1 East 35th Street - Hotel - by H. Thomas O'Hara Architects

**stache** · February 3rd, 2006, 05:46 PM

There's a building going up on the uptown side of 35th. St. just east of 5th. Ave. Does anybody know anything about it?

**TLOZ Link5** · February 3rd, 2006, 06:06 PM

1 East 35th Street:

http://www.gkarchitect.com/Commercial-1-e35th.html

**londonlawyer** · February 3rd, 2006, 06:25 PM

In the photo, it looks quite odd. The exterior looks extremely plain and heavy.

**antinimby** · February 3rd, 2006, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by londonlawyer

In the photo, it looks quite odd. The exterior looks extremely plain and heavy.

You're right. Kinda like an institution such as a courthouse or a hospital. WELCOME to NY, the hotbed of great design! We must truly be the envy of the world.

**stache** · February 4th, 2006, 02:28 AM

Thank you TLOZ!

**TLOZ Link5** · February 4th, 2006, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by stache

Thank you TLOZ!

Anytime

**antinimby** · February 19th, 2006, 03:46 AM

This was quoted from the Manhattan Residential Developments forum. It belongs here on this thread.

Originally Posted by krulltime

Ok so I was walking on 5th Avenue and I found this under construction between 5th Ave. and Madison Ave. on 35th Street. Anyone has info on this new building?

February 15, 2006:

**antinimby** · February 19th, 2006, 03:56 AM

Here's the summary for this one:

1 East 35th Street

A 28-story, 195 Room "Boutique Hotel" located 2 blocks from the Empire State Building in midtown Manhattan. Featured spaces include a double height lobby with mezzanine and bar, a full service restaurant with garden seating at the ground floor, and a sky lounge at the roof. The building contains 83,000 square feet and is served by 3 high-speed elevators at the core and 1 freight elevator at the street. It is of concrete column and flat plate construction and is clad in white marble-faced brick and aluminum panel. Through slender orthogonal massing and subdued materials the hotel presents itself as a classic New York City high rise from the exterior. The interior is modern in design and features high-tech audio-visual elements with strong emphasis on verticality.

In design

Budget: $26,000,000

http://www.gkarchitect.com/Commercial-1-e35th.html

**jeffpark** · February 19th, 2006, 07:07 PM

1 East 35th Street
Commerce Bank provided a $40 million financing package to 35th Street Associates LP, which is building a 91-unit residential apartment building at the site.

the building on fifth will be a hotel
and the the lot on 35th street will be condos.

**antinimby** · February 19th, 2006, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by jeffpark

1 East 35th Street
Commerce Bank provided a $40 million financing package to 35th Street Associates LP, which is building a 91-unit residential apartment building at the site.
the building on fifth will be a hotel
and the the lot on 35th street will be condos.

OK, that's really confusing. Are you saying that there are two separate buildings here? So which is the one we see U/C above, the hotel or condo?

**lofter1** · February 19th, 2006, 10:43 PM

The facade shown here http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/sh...18&postcount=7 is clearly on 35th, not on 5th Ave., ergo: Condos

**krulltime** · March 1st, 2006, 09:43 PM

From the top of the Empire State Building. March 1, 2006:

**Derek2k3** · March 4th, 2006, 11:44 AM

This design is done by H. Thomas O'Hara Architects and developed by Senior Living Options. They did that junk on W 42nd Street so expect something taller and just as attrocious here. One positive change is that the entire building is not set back from the street and not revealing the adjacent buildings' party walls like the previous design.

**kz1000ps** · March 4th, 2006, 04:44 PM

Funny how this building manages to look "extremely plain and heavy" while also oh-so insubstantial and flimsy. Plus the size/shape of the windows are just wrong wrong wrong.

Someone needs to put O'Hara and his minions out of their misery. There's no way any of them can enjoy their jobs designing (or worse, doing technical drawings of) crap, project after project.

..Then again, I suppose that would just make all the more work available for Monsieur Kondylis. Sigh.

**lofter1** · March 4th, 2006, 05:01 PM

Another view of this one (at right); note the beautiful blank wall facing 5th Ave.:

And yet another horrible building by some of the gang that is bringing us 1 E. 35th:

108 West 24th Street

http://www.gkarchitect.com/Commercial01.html

The Chelsea Hampton Inn,
a 19-story hotel with 144 guest rooms

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