520 West 28th

520 West 28th was the location of the Charity Organization Society's Wayfarers Lodge from 1893 until the late 20th century. In 2013, it became the site of a residential condominium building designed by Zaha Hadid, which is currently under construction.

History

Opened in 1893,[1] from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the location of 520 West 28th street was home to the Wayfarers Lodge. The institution had room for about one hundred woodyard laborers from the local Charity Organization Society's Manhattan woodyard, where vagrants and the homeless could find work if they could not find it elsewhere. Workers from the woodyard were housed here while the city struggled to open a proper city-run shelter for the city.[2][3] Some sources put the address at 516 West 28th street, as the Wayfarers and woodyard shared both the 516 and 520 addresses on 28th street. The New York State Senate wrote of the location that it was a place for men to be "tested as to their willingness to work". The location also included showers and fumigating ovens for the clothing of the residents.[4][5] The building later served as one of the city's first women's shelters.[6] Before redevelopment in 2013, the property was used as a metal scrap yard surrounded by razor wire.[7]

Construction

Starting in July 2013 the building was designed by architect Zaha Hadid,[8][9] who won the bid through a design competition with other architectural firms. The building is 11-stories tall and located in West Chelsea, next to the High Line Park, at 520 West 28th Street. The developer of the building is the Related Companies, which is also developing the neighboring Hudson Yards.[10] The building will have 39 residences, including 3 penthouse suites.[11][12][13][14][15][16] Gotham Magazine described the building as using smooth curves instead of right-angled corners.[17] It is Hadid's first project in New York City.[18] In August 2015 a plan to add a robotic garage as a part of the building was protested by Manhattan Community Board 4, during its application to increase its 11 city-allowed parking spaces to a total of 29.[19]

Allongé

In 2015, the New York Times wrote an article about the design of the sidewalk shed used to protect pedestrians walking past the construction site, citing it as an artistic take on something that is generally considered to be "claustrophobic" on NYC streets.[20] The name of the sculptural installation is Allongé,[21][22][23] which uses silver metallic fabric, which stretches over an undulating frame. The temporary tunnel was 15 feet high and 112 feet long, and was inspired by the functionality of High Line Park.[24]

Opening of residential building

The building 520 West 28th residential building broke ground in March 2014.[17] The building first began accepting tenant deposits in December 2014,[25] and the building has an opening date in 2016.[26]

References

  1. ↑ Metropolis Volume 8. Bellerophon Publications. 1989. p. 79.
  2. ↑ Richard Zacks. Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York. p. 295.
  3. ↑ Ella Howard. Homeless: Poverty and Place in Urban America. p. 12.
  4. ↑ Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 3; Volume 5. New York (State). Legislature. Senate. p. 714.
  5. ↑ William Howe Tolman and William Isaac Hull. Handbook of Sociological Information. p. 202.
  6. ↑ Eugenie Ladner Birch. The Unsheltered Woman: Women and Housing. p. 203.
  7. ↑ "The Zaha Moment". New York Magazine.
  8. ↑ "Curvaceous condo to rise along High Line". Crain's New York.
  9. ↑ "Related Companies - High Line - Zaha Hadid". The Real Deal New York. 30 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Exclusive First Look at Zaha Hadid's High Line Building -- New York Magazine". NYMag.com.
  11. ↑ "Zaha Hadid-designed NYC Building Penthouse to be sold for $35 million". Realty Today.
  12. ↑ "First Shots of Zaha Hadid's New York City Building Interiors Revealed by Curbed". Realty Today.
  13. ↑ "A Novel Way to Sidle up to the High Line". New York Times.
  14. ↑ "The 5 ritziest real estate trends for 2015". New York Post.
  15. ↑ "The Stars Inside the Building". New York Times.
  16. ↑ "Zaha Hadid Designs Residential for New York's High Line". Dezeen.
  17. 1 2 "The Race to Reside in Zaha Hadid's First NYC Building". Gotham Magazine.
  18. ↑ "Sky's the Limit: 520 West 28th Street". Robb Report.
  19. ↑ "Who Has Access to Chelsea Parking?". New York Press.
  20. ↑ "The Sidewalk Shed Ubiquitous New York Eyesore Gets a Makeover". New York Times.
  21. ↑ "Hadid curves fabric not concrete for New York Highline pedestrian shelter". Architecture and Design.
  22. ↑ "Zaha Hadid Unveils High Line Installation". Arch Daily.
  23. ↑ "zaha hadid's high line installation protects pedestrians from construction work". Design Boom.
  24. ↑ "Curved walls: Zaha Hadid turns her High Line condo hoarding into public art". Wall Paper.
  25. ↑ "What a Tease: Zaha Hadid's High Line Condos Near Launch". NY Curbed.
  26. ↑ "Zaha Hadid's Swooping High Line Condos Are Going Vertical". Curbed NY.
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