Construction is progressing on 64 University Place, an 11-story residential building in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Bsafal, the 125-foot-tall structure will span 55,000 square feet and yield 28 condominium units with sales and marketing led by Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes of the The Eklund ǀ Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman Real Estate, as well as a community facility and ground-floor retail space. SPACE Copenhagen is the interior designer, Deborah Nevins is the landscape designer, and CNY Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located between East 10th and East 11th Streets.
Foundation work was still ongoing at the time of our last update in October. Since then, the reinforced concrete superstructure has risen to its pinnacle and is now awaiting the start of façade installation. Waterproofing and insulation is currently underway, and brickwork will likely begin in the coming weeks. Black netting and metal scaffolding covers a large portion of the exterior, including the upper levels and their stepped setbacks.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Renderings show the exterior composed of red brick with sculpted arches across the main elevation. The design incorporates a profusion of greenery, including trees atop the setbacks and climbing plants on portions of the walls.
64 University Place. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
64 University Place. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.
64 University Place is located between Union Square Park and Washington Square Park, and is surrounded by a host of shops and restaurants. The closest subways are the 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R, W, and L trains at the 14th Street-Union Square station, the R and W trains at the 8th Street-NYU station, and the A, C, E, B, D, F, and M trains at the West 4th Street-Washington Square station.
64 University Place has an estimated completion date of fall 2023, as noted on site, though YIMBY anticipates work to finish sometime within the first half of 2024.
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Yuck.
Really? Yuck?
This is interesting and extremely attractive. Go protest the horrendous scourge of Badaly and Caliendo buildings in the Bronx and elsewhere. Those structures are what “yuck” really looks like and are aesthetic negatives for the pre-war apartment house neighborhoods they appear in.
NFA and Joe, the only yucky things I see are those short ugly corner buildings to the north of this project. Hopefully we see something that could complement KPF’s project
You sir are a clown
Super nice!
This is really nice and is somewhat reminiscent of KPF’s tower under construction at 520 Fifth.
Totally! I think 520 will be using terra-cotta for much of the outside
Shame it’s not the corner building
Renderings always show how it hopefully should appear.
Ha Ha ha
They never do
Those corner buildings are so ugly compared to this. Wish they would’ve been able to extend the building to the corner
What’s happening at the “Resevoir” building next door?
This development has the blank wall up to a certain height. I suspect to eventually at least the two corner buildings replaced with something better.
Ivy on buildings is problematic. Many of the rather plain six-floor buildings in my neighborhood erected by one developer in the 1950s were intended to be covered with ivy. The blueprints show vine stakes at regular intervals. However, the greenery has all disappeared today. A neighborhood of verdant buildings would have been remarkable. However, climbing insects and roosting birds were the source of many complaints and then facade repairs required the removal of the ivy. Large trees planted in the ground sometimes are blown over. I often have wondered how this is avoided on terraces.
I too love the look of ivy covered brick buildings. If only they could figure out how to stop the vines from growing after a certain point. Short of fake ivy I can’t see how thats possible unfortunately.
With all these new buildings being built covered with “foliage”, NY is starting to look like the
“Life without People” show?! 🤣
I hope they cover that gray mechanical bulkhead with ivy and more greenery. Wish they could’ve continued the brickwork up to that but oh well
Nobody in a million years would pay for that
Yeah nobody in a million years. A literal million years would pay another $75,000 or so to cover the mechanicals. Absolutely insane.
Beautiful brickwork for Greenwich Village, and I’m glad this wasn’t value engineered as another glass and metal box like so many that unfortunately get built around New York.
Is it KPF or Morris Adjmi? The article and photo captions don’t match.
Noticed the same.
Also saw this—but I think if it was Adjmi, the arches would be upside down!
THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR THIS BLOCK
I keep scrolling down until I came to see a design method, that is rich in beautiful materials by assembling them together. I think red bricks can shine in either overcast skies or bright sunlight, and it warms my heart to look at the red brick on its delicate curves: Thanks to Michael Young.
Quite beautiful. This building is going to age very well.
I love tiered buildings, especially art deco and these more modern ones with irregularities. Feels like something out of Minecraft.
I think it fits the character of this neighborhood.