90 Washington Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 90 Washington Street by Carter Horsley

The 27-story building at 90 Washington Street, which is also known as 23-31 Rector Street and 52-54 West Street in Lower Manhattan, was erected as an office building in 1970 by the Sylvan Lawrence Company. It was designed by Fred Safran. 

The building was converted to rental apartments by the Moinian Group and Cetra/Ruddy Architects in 2003. 

It is across West Street from Battery Park City. 

The building, which is known now as 90W and is comprised of 398 apartments, has a setback at the 13th floor on West Street.

Bottom Line

Across West Street from Battery Park City, this residentially converted apartment building is close to the Financial District and has a roof deck and an outdoor golf driving range.

Description

The building has a walnut-paneled attended lobby and its apartments have ceilings that range in height from 10 to 13 feet and broad windows. 

The tower has one large setback along West Street.

Amenities

It has a 24-hour concierge, on-site attended parking, a valet for dry cleaning, laundry, maid service and room service, a live-in superintendent, a fitness center and Club 90, a 12,000-square-foot event center with a residents’ lounge, billiards, a landscaped roof deck, an outdoor golf putting green, storage space and a landscaped outdoor plaza with a waterfall.

Apartments

Apartments have maple kitchen cabinetry, granite kitchen countertops, dishwashers, GE stainless-steel appliances, and 9- to 13-foot-high ceilings. 

Bathrooms have deco subway tile walls and hexagonal tile floors.

Penthouse D is a one-bedroom unit that has a 10-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a pass-through kitchen and a 23-foot-long living/dining room that opens onto a large terrace. 

Loft A on floors 2 through 12 has an 8-foot-long entrance gallery that leads past a kitchen to a 19-foot-long living/dining room. 

Loft E on floors 2 through 12 has a 11-foot-wide entrance gallery, an 11-foot-wide home office, a kitchen and a 25-foot-long living/dining room. 

Loft Q on floors 2 through 12 has a 13-foot-long entry foyer and a very long gallery that leads past a kitchen to a 17-foot-long living/dining room. 

Loft T on floors 2 through 12 has an entry foyer that leads past a 12-foot-long home office to a 10-foot-long gallery and a kitchen to a 25-foot-long living/dining room with a center column. 

Loft W on floors 2 through 12 has a 9-foot-wide entry foyer that opens onto a kitchen and a 20-foot-wide living/dining room. 

Loft G on floors 14 through 26 is a studio unit with an 11-foot-long foyer that opens onto an enclosed, windowed kitchen and a 24-foot-long living/dining room. 

Loft M on floors 14 through 26 is a one-bedroom unit that has a long entry foyer that leads past a 10-foot-wide home office and an enclosed kitchen to a 19-foot-long living/dining room.

History

It was the first residential project to receive Liberty Bond financing through the New York City Housing Development Corporation. 

For many years it was used as offices by the Bank of New York. 

The Moinian Group, which is headed by Joseph Moinian, also converted the former Downtown Athletic Club building nearby at 20 West Street and is the developer of the W Hotel nearby at 123 Washington Street. 

Some apartments are rented furnished by Oakwood Worldwide, which acquired the ExecuStay corporate housing brand in 2012 from Marriott International Inc. 

A New York Times article by Alison Gregor May 21, 2006 reported that Mr. Moinian arrived in the United States from Iran in 1971 at the age of 16. He studied at City College and his first venture was an apparel company called Billy Jack for Her. 

In 1996, he developed the Biltmore residential tower at 271 West 47th Street and the Marc at 260 West 54th Street and in 2008 opened the Atelier at 635 West 42nd Street.