All renderings via Morris Adjmi Architects for Landmarks Preservation Commission
The corner of MacDougal and West 8th Streets has been quiet since an entity known as Clinton Eight Realty LLC bought 177 and 179 MacDougal Street for $5.7 million in the spring of 2012 (h/t The Real Deal), but things are heating up again now that renderings of new plans for the site, which also includes 181 MacDougal Street (also known as 38 West 8th Street) have been revealed. Owing to the site’s location in the Greenwich Village Historic District, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will review the proposal on Tuesday, February 5 at 11:15 a.m.
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The Greek Revival houses at 179 and 181 MacDougal Streets were originally built in 1846 but demolished and turned to one-story commercial buildings in 1937. Another demolition is sought so that a seven-story mixed-use building with a common roof deck can rise on this prime Greenwich Village corner just off the New York University campus. As seen in a presentation for Landmarks, the building designed by Morris Adjmi Architects would be one of the taller ones in the area, but its height and brick façade look respectful of the surroundings. Permits filed last August call for over 8,000 square feet of retail space and a 1,300-square-foot community facility at grade level as well as 26 apartments starting on the second floor. In addition to the roof deck, residential amenities will include an elevator and bike room.
177 MacDougal Street is a Greek Revival rowhouse that was originally built in 1834, reconstructed as a five-story apartment building in 1875, and has seen several alterations since then. It will get a new wooden storefront, a new door, new brownstone lintel, and new painted guardrail and stoop. All lintels and bricks will be stripped of paint coating, the brick will be cleaned and patched, and the metal cornice at the top will be repaired and repainted. The Landmarks presentation cites several successful and similar examples on West 8th Street.
MacDougal Street and West 8th Street rendering
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