fabricated via a CNC (computer-numerically-controlled) turret punch, a machine that allows for great variation in the shapes and depths of the indentations and cuts in the metal surface. When viewed from a distance, the punches and indentation add relief and shadow, replicating, to a degree, the gradated shades of gray within clouds themselves. Lastly, the glazing system provides privacy at the level of the High Line Park as well as openness, lightness, and air over the entirety of the project.

http://www.d-bd.com/902.htm

[pianoman11686]

There is already an existing thread about the High Line's restoration, which includes articles and details on many projects in that area.

[kurokevin]

If you feel that is a more appropriate place then by all means we can post there. It just seemed to me the existing Highline thread was more concerned with the it's actual development with some added spill the surrounding area.

[krulltime]

Nah... We can post new projects close to the high line here and post news and progress about the Highline itself on the other thread. It will make more sense that way.

[lofter1]

10 Chelsea

This design is quite dull and disappointing for that site at 10th / 23rd. While it might be in-line with some of the bigger buildings that have gone up on 23rd farther to the west, one would hope that things get BETTER as new buildings are put up, rather than solidifying the mundane that came before.

A chunk of the strip of 23rd on the south side from the High Line to Chelsea Park is ripe for transition to Residential -- it would be sad if that entire block ended up being a line of uninspired boxes.

[kurokevin]

Dull and disapointing, but it could end up looking quite <gulp> "handsome".

[krulltime]

837-843 Washington Street:




It is mostly retail. A national chain movie theater will occupy the 2nd and 3rd floor. Here is more...

http://www.rkf.com/listings/NEW/837_...ngton_main.asp

[stache]

Is that where Mother used to be?

[pioneer]

From the 7/14 NY Post:

Philadelphia-based developer David Grasso is loading up on city projects.
Grasso just closed on 245 Tenth Ave., an L-shaped parcel off the corner of 24th St. for $15.37 million from Alf Naman. Grasso will develop a small, 20-condo building. The project will be next to the High Line park created out of the former rail line. "It will be ultra-luxury," Grasso promised.

I wonder if Grasso will use the design originally commisioned by Alf Naman and posted earlier in this thread. In the last two days they erected a blue fence around the property on 10th and around the corner on 24th street, to begin demolition.

[Derek2k3]

I wonder what happened to this....

The Avant
559 West 23rd Street
13 stories 145 feet
Garrett Gourlay Architect PLLC
Stanley Perelman (The Gallery at Chelsea, LLC)
Residential Condominium
8 units 21,791 Sq. Ft.
Proposed



Garrett Gourlay Architect PLLC
The Avant
559 West 23rd Street – New York City
13-story - 22,000 square feet - Unbuilt
8 residential units - 1 community facility unit



Permit

PShark Listing

Finding Utopia: Much Remains Unknown About Group Proposing A Massive Theme Park At Former State Hospital
By PAUL CHOINIERE
Norwich Bureau Chief
Published on 8/15/2004



(old design)
Gene Kaufman Architects
559 West 23rd Street
New thirteen story building with a mix of simple, duplex, and triplex units.
Completion: 2004
Budget: $5,000,000

[Derek2k3]

548 West 29th Street
12 stories
Caliper Design
Dev-West LLC
Residential Condominium
18 units
Proposed Late 2007



Caliper Design
http://www.archpaper.com/features/20...opers_list.htm

548 West 29th Street
Location:548 West 29th Street
Developer:West LLC
Architect(s):Caliper Design
Consultant(s): GMS LLP, John Guth Engineering
Size:12 floors, 18 units
Completion (est.):Late 2007

This top-heavy building starts out narrow, rising on a 25-foot-by-100-foot Chelsea lot, but at the sixth floor, it starts to widen, cantilevering over its neighbors to the east and west. Caliper Design principal Stephen Lynch explained that the façade is clad in a custom-designed metal panel system that provides an irregular texture to the building’s surface.


DOB

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[Derek2k3]

457 West 18th Street Condominium
457-459 West 18th Street
11 stories
Della Valle + Bernheimer Design
Level 6 Developments
Residential Condominium
13 units 29,000 Sq. Ft.
Proposed January 2008



http://www.archpaper.com/features/20...opers_list.htm

459 West 18th Street
Location:459 West 18th Street
Developer:Level 6 Developments
Architect(s): Della Valle + Bernheimer Design
Consultant(s):Robert Silman Associates, Front
Size:11 floors, 13 units, 29,000 sq. ft.
Completion (est.):January 2008

Rather than look to the past as a reference, Della Valle + Bernheimer chose to respond to the design of an adjacent (and as-yet unbuilt) building by architect Audrey Matlock. “[Matlock’s] building is all delicate planes and irregular surfaces,” said partner Jared Della Valle. “Ours is about mass, determined by the building’s L-shaped plan and setbacks.”


DOB

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[LeCom]

Wow, what a collection of abstract architecture this neighborhood will be in about five years.