Demolition is nearing completion at 519 and 523-527 Sixth Avenue and 100, 102, and 104-106 West 14th Street, the site of a forthcoming development from Modi Feibish on the border of Greenwich Village and Chelsea. Alba Services is the general contractor for the property assemblage, which is located at the southwestern corner of Sixth Avenue and West 14th Street.
Most of the deteriorating low-rise structures, which were not landmarked and sit outside the Greenwich Village Historic District, have been razed, including the Romanesque Revival 523-527 Sixth Avenue that formerly anchored the corner. The interiors of George C. Flint & Co. building at 104-106 West 14th Street have been fully gutted, but its cast iron façade remains standing behind scaffolding and construction netting at the northern end of the site.
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
A lone excavator is working to gather up the rubble from the demolished buildings.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Outlines from one of the building’s interior stairwells can be seen against the abutting brick wall.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The below Google Street View images detail the conditions at the property before demolition began.
Image via Google Maps
Image via Google Maps
Image via Google Maps
No finalized design or architect have been announced. However, given the scale of the assemblage, it will be possible to see the site give rise to a mixed-use residential and commercial development akin to ODA‘s 101 West 14th Street or Morris Adjmi Architects‘ FÖRENA, two nearby projects that recently wrapped construction. The new addition will help transform this busy intersection, which features convenient subway access to the F, M, and L trains at the 14th Street station.
Demolition is slated for completion in winter 2024, as noted on site.
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Wow this one looks like it’s going to be a big one! Hope the design is good for this one 🤞
New York quickly losing its soul
I think people have been saying that for the last 200 years
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards the new Bethlehem to be born again, and again, and again….?
Nah, it is.
Harper’s Magazine, 1856: “Why should New York be loved as a city? It is never the same city for a dozen years altogether.”
Ditto
Would have been nice to save/restore/incorporate the cast iron façade into the new development. Whatever is planned that would have made for a very interesting element. I’m not crying about the other structures. It’s inevitable something taller and denser would replace those corner buildings.
For sure. When it’s gone it’s gone.