77 Greenwich Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 77 Greenwich Street by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 42-story tower at 77 Greenwich Street at a prime Lower Manhattan location near Battery Park City and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel was erected by Trinity Place Holdings and was due for completion in 2020. 

The 500-foot-tall tower has 90 condominium apartments beginning at the 15th floor and was designed by FX Collaborative. The tower has a distinctive, pleated form above a 17-story base with a southern façade with three cantilevers.  

Deborah Berke Partners did the interiors. Ms. Berke is dean of the School of Architecture at Yale University. 

The cast stone base of the prominent tower has a new, 476-seat public elementary school, partially constructed by the preserved and restored Robert & Anne Dickey House, an 1810 landmark, and retail space. 

The building is on the former site of the Syms flagship store.

Bottom Line

A striking, 42-story, mixed-use tower with an elementary school in the cast-stone base and 90 condos in the "pleated" glass tower above with a cantilevered southern façade.

Description

According to a May 16, 2019 article at forbes.com by Keith Flamer, the building's "chiseled stone façade anchors the building into the rich texture of historic Lower Manhattan, while its pleated glass façade offers residents captivating and dramatic views of the harbor and western sky," adding that "the tower heralds a sophisticated, crafted architecture for downtown." 

The building has a double-height lobby with sculptural oak paneling and granite and blackened steel concierge desk.

Amenities

The building has a 24/7 concierge, a double-height fitness center programmed by Jay Wright, a multi-purpose game room, a children's playroom, a training studio with terrace access, a fireplace lounge, a private dining room and a Cloud Club 77, a penthouse-level club that includes a lounge with a fireplace, a rooftop garden with a Zen meditation deck, a children's play area, grill stations and chaise seating has been designed by Future Green Studio and the 41st floor has 950 feet of outdoor space with a Japanese rock garden and a lower, 2,350-square-foot terrace has pergolas and a dog run. The new, 20,000-square-foot Elizabeth H. Berger Park is planned for a site across the street.

Apartments

Apartments are designed to LEED stands and have white oak floors, powder rooms, 10-foot-plus ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows with unobstructed water and skyline views.  The units have Poliform kitchens, Blue de Savoie marble kitchen countertops and backsplashes and Miele, Sub-Zero and Wolf kitchen appliances. 

Master bathrooms have warm gray, radiant heated Haisa marble floors, walls and counters and sycamore millwork.  Secondary baths have Venice terrazzo tile floors, oak millwork cabinets and powder rooms have Calacatta Lincoln sink bowls and brushed Bianco Mist quartzite floors. 

Apartment 39A is a four-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a long hallway to the 29-foot-long living/dining room with three angled window walls and an open, windowed kitchen with an island.  One of the bedrooms has an bay window. 

Apartment 36C is a three bedroom unit with a long entry foyer that passes an enclosed, windowed kitchen with an island, to a large living room with a bay window.  Two of the bedrooms have corner windows. 

Apartment 39B is a two-bedroom unit with a long entry foyer that passes an open kitchen with a breakfast bar and a large living room with an angled bay window.  The master bedroom also has a bay window.