Reply With QuoteMilford Plaza renovation looking good. Were the A/C units added during this renovation? Fortunately they're not too intrusive.
Let's see how they restpre the base.
Milford Plaza renovation looking good. Were the A/C units added during this renovation? Fortunately they're not too intrusive.
Let's see how they restpre the base.
The AC vents have been there. They're just more noticeable now since they cleaned the bricks.
I sure hope they do right at the base. The one big problem they have to deal with are the lowest line of AC vents which were cut into the protruding cornice above the arched windows. They've spent a big effort on restoring & rehabilitating the arched windows with their metal panels, so hopefully the surrounding base will be finished out with good detailing and not be a cheesy flat surface.
Can we back up a second to the Wash Heights hotel by GKV? Holy crap. That's midblock on 187th st between broadway and wadsworth. Here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=vesey+...h&z=19&vpsrc=6.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=vesey+...3.09,,0,-13.28
I just looked through the whole block and don't see permits for this yet, but this would be really quite incredible if it were to happen.
That's the same design (but taller) they have for a "Columbia dorm" on their site.
Nolitan Hotel during Open House NY 2011.
I guess there's a pretty strong emphasis on exposed edges... the terra cotta corners aren't even covered.
Photos of the rooms were hard to get due to them being so... cozy. In this corner room there is no bathroom, just a bath/shower/sink area with the toilet in its own closet around the corner.
The division of masses between the two parts of the building is serious. This cut goes back a ways.
I like the Nolitan, though many don't.
Another hotel called L.E.S. Hotel for the LES/SoHo.
220 rooms
ODA Architecture:
http://oda-architecture.com/
cool! any news on the citizenM site on 50th street? i found the rendering of the project here:
http://www.concreteamsterdam.nl/main.html
a photo update would be great!!!
Last edited by alexhurz; December 30th, 2011 at 10:50 AM.
^Not much better than something by Kaufman.
NB Application filed for new 22 story Poon hotel.
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01
Originally Posted by Derek2k3
These two buildings are being demolished for what I presume will be another budget hotel. No block in the 30's will be unscathed from these streetwall busting piles of junk.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/...95a14d74_b.jpg
Demo for 45 W 38
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01
Demo for 43 W 38
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01
Owner is listed as MALIKA HOSPITALITY LLC
c'mon....38th st- again.... what the @%$*&*!...haven't we been terrorized enough?!
This area should be landmarked.
Speaking of Hotel news. Look what I stumbled upon 2 nights ago...
Looks like the filing is for 27 Stories, 273 ft, and 264 hotel rooms. Address is 4 Platt, and while there was a thread kind of floating around, I'll start one. This marks the 2nd Lam hotel breaking ground in a couple blocks, and one of I suppose 3 hotels U/C downtown. It's a Nobutaka, so it might not be 100% bland, but who knows, as there's nothing on their site about it. This is apparently a split with the site, as 2 Platt was originally to be a 52 story tower with all of the air rights, but my understanding is that Lam will now build 2 separate towers.
Permit filed for 19 story hotel at 160 West 56th Street (next to Cityspire).
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01
Knocking down this old carriage house from 1879.
This type of building is typically constructed as a 'place holder' commonly referred to as a Tax Payer: so it may be 'exempt' from landmark status. Maybe!
A typical "taxpayer building" from 1903. These types of buildings were only a few stories high, with several small storefronts meant to hold a parcel of land and generate revenue in order to later build a much larger building on thee same spot. Some were never replaced, like this one at 19 W. Jackson (now the notorious Dollar Daze).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluebike/3652824662/
If this was indeed constructed as a carriage house then it's hardly a typical "tax payer" / "place holder" building -- which, as noted, were specifically constructed to house retail / commercial and bring in cash.
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