Hudson Square

Hudson Square is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City approximately bounded by West Houston Street to the north, Canal Street to the south, Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to the east and the Hudson River to the west.^[1] To the north of the neighborhood is Greenwich Village, to the south is TriBeCa, and to the east is SoHo. The area once was known as the Printing District, and into the 21st century it remains a center of media-related activity, including in advertising, design, communications, and the arts.^[2]

Within the neighborhood is the landmarked Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District, which contains the largest concentration of Federalist and Greek Revival style row houses built during the first half of the 19th century. The most prominent feature within the neighborhood is the Manhattan entrance to the Holland Tunnel. The tallest structure in the neighborhood is the Trump SoHo hotel.

The Spring Street subway station (A C E trains) serves the neighborhood, as do several bus lines.

70 Charlton Street, Extell’s Hudson Square Condo Project

The site at 70 Charlton Street in Hudson Square has seen several proposed configurations, but it appears that Extell has finally settled on two 21-story towers as depicted in the most recent zoning diagrams, which are now accompanied by renderings from the project’s teaser website.

While the zoning diagrams finally show the project’s setup, the renderings are lacking the depiction of the project’s overview. Still, it’s clear that architect Beyer Blinder Belle is designing something that will be contextual to the surrounds, which is dominated by pre-war industrial structures.

The facade appears to feature dark red brick interspersed with a metallic element, as well as large gridded windows. The look is a definite departure from the aesthetic of Extell’s developments further north, like 217 West 57th Street, One57, and the Diamond Exchange Tower, all of which are (or will be) very glassy.

The development will be split between two components, the larger of which will face Charlton Street and have 72 units. The smaller building on Vandam will have 44, with each floor split between two apartments. The project will also be 20% affordable.

Construction in the surrounding neighborhood is beginning to boom, thanks to the passing of a residential rezoning. Other projects are in the works at 100 Vandam Street, which has also been glimpsed, as well as a potential tower at 100 Varick Street.

As for 70 Charlton Street completion is currently expected in 2016, and sales are evidently about to begin.

Hudson Square’s Salt Shed Really Does Look Like Salt

So often, the best laid plans of architects and renderers don’t really work the way they were envisioned, which is why it’s mildly surprising to see that the Spring Street Salt Shed in Hudson Square, conceived to look like a giant salt crystal, actually seems to look like that. The shed is currently under construction, but Tribeca Citizen managed to get a shot (above) through the scaffolding, and whether or not the exposed part is how it will actually look when finished, so far it looks pretty cool. The adjacent Garbage Garage (for the Department of Sanitation’s trucks) was conceived to look like a building, has been built, and does look like a building, so that worked out, too.

This Crazy Cantilevered Condo May Soon Come to Hudson Sq

Thanks to the 2013 rezoning of Hudson Square, the once-quiet neighborhood is seeing rapid change, and if the renderings found by 6sqft on the Fernando Romero EnterprisE site area any indication, this new development at 535 Greenwich Street could end up being one of the craziest.

The renderings on the site reveal a 26-floor, 116-unit condominium, on an L-shaped lot to be developed by Cape Advisors. And while these designs are not yet confirmed, it reveals an interesting conundrum facing developers in the area; the rezoning set a height limit of 290′ along major avenues and 210′ on side streets, which explains this design’s bonkers use of cantilevers and the fact that it looks like any number of Transformers fighting.

According to the New York Observer, the 57,500-square-foot (plus 42,500-square-feet of buildable air rights) warehouse was bought last spring for $52 million.

for more information, please check the site: https://www.70charlton.com/.