Demolition is complete at 103 East 29th Street, the site of a proposed 19-story hotel in NoMad, Manhattan. Designed by Arkan Zeytinoglu Architects and developed by Frank Savino, the project will yield 120 rooms and replace the Hotel Deauville, which had stood the 45-foot-wide plot for nearly 120 years. Auevilla Holdings is the owner and All Dimensions Construction was the demolition contractor for the property, which is located between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue.
The following image from Google Street View shows the previous occupant before demolition. Originally designed by Buchman & Fox, it was first known as Hatfield House and once held a large studio apartment on the top floor lined with woodwork by Tiffany & Co. The symmetrical exterior was composed of red bricks and white stone panels, and implemented thick cornices and Beaux Arts embellishments. The Landmarks Preservation Commission reviewed the property for historical significance, but it was deemed unworthy of landmark status and closed in 2017. Demolition followed in 2019, with most of the work taking place last year.
Hotel Deauville. Image via Google Maps
Recent photos taken through the construction fence show the building fully razed, with a lone excavator sitting among piles of red brick. The adjacent building to the west has its eastern wall reinforced to the former height of the Hotel Deauville.
103 East 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
103 East 29th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The main rendering illustrates a contemporary design with a façade composed of earth-toned paneling and floor-to-ceiling windows. Several setbacks are positioned on the upper levels, and a gray awning covers the main entrance.
A construction timeline for 103 East 29th Street has yet to be publicly announced.
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It boils the blood.
Nobody said ‘lets keep the beautiful building and build the generic glass box setback above it’…? Apparantly not. Shame on this city for allowing stuff like this.
Yes we did we tried to get the building landmarked
That’s a very strange rendering. It looks like the new building will be boarded up with raw plywood.
Apparantly the architect is a fairly high regarded firm from Austria. You could have fooled me.
Agreed ^ Wow usually all for new development but thats a beautiful pristine building with detail that simply isnt seen anymore and we’ve just blasted it to bits for another junky hotel…
If we were to destroy a beautiful & historic structure to build apartments and help alleviate our housing crisis- fine. But to destroy that beautiful building just to develop a new hotel? A shame.
I don’t think either would or should be justifiable. At a bare minimum the facade could have been preserved and incorporated into a new building behind and above. It displays a stunning lack of imagination and a disturbing disregard for a beautifully crafted historic structure.
Sort the height ascending as I can see on a rendering, with corners on the rooftop get nearer from looking above street views. In the face of progress at its demolition, it’s homelike that I was perceived while working take turns and wait to meet new beautiful building: Thanks to Michael Young.
So sad. Hotel Deauville was such a gorgeous building. It’s too bad it couldn’t become a city landmark.
OMG, it looks like that beautiful wedding cake is being replaced
by a sheet cake from Costco?! Sad
I wonder if any of those architectural details were saved
or just buried under dirt? 🫢😢⚰️
Hopefully people don’t forget how this building came to be.. tragic
Shocking and disgusting. Didn’t anyone in this organization consider the historic facade to be of value in creating a unique hotel? And the landmarks commission took a pass on this? Malpractice all around.
Agree
Wow, they torn that beautiful ornate building down. How did they get permission for this and build a cheap plastic hotel?
Cuz Landmarks said “meh, not special enough”
I feel like there needs to be designation between “city landmark” and “this is meaningless… have fun tearing it down”.
Why is there not an incentive mechanism to encourage create reuse while also permitting new construction? The facade should have been braced, building demo’d and reincorporated into the new building. Letting tragedies like this happen just makes NY look stupid and thoughtless. Can anyone image London wrecking something like that?
I stayed in that hotel in 1975 right in the middle of the garbage strike in July. It was a fleabag hotel back then but you could see the original beauty. Stumbled onto the set for Taxi Driver at the long gone cafe down the street, ended up meeting Peter Boyle at 3am… only in NYC! Was stunned to see the transformation into a gorgeous boutique hotel on their website but didn’t get back there in time. So beautiful…