Demolition is progressing at 213 East 83rd Street, the site of a seven-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Isaac Stern Architects and developed by AVENU, the 85-foot-tall structure will span 27,000 square feet and yield eight condominium units, each measuring over 1,500 square feet. The project will also include a 30-foot-long rear yard. The 5,000-square foot property is located between Second and Third Avenues.
The entire front of the church that formerly occupied the property has been razed since our last update in July, when demolition preparations were just getting underway. All that remains are the rear interior sections of the structure, which YIMBY expects to be torn down by late spring.
213 East 83rd Street. Photo by Michael Young.
213 East 83rd Street. Photo by Michael Young.
213 East 83rd Street. Photo by Michael Young.
213 East 83rd Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The rendering in the main photo shows an updated vision for 213 East 83rd Street, with several modifications from the previous iteration below. The symmetrical layout will be retained, but the central stack of balconies has been scrapped in favor of a uniform grid of arched floor-to-ceiling windows. A loggia terrace is visible at the center of the seventh story behind glass railings lined with shrubbery.
Preliminary rendering of 213 East 83rd Street. Designed by DOME Architecture, Design & Engineering.
Under the guidance of Cardinal Dolan, the St. Elizabeth congregation was relocated to the Church of St. Monica at 413 East 79th Street in 2015 due to low attendance. AVENU subsequently purchased the church property for $11.8 million.
Paris Forino is slated to serve as the interior designer for 213 East 83rd Street, which will also utilize air rights transferred from the abutting property at 211 East 83rd Street to the west. This structure will also be renovated by the project team.
The nearest subway from the ground-up development is the Q train at the 86th Street station along Second Avenue, with access at the corner of East 83rd Street.
An anticipated completion date for 213 East 83rd Street has yet to be announced.
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Arch, arch, everywhere an arch.
yes. for the arch diocese
Nice design by Isaac Stern, he also plays a mean violin..
Not recently, though …
it’s quite nice, however the top needs work, it would so benefit from a cornice of some sort.
The church facade was the best of the three. The first proposal wasn’t bad, except for the inappropriate balconies. The latest proposal proves that arches are now the new jenga. This design is more sterile and definitely the top end “towers” need a cornice. It’s just unsatisfying.
I am curious how the free-standing arches will be constructed. Will they be entirely brick?
The earlier rendering was better. The new one looks like it is missing its top.
“You get an ARCH, and You get an ARCH, all of you get ARCHES”!
The first design was much better.
The top needs work but I actually think this is a decent mid-block replacement.
So, they can’t open their apartment windows? I don’t get it. Too bad they couldn’t just make a community center out of the historical church building.
Yes I loved that church and the history of Yorkville it represented. Once again, who salvaged those beautiful stained glass windows & architectural elements?
Building name:
The Archy Bunker
Is this the end of Churches as we knew them? What does the collapse of so many Houses of Worship pretend for the community given the long history churches had of providing social services to the poor and needy?