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Plans for a mid-block residential building on the west side of Broadway between Chambers and Reade Street have changed.
The vacant site is just to the north of the landmark Broadway Chambers Building at 277 Broadway that was designed by Cass Gilbert, the architect also of the great Woolworth Building a couple of blocks to the south at 233 Broadway. The Broadway Chambers Building, which is very ornate with colorful terracotta ornamentation and a rich architectural vocabulary, is at the northwest corner of City Hall Park.
The proposed building is just to the south of a very handsome, 6-story, cast-iron building at 287 Broadway on the southwest corner of Broadway and Duane Street. During foundation work for the planned new mid-block building, the stability of the low-rise building was endangered and work on the project stopped while bracing was put in place for the low-rise building.
The planned mid-block building was being developed by the John Buck Company of Chicago which had commissioned SLCE Architects to design it. The proposed building was to be 20 stories tall with a sleek, blue-tinted glass facade on Broadway with one bay of balconies at its south end. The narrow mid-block facade at 57 Reade Street will also be blue-tinted glass with one bay of balconies but the western portion of the north facade will be a light-colored grid.
A rendering of new plans for the project recently appeared on the architects' website and it showed that the glass had been changed from a blue to a green tint and that the light-colored grid, which contextually related to the cast-iron building, has been eliminated. It also showed that the Reade Street wing has been enlarged. The website indicated that the project will contain two retail floors and 84 condominium apartments and that completion is expected in 2011.
A few years ago, the John Buck Company year completed a 32-story rental apartment building with Madison Equities at 400 East 92nd Street on the southeast corner at First Avenue. The 192-unit building was also designed by SLCE architects.
The John Buck Company is a major developer in Chicago where it completed the 40-story apartment tower at Two East Erie in 2002, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, the 50-story Plaza 440 in 1991 at 440 North Wabash, designed by Solomon, Cordwell & Buenz, and the 24-story Park Evanston in 1997 at 1630 Chicago Avenue, designed by Harry Weese Associates. Its major office towers in Chicago include the 51-story, 111 South Wacker Drive, designed by Lohan Caprile Goettsch and completed last year, the 50-story One North Wacker Drive, designed by Lohan Associates and completed in 2001, the 50-story, 35 West Wacker Drive building, which is known as the Leo Burnett Building and was designed by Kevin Roche and completed in 1989. the 30-story 515 North State Street Building, which is known as the AMA Building and was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1990, and the 40-story 190 South Lasalle Building, designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and completed in 1987.
The Department of Buildings issued a permit for the project July 31, 2009 but work will not advance on it until the owners of the low-rise building approve the plans according to documents on file at the department.
The vacant site is just to the north of the landmark Broadway Chambers Building at 277 Broadway that was designed by Cass Gilbert, the architect also of the great Woolworth Building a couple of blocks to the south at 233 Broadway. The Broadway Chambers Building, which is very ornate with colorful terracotta ornamentation and a rich architectural vocabulary, is at the northwest corner of City Hall Park.
The proposed building is just to the south of a very handsome, 6-story, cast-iron building at 287 Broadway on the southwest corner of Broadway and Duane Street. During foundation work for the planned new mid-block building, the stability of the low-rise building was endangered and work on the project stopped while bracing was put in place for the low-rise building.
The planned mid-block building was being developed by the John Buck Company of Chicago which had commissioned SLCE Architects to design it. The proposed building was to be 20 stories tall with a sleek, blue-tinted glass facade on Broadway with one bay of balconies at its south end. The narrow mid-block facade at 57 Reade Street will also be blue-tinted glass with one bay of balconies but the western portion of the north facade will be a light-colored grid.
A rendering of new plans for the project recently appeared on the architects' website and it showed that the glass had been changed from a blue to a green tint and that the light-colored grid, which contextually related to the cast-iron building, has been eliminated. It also showed that the Reade Street wing has been enlarged. The website indicated that the project will contain two retail floors and 84 condominium apartments and that completion is expected in 2011.
A few years ago, the John Buck Company year completed a 32-story rental apartment building with Madison Equities at 400 East 92nd Street on the southeast corner at First Avenue. The 192-unit building was also designed by SLCE architects.
The John Buck Company is a major developer in Chicago where it completed the 40-story apartment tower at Two East Erie in 2002, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, the 50-story Plaza 440 in 1991 at 440 North Wabash, designed by Solomon, Cordwell & Buenz, and the 24-story Park Evanston in 1997 at 1630 Chicago Avenue, designed by Harry Weese Associates. Its major office towers in Chicago include the 51-story, 111 South Wacker Drive, designed by Lohan Caprile Goettsch and completed last year, the 50-story One North Wacker Drive, designed by Lohan Associates and completed in 2001, the 50-story, 35 West Wacker Drive building, which is known as the Leo Burnett Building and was designed by Kevin Roche and completed in 1989. the 30-story 515 North State Street Building, which is known as the AMA Building and was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1990, and the 40-story 190 South Lasalle Building, designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and completed in 1987.
The Department of Buildings issued a permit for the project July 31, 2009 but work will not advance on it until the owners of the low-rise building approve the plans according to documents on file at the department.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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