Earthwork has begun at 200 West 88th Street, the site of an 18-story residential tower on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects and developed by Nortco Development, the 215-foot-tall structure will span 114,000 square feet and yield 37 condominium units. The building will also contain ground-floor retail space and enclosed parking spaces on the second level. The property is alternately addressed as 568-574 Amsterdam Avenue and located at the corner of West 88th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
A team of excavators has begun to unearth the lot while a piling machine is working to prepare the ground for the upcoming foundations, which could begin formation sometime this summer. Crews are also installing a new sidewalk fence around the perimeter.
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
The below diagram was posted on the construction board showing the northeast corner of the tower. The parking entrance will be located on the northern side along West 88th Street.
Photo by Michael Young
The renderings, although outdated, depict a magnificently ornate prewar-style design with a warm brick and stone façade. Numerous setbacks are positioned around the upper floors, creating space for private terraces. The fenestration includes arched openings on multiple levels and the windows are enclosed in ornamental black frames and mullions. The building culminates in a roof terrace with a pergola and a mechanical bulkhead adorned with arched reliefs featuring a geometric pattern of concentric circles.
200 West 88th Street. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects.
The first two stories are clad in stone with dark marble at the base along the sidewalks. The ground-floor windows and entrance doors feature bronze-hued metal gates.
200 West 88th Street. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects.
Nortco Development purchased the four abutting lots in 2018 for $46 million, and demolition permits were first filed last summer. Among the former occupants of the property was the Upper West Side Mermaid Inn, which is expected to reopen at 335 Columbus Avenue near the end of the summer.
Some of the announced residential amenities include bicycle storage, a fitness room, a yoga studio, and a music room. The nearest subway from the development is the 1 train at the 86th Street station to the west along Broadway.
200 West 88th Street’s anticipated completion date is slated for spring 2027, as noted on site.
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My upper west side neighborhood is looking like Park Ave!!
Back in the day that area used to be known as little Haiti
I know that the neighborhood of East Flatbush Brooklyn was officially named “little Haiti” by NYC in 2018, ( home to one of the largest Haitian communities in the country) But, I’ve never heard it used in connection with the Upper West Side in Manhattan.
Wow!
What a beautiful looking building.
A shame that it has a parking garage
Why? It’s only the second floor and it’s for tenant vehicles. I’m guessing with an average unit size of several thousand square feet, they will likely be own a vehicle.
It’s not the suburbs, rich people in Manhattan can deal with not driving
Very good that it has a parking garage!
Are you thinking that it would be better if the residents have to drive in circles looking for street parking?
Wow. I used to live across the street at 205 W. 88th. Major glow-up for that block!
Upper Amsterdam could use a lot of renovating.
Probably the best Robert A. M. Stern design I’ve ever seen in terms of ornamentation and drawing inspiration from the last. Well done!
RAMSA does it again! Hope the updated design will be just as elegant as these old renderings. No value engineering please. Fingers crossed
A welcome upgrade to an intersection that has been plagued by rats, potholes, vandalism, litter, unfinished construction that has gone on for years, and ill behaved dog owners who kill every new sidewalk tree with their dog sewage.
Stern does it again! Another elegant
bldg unlike some. N