449 Washington Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 449 Washington Street by Carter Horsley

This 7-story, mid-block, red-brick at 449 Washington Street between Watts and Desbrosses streets in TriBeCa has only four condominium apartments.

It was built in 1920 and converted to condominiums in 2014.

DI Development LLC, which is headed by Gizman Abbas, erected the building and Ishac Design was the architectural firm for the conversion and enlargement of the former 5-story production studio.

Bottom Line

A simple, 7-story, red-brick building with only four apartments in TriBeCa whose façade is boldly flanked by steel girders.

Description

The seemingly modest, red-brick, mid-rise building is boldly distinguished by the steel girders at its sides.

Amenities

The building private keyed elevator access, and a part-time doorman weekdays from 10AM to 3PM and a virtual doorman all the time.

Apartments

The penthouse triplex has fireplaces in a salon and the master bedroom, two terraces and an outdoor kitchen.

The other apartments have marble bathrooms with radiant floor heat and kitchens with Viking appliances, double ovens and wine refrigerators.

The maisonette duplex apartment has a gas fireplace, 5-inch quarter sawn riff cut solid oak floors, 13-foot-ceilings, motorized solar shades, a 5-burner stove, Carrera marble kitchen countertops, white lacquer and Shinnok Shadow Makassar kitchen cabinetry, 42-inch double-door refrigerator, a 150-bottle wine refrigerator.

The apartments on the third and fourth floors are two-bedroom units with 1,665 square feet of interior space and 32 square feet of exterior space.

History

Kathryn Bigelow, the Oscar-winning director of “The Hurt Locker,” bought one of the apartments, according to a March 13, 2015 article by Annie Doge at 6sqft.com.

Location

The building is adjacent to the wonderful former Fleming Smith Warehouse at 133 Watts Street that was erected in 1891 and designed by Stephen Decatur Smith and is very notable for its Flemish Revival architecture with five stories of yellow brick above a rusticated stone base and topped with “fanciful copper-lined steeped gables,” according to an article by Tom Miller May 26, 2010 at his great website, daytonianinanhattan.blogspot.com.