The Tate, 535 West 23rd Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 535 West 23rd Street by Carter Horsley

The Tate is a handsome and large rental apartment building at 535 West 23^rd Street that is named after the great museum in London. 

A project of The Related Companies, the Tate has 313 apartments in two towers, one 11 stories and one 14 stories, clustered about a private courtyard. 

It was erected in 2002. 

Ismael Leyva and The Rockwell Group designed the building and The Rockwell Group handled its interior design. 

Bottom Line

This large building is down the street from the High Line Elevated Park and near many of Chelsea’s best restaurants and new buildings and it has a very handsome lobby and entrance.

Description

The building boasts one of the city's handsomest lobbies. 

It was designed by David Rockwell and combines a variety of materials to make a very stylish "modern statement." The concierge desk, for example, is in front of a screen of neatly arranged twigs, and there is also a grove of bamboo trees and stone pathways that lead to windowed elevator lobbies overlooking the landscaped courtyard. 

The entrance has a large red-metal marquee that flares upward at its sides over a revolving door entrance. The building has some sidewalk landscaping and has blue-tinted glass over the entrance. 

Amenities

The building has a health and fitness center with individual private television screens. It also has an attractive landscaped sundeck with a skylit entertainment room as well as a business center and a bicycle room. 

Maid, valet and dry cleaning services are available and doormen and/or concierges are on duty 24 hours a day. 

Apartments

There are more than 50 floorplans and apartments have washers and dryers, granite kitchens with glass door cabinetry and stainless steel appliances, stone baths, walk-in closets, multiple media outlets in every room and some apartments have terraces. 

Apartment NO4J is a one-bedroom unit has an entry foyer that passes an enclosed kitchen and a 9-foot-long open home office and dining area to a 20-foot-long living room. 

Apartment SPH1B has an entry foyer that passes an enclosed kitchen and leads to a 17-foot-long living/dining room with an 8-foot-long sleeping alcove. 

Apartment PH1A is a two-bedroom unit that has an entry foyer that passes an enclosed kitchen to a 17-foot-long living room next to a 17-foot-long dining area/home office.

Location

Its Chelsea location is close to many well-known art galleries as well as the Chelsea Piers, the huge recreational complex along the Hudson River nearby. 

Since its opening, this area has undergone significant changes. IAC opening a sail-like office building designed by Frank O. Gehry a few blocks to the south and a multi-faceted apartment tower designed by Jean Nouvel was topped out across the street from it in 2008. 

Another attractive apartment building, the Marais at 520 West 23rd Street, was completed about the same time as this property, just across the street. 

Meanwhile, the first section of the High Line elevated park opened in 2009 with many interesting new residential projects along its route from just south of 14th Street to 30th Street.