We got a look yesterday at the new residential complex (above, duh) coming to the former Mary Help of Christians lot on Avenue A between East 11th Street and East 12th Street... in the comments, bowboy asked about putting together a post showing renderings of all the new buildings going up now in the neighborhood.
An instant request.
Per bowboy:
Seems like they all look the same — boxy, two-tone red & grey, overlapping setbacks of squares. 50 years from now will the all neighborhood look like this? And will preservationists be screaming to save these tetris models? Did architectural creativity die this decade?
Well, let's take a look... Here are several developments still under construction (or, in the case of Jupiter 21, recently completed). A few things. These are residential only (sorry 51 Astor Place) ... and new buildings (no conversions of former nursing homes like Bloom 62 or rooftop additions like 205 Avenue A). Also, we have yet to see any renderings for 185 Avenue B at East 12th Street.
And here we go...
Jupiter 21 on Second Avenue...
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84 Third Ave.
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The Jefferson, 211 E. 13th St.
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Alphabet Plaza, East Second Street and Avenue D
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98-100 Avenue A (conceptual rendering)
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500 E. 14th St. at Avenue A (conceptual rendering)
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316-318 E. Third St.
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427 E. 12th St.
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227 E. Seventh St.
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331 E. Houston St. at Ridge
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154 Second Ave.
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327 E. Ninth St.
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41 Fourth Ave. at East 10th Street (conceptual rendering)
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277 E. Seventh St. at Avenue D
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Phew. Thoughts? Winners? Losers? Oh. And Happy Halloween.