Excavation is progressing at 3850 Review Place, the site of a six-story school building in Kingsbridge, The Bronx. Designed by DI Group Architecture and developed by the NYC School Construction Authority, the 74-foot-tall structure will span just under 101,000 square feet. The property is located at the corner of John M. Collins Place and West 239th Street.
Wooden fencing surrounds the perimeter of the property, which has been lightly excavated and sections of the ground braced with wooden and steel reinforcements. To the east is a residential development underway at 160 Van Cortlandt Park South.
3850 Review Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3850 Review Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3850 Review Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3850 Review Place. Photo by Michael Young.
3850 Review Place. Photo by Michael Young.
The rendering in the main photo looks northeast at the building, showing a straightforward rectangular massing and a lower extension to the northern end of the lot. The façade will be composed of a mix of various materials, beginning with black stone at the base, followed by red woodgrain paneling. The majority of the exterior will be clad in white masonry with black and charcoal accents around the grid of windows. A white metal framework will sit atop the roof, presumably for a screened-in playground.
The following Google Street View image shows the lot from the same perspective before it was cleared.
3850 Review Place. Image via Google Maps.
The nearest subway from the development is the 1 train at the elevated 238th Street station to the west.
3850 Review Place’s anticipated completion date is slated for September 2028, as noted on site.
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Weird design. Most new school buildings are pretty good… Not sure about this one.
It’s always surprising, and encouraging, that such huge lots are available for development. We can easily add another 1 million housing units throughout the 5 boroughs.
IMO New York’s ideal population that reaches a sort of ideal conceptual “build out” would be somewherein the 12-14 million range.
Paris, with far fewer high rises, would still have a higher population density, so it’s definitely possible. But we would need a greatly expanded subway network and the corrupt MTA just isn’t capable of doing that.
From the preacher to the choir.
Paris has more uniform density compared to NYC. It’s about as dense as East Flatbush.
Large areas of outer NYC are dominated by 2 and 3 floor residential buildings (huge swatches of East Queens and Staten Island) and NYC has a higher percentage of non-residential areas like parks. Manhattan, with many high rises, is way more dense than Paris. The West Bronx and Upper Manhattan with sporadic high rises and mostly larger low-mid rise apartment buildings have almost double the density of Paris.
Infilling the outer areas of the city like much of East Queens and Staten Island would greatly increase overall density without being too overwhelming.
Needs a review..
What a magnificent tree that was. I can only imagine the things it saw in its lifetime.
I know you already know this, but trees aren’t sensient. Thousands upon thousands of human lifetimes have seen the tree, but not the other way around.
The large tree in the south west corner was easily over 150 years old.
It could have provided a welcoming centerpiece for an otherwise col structure.
But it was sadly probably not even considered
I love trees as much as the next guy but I can’t see how they would be able to build the new school with a big old tree in the way.
Plenty of big old trees in VC Park across the street.
Nice to see a lot of new schools, particularly those in the Bronx, placing the recreation areas on the rooftop where it makes sense.
Another ugly big box building! Should be somewhere you want to go as well as stay for hours. And where are the exits? No the rec area belongs on the ground or as it’s commonly known the ‘playground’. Not sending my children there.
A crusader against the evils of rooftop playgrounds.
Very interesting.
A good potential desertation idea.
dissertation of course and not when something gets very dry and sandy
As a LiUNA [Laborers International Union of North Americaca] member, I’m glad to be working for the Kingesbridge community. This community will rest assure that the workers on this build are Union members. ie., there’s no such thing as worker exploitation and cutting corners from the same vicious contractor[s], that will lead to the inevitability of deaths [workers and the public]. – *Union jobs do it better/ safer and smarter [This is the morality at best].
UNION STRONG
RISE UP