Park Loggia
| Park Loggia | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Town or city | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′13″N 73°58′57″W / 40.77028°N 73.98250°W |
| Completed | 2019 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill |
Park Loggia is a building in New York City owned by AvalonBay Communities and designed by architect Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. It is located on the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan's Upper West Side, on Broadway between 61st and 62nd Streets. The new structure replaced another SOM-designed building completed in 1965.
Original building
[edit]The headquarters of the American Bible Society originally stood on the site.[1][2] Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the original structure. It incorporated some Biblical symbolism, inspired by its anchor tenant.[1] John Kriskiewicz, a Manhattan-based historian of architecture, referred to the original 1865 Broadway as “structurally expressive” but also expressed that it “might have left the public cold.” The Bible Society placed the building on the market in 2014.[3]
New structure
[edit]AvalonBay purchased the building from the Society in 2015 for $300 million, after the organization announced it intended to move its headquarters to Philadelphia.[4] Like the former building, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the new building. Park Loggia topped out in December 2017.[5] The building will contain mostly residential space, with a mix of apartments for rent and condominiums for sale.
New York YIMBY reported that SOM took inspiration from the facade of I. M. Pei's Brutalist Kips Bay Towers for the design of the new structure.[6] The new structure has a terra cotta facade.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dunlap, David (October 21, 2015). "New York Says Farewell to American Bible Society, and Its Building". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ Nelson, Andrew (October 10, 2018). "1865 Broadway's Brutalist-Inspired Facade Reaches Its Rooftop On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan". New York YIMBY. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ Geiger, Daniel (March 25, 2014). "American Bible Society wants $300M for HQ". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ Morris, Keiko (February 1, 2015). "Bible Society Sells New York City Building for $300 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Fedak, Nikolai (December 20, 2017). "SOM-Designed 1865 Broadway Tops Out On The Upper West Side". New York YIMBY. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ Fedak, Nikolai (October 27, 2015). "1865 Broadway Revealed, SOM-Designed Replacement of the American Bible Society". New York YIMBY. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Marani, Matthew (July 24, 2020). "SOM's Park Loggia complements the Upper West Side with subtly designed terra-cotta". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
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