Construction is finished on The Eliza, a 14-story mixed-use building at 4790 Broadway in Inwood, Manhattan. Designed by Fogarty Finger and Andrew Berman Architect and developed by The Children’s Village, CLOTH, Ranger Properties, Housing Workshop, and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, as well as the New York City Housing Development Corporation and the New York Public Library (NYPL), the structure contains 174 affordable rental units in studio- to three-bedroom layouts, as well as a public library on the first two levels, a preschool, and community facilities. The property is named in honor of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of Alexander Hamilton, and is located on an interior lot between Dyckman and Academy Streets.
Recent photographs show the finished look of the light beige brick façade and recessed grid of floor-to-ceiling windows, which are grouped in vertical columns and separated by black metal paneling. Fluted terracotta inserts span between the windows, adding an additional architectural flourish to the design. The sidewalk shed was dismantled since our last update in mid-February, revealing the entrance to the Inwood Library-Joseph and Sheila Rosenblatt Building, the double-height windows enclosing the NYPL branch, and the residential and preschool entrances on the southwestern corner beneath metal canopies.
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
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The pre-kindergarten facility spans 6,800 square feet and is being operated by the New York City Department of Education. The community facility spaces include a 10,000-square-foot activities, culture, and training center managed by The Community League of the Heights and Children’s Village, and approximately 2,135 square feet of flexible science, technology, engineering, and math classroom space managed by First Robotics. The two-story library includes a teenager and children’s room at the back of the public facility, and multiple quiet rooms.
Additional funding for the project came from the Robin Hood Foundation, the city’s largest poverty-fighting philanthropic organization.
The nearest subway from The Eliza is the A train at the Dyckman Street station to the west.
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Those are some gigantic pieces of glass.
This one turned out quite nice.
Podium nice, mid rise above pretty weak
It’s brick. It appears high quality. It’s staid and stately. It’s fine.
Looks like a government building. Plain and uninspired.
Would you rather have the kind of soul crushing dreck offered up by perennial offenders like Badaly, Caliendo and “Engineering” companies?
It’s a little bit bland, but it’s exudes quality and should age well. A good project all in all.
If there is ANYTHING to complain about here it would be how it somewhat awkwardly meets the newish neighbor next door. Too bad the massing couldn’t prevent the goofy “decorated” lot line wall.
I love the lot line wall, LOL! I really like the way the paint job fairly mimics the sight when one residential building is torn down and you see all the pastel painted bedroom walls on the side of the next building.
Great building, and now a flagship for city-led redevelopment of municipal properties.
The only issue is the very dirty politics that went into the spot rezoning, merged into the neighborhood rezoning, with a lot of dishonesty and propaganda from EDC. Never seen such a poorly run public process that tried to force a certain outcome to satisfy a councilman’s desire for legacy (which earned him a promotion to DOT commissioner, so I guess it worked).
But all of that is behind us now, the rezoning went through and the construction pain is over. Inwood loves its new library and the housing is great. Building will be more contextual in future years as more of the block fills in (and if the city ever gets back to rezoning Broadway, as was attempted but then axed in a backroom deal during the rezoning).
A company that produces parts and construction materials for building, they will be amazed at how good the assembly looks: Thanks to Michael Young.
The library is lovely and turned out much better than expected.
My only question is why there are no trees planted on the block – both here and fronting the next door neighbor. The sidewalk is pretty dreary.