160 Wooster Street: Review and Ratings

Review of 160 Wooster Street by Carter Horsley

This very attractive building at 160 Wooster Street was completed in 2003 and occupies the full blockfront on Houston Street between Greene and Wooster Streets at the north end of SoHo.

Despite its imposing bulk, the building contains only 15 condominium units, most of which are corner apartments.

Fegan Berg Architects designed the building.

Bottom Line

A handsome building with many corner apartments on the north boundary of SoHo with convenient public transportation and proximity to many boutiques and restaurants.

Description

The building has a six-story base and an 8-story central tower that is topped by an exposed rooftop watertank. The tower is slightly off center to the west.

With its white metal cladding and red-brick center piers, the building pays nice homage to the cast-iron heritage of Greene Street and the cobblestones of Wooster Street.

The lobby has a 14-foot-high ceiling and the building has a separate service entrance with elevator access.

Amenities

The building has a full-time doorman, private storage and a large roof deck.

Convenient to NoHo, Greenwich Village, and Little Italy, this site is also well-served by public transportation. There are many restaurants, art galleries and boutiques in the vicinity.

Apartments

The two duplex penthouses have their own large terraces.

Each apartment has a private basement storage unit. There are two key-locked passenger elevators.

Apartments have ceilings up to 10 feet eight inches high, white oak hardwood floors, wood-frame windows, color video intercom and security systems, and washers and dryers as well as individually controlled heating and air-conditioning and pre-wiring.

Kitchens have Valcucine dark wood and glass cabinets, Almada stone countertops, Subzero refrigerators, Miele 5-burner stovetop, Thermador double ovens, and Bosch dishwashers. Master bathrooms have Italian Porto stone floors, glass mosaic accent tile on the walls and Waterworks fixtures and accessories.

Apartment 2C is a two-bedroom unit that has a very long entry foyer that opens onto a 32-foot-long living/dining room with an open kitchen with an island.

Apartment 4A is a three-bedroom unit with a very long entrance gallery that leads to a 13-foot-long foyer that opens onto a 29-foot-long living/dining room with an open, 17-foot-long kitchen with an island.

Apartment 4B is a two-bedroom unit that has a 27-foot-long living/dining room with a 12-foot-long open kitchen with an island.

History

The building was originally designed by Costas Kondylis for Jacob I. Sopher as a rental building with 43 apartments in 1997.  The next year it was redesigned by H. Thomas O’Hara Jr. with 15 apartments for Adrian Strole of TriBeach Holdings. 

Location

This building, which is also known as 145 Green Street and 37-61 West Houston Street, is directly across Houston Street, a major downtown cross-street, from University Towers, three high-rise buildings designed by I. M. Pei centered around a large Picasso sculpture, one of the city’s handsomest modern enclaves.

This building is also just down Houston Street from the famous Puck Building on Lafayette Street and the Cable Building on Broadway.