We recently checked on which of the pending condo developments are actually getting built along the High Line in Manhattan's West Chelsea neighborhood. Two notable projects have already broken ground. One is the large mixed-use Caledonia designed by Gary Handel. Another, which we take note of here, is the latest from Selldorf Architects--a mid-block apartment house of medium size at 520 West 19th Street just east of Frank Gehry's IAC headquarters (terraced unit above). More after the jump...
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Architect Joseph Pell Lombardi has designed a pair of new condominium buildings planned for opposite sides of Washington Street between Vestry and Laight Streets in the Tribeca North Historic District. His faithfully contextual design of red brick with arched windows make these loft condos seem, to the untrained eye at least, like manufacturing buildings of the nineteenth century. 414 Washington Street will have 15 lofts while the larger 415 Washington Street will have 26 units. Steel canopies over raised platforms (think loading docks) will add to the historical allusion. Each building will be six stories tall with two setback stories. Lombardi has a strong track record of delivering the kind of sensitive and accurate designs that landmark committees and preservationists (not to mention downtown loft buyers) love. More about Tribeca's back-to-the-future lofts after the jump...
