Renovation work is nearing completion on 27 Park Place, a five-story commercial building in Tribeca. Designed by Michael Schmitt Architect PC, the project involves a full interior and exterior refurbishment following a six-alarm fire that heavily damaged the structure in 2017. Empire State Development is the general contractor for the property, which is bound by Murray Street to the north, Park Place to the south, and Church Street to the west.
The sidewalk scaffolding has been dismantled since our last update in late March, revealing the exposed superstructure along the ground floor. Crews are in the process of assembling new CMU blocks around the support columns, which will eventually serve to subdivide the retail frontage and its broad floor-to-ceiling windows.
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
A pair of rusted Corinthian cast iron columns currently stands exposed at the southeastern corner of the building along Park Place. These remnants of the structure’s past had long been obscured by the façade of one of the property’s retail spaces. It’s unclear whether they will be incorporated into the renovation.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The below Google Street View images detail the appearance of 27 Park Place prior to the 2017 fire. The new design will do away with the mismatched retail awnings in favor of a more cohesive aesthetic.
Image via Google Maps
Image via Google Maps
The following elevation diagram previews the look of the ground floor and its retail spaces. It appears that light-hued stone paneling will surround the first level’s floor-to-ceiling windows, and will be adorned with signage above the double entry doors.
27 Park Place preliminary rendering.
The property is located directly adjacent to an entrance to the Chambers Street subway station, serviced by the A and C trains. This station provides transfers to the E train at the World Trade Center station, the R and W trains at the Cortlandt Street station, and the 2 and 3 trains at the Church Street station.
A revised completion date has not been announced, though YIMBY expects work to wrap up sometime this fall.
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That cornice is no good. Also not was promised in the renderings. If you’re going to remove and not recreate an historic cornice, strip sills and likely totally remove the historic storefront elements might I as what is the point of this “preservation” project. There’s not much left but the brick. They should have just started over.
2 and 3 trains at the PARK PLACE station.
Ridiculous. Why wouldn’t they just tear down this dumpy tenement and build a highrise for much-needed new housing? Why does NYC have such restrictive zoning in the middle of Manhattan, on top of a subway hub? This corner should have a 60-foor tower.
100% agree.
Ideally a large development coykd have spanned 21-27 and preserved the much more impressive facades at 23 and 25 in the base of a new tower.
It would have just been a 20 unit ugly glass tower for the ultra rich
That would still be better than these piece of junk.
The modern window frames now sadly project from the brick face and the projecting cornice is gone. This could be an airport Holiday Inn.
A totally botched opportunity.
The willy nilly crooked little stars are triggering my OCD!
Those are star bolts and have always been, well usually at least, “crooked” throughout the history of their use do to the fact they’re threaded onto a long rod that’s designed to literally hold the building together. Plenty of historical photos will show them being lopsided and tilted.
Live and learn—makes 100% sense! Big ups, NFA!
I just stayed in a refurbished CCC-era cabin that was held together by long iron rods—of course!