100 Jane Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 100 Jane Street by Carter Horsley

This red-brick 9-story building at 100 Jane Street at the northwest corner of Washington Street in the West Village was erected in 1996 by Rockrose.

It has 148 rental apartments of which 30 are “affordable.”

It was designed by Avinash K. Malhotra.

The same developer also built the far more attractive, red-brick, 99 Jane Street that was designed by Fox & Fowle with an 11-story tower flanked by six-story wings with full and French balconies setback behind a large gated and nicely landscaped park along Washington Street.

In their great book, "New York 2000, Architecture and Urbanism Between The Bicentennial And The Millennium," Robert A. M. Stern, David Fishman and Jacob Tilove observed that 100 Jane Street was “ made possible by the removal of the southernmost portion of the High Line,” but added that it “had little to recommend it,” noting that 99 Jane Street “was a far more distinguished design.”

This section of the West Village has many restaurants, numerous cobblestone streets and is convenient to the Meat-Packing District and the High Line elevated park that opened in 2009.

Bottom Line

A pleasant but boxy, red-brick building across from a very attractive park in a very desirable section of the West Village on a cobblestone street.

Description

The red-brick building has a rusticated one-story base with a canopied entrance on a cobblestone street. 

The building has discrete air-conditioners and a narrow, plain cornice.

Amenities

This building has a doorman, a concierge, a live-in superintendent, a fitness center and a sundeck.

Apartments

Penthouse B is a one-bedroom unit with an 18-foot-wide living room, a 10-foot-wide dining alcove, an enclosed kitchen and a 37-foot-long terrace. 

Apartment F on floors 5 through 9 is a two-bedroom unit with a 23-foot-long living room with a 12-foot-dining alcove and an enclosed kitchen. 

Apartment 2R is a one-bedroom duplex with a 22-foot-long living/dining room with a staircase and a pass-through kitchen and a bedroom with a bathroom on the upper level and a 19-foot-long recreation room with a bathroom on the lower level.