The New York City Sanitation Department showed the landmarks committee of Community Board 2 last night its design of a large salt shed it wants to build near its planned new, large, garage facility in SoHo near the Hudson River at the west end of Canal Street near the Holland Tunnel.
The design has to be approved by the Public Design Commission at its October 25, 2010 meeting.
According to an article today at ny.curbed.com by Joey Arak, Mike Friedlander of Sanitation Department said that the very angular and irregularly shaped concrete shed would be illuminated with lights under the sidewalk "to make the building more iconic by creating a moat of lighting."
The article said that the estimate cost of the structure is about $10 million.
The garage trucking facility has been the center of controversy within the community for some time and the community group proposed an alternative design that was lower and had an angled green roof.
The department, however, did not alter its handsome design by Richard Dattner, the architect best known for the very popular P.S. 234 in TriBeCa. Mr. Dattner is also the architect of the proposed salt shed.
The proposed shed is close to the James Brown house at 326 Spring Street that was erected in 1917 for an African-American aide to George Washington during the Revolution and some new residential condominium projects on Spring Street.
The design has to be approved by the Public Design Commission at its October 25, 2010 meeting.
According to an article today at ny.curbed.com by Joey Arak, Mike Friedlander of Sanitation Department said that the very angular and irregularly shaped concrete shed would be illuminated with lights under the sidewalk "to make the building more iconic by creating a moat of lighting."
The article said that the estimate cost of the structure is about $10 million.
The garage trucking facility has been the center of controversy within the community for some time and the community group proposed an alternative design that was lower and had an angled green roof.
The department, however, did not alter its handsome design by Richard Dattner, the architect best known for the very popular P.S. 234 in TriBeCa. Mr. Dattner is also the architect of the proposed salt shed.
The proposed shed is close to the James Brown house at 326 Spring Street that was erected in 1917 for an African-American aide to George Washington during the Revolution and some new residential condominium projects on Spring Street.
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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