One Madison Park - 22 East 23rd Street - by Cetra/Ruddy Inc.

[krulltime]

Here is the area where the 40-story tower will be built:





From the New York Sun:

Originally Posted by Madison Square Park Area Sees Condo Growth, MICHAEL STOLER, March 23, 2006

Last week, a residential developer from Rockland County purchased two two-story buildings at 20-22 E. 23rd St. and the air rights of the adjacent properties from a prominent New York City residential developer who had acquired the sites over the past 18 months. One of the sites previously housed a MdDonald's. The new owner plans to demolish the buildings and construct a 40-story residential tower.

[czsz]

That looks like a group of old buildings. Any street shots?

[TLOZ Link5]

They are older buildings, some of which are pretty attractive and others I could do without.

A preliminary view from ESB (to the left of the ugly apartment building across the street from Flatiron):

[czsz]

Hm, some of those buildings are indeed nice, from what I remember. And this tower looks set to have an all too girthy base...

[ManhattanKnight]

A closer view:

[antinimby]

The article says 2 two-story buildings. One of them is obviously the one in black, but where's the other? The adjacent buildings are all higher than 2 stories.

[czsz]

There's a McDonald's on that row- right across from Shake Shack. You can bring your Combo Meal over to the park and tempt the people waiting an hour in line to spend $20 on a made-to-order burger...

[londonlawyer]

The little black building and the nice grey one next to it will be razed. While the black one will be no loss, it will be a shame to lose the grey one, as there are several dilapidated buildings to the west of the black one including one housing a Wendy's.

[czsz]

Hmm yeah, would have been better to kill Dunkin Donuts.

[infoshare]

Originally Posted by krulltime

Here is the area where the 40-story tower will be built:

Map view; enter address (20 and/or 22 East 23rd Street) at website - http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/mp/Portal.do

[Peakrate212]

You know I hate to destroy buildings just because the retail sucks, but this might be one of the cases where a new building would be better to change the negative street vibe that exists now on this part of 23rd. I don't know what it is, but the retail adds to the whole West 42nd street in the 1970s feel ...

[Derek2k3]

I think the developers are Glenwood Management. Expect something hideous like all the rest of their buildings.

[lofter1]

Originally Posted by czsz

There's a McDonald's on that row- right across from Shake Shack. You can bring your Combo Meal over to the park and tempt the people waiting an hour in line to spend $20 on a made-to-order burger...

Had me a shake shack double cheeseburger, fries and lemonade today ...

Less than 15 minutes on line and total was ~ $10.00

Sunshine in the park was free

De-lish ... mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[TLOZ Link5]

Originally Posted by antinimby

The article says 2 two-story buildings. One of them is obviously the one in black, but where's the other? The adjacent buildings are all higher than 2 stories.

There are seven buildings in that view. The overhead shot in the first post shows that there are eight buildings currently occupying the site. The second two-story building might be the building that's out-of-view.

[londonlawyer]

The article refers to 20-22 E. 23rd St. I walked by the site last week when I read this, and the buildings are the little black one and the grey one to the left of it.