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HFZ files to raze storied Bancroft Building in NoMad Part of three-property demolition that would give rise to mixed-use tower By Mark Maurer February 17, 2014 01:20PM http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/up...fz-capital.gif From left: 3-7 West 29th Street and 8-14 West 30th Street (Inset: Ziel Feldman) Quote:
August 2013 Early Rendering: http://ny.curbed.com/uploads/bancrof...ement_8_13.jpg Curbed NY |
There's also another development site undergoing demolition a block south at 28th Street & Broadway.
I don't have details on this other project, but I'm guessing hotel or hotel-residential. |
Another pre-war beauty potentially biting the dust. The building on the right is disposable, but the Bancroft is gorgeous. Maybe it's just the Angeleno in me who overvalues historic buildings, but this is getting ridiculous. The ESB, Chanin, Ansonia, etc. will always be there, but the mid-sized buildings collectively count for just as much and they put Manhattan's urban fabric over the top.
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Wow. Tearing down the Bancroft to put up that... thing... is like 1960s-era kind of tragic.
And here might be a good place to re-iterate that we probably wouldn't have such a tough time with NIMBYs in general if developers didn't so often insist on putting up new buildings that are so awful. |
Seriously despicable. I can not believe this building wasn't Landmarked. Something is wrong. What a loss.
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New York YIMBY:
Demolition Imminent: 3 West 29th Street BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON FEBRUARY 26TH 2014 AT 9:00 AM http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/...4/02/3w291.jpg Quote:
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A considerate developer and an inventive architect could have found a way to incorporate the Bancroft into the base of the modern tower. Even if it was only a facadectomy, it would have been better than losing it altogether.
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Demolition is occurring today.
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Aw man what an awesome facade. RIP.:(
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Disgusting that they are tearing that incredible building down for a generic not very tall glass piece of shit. WTF where was the NYC Landmarks Commission on this issue?
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That massing model earlier in the thread was just used for marketing purposes when the previous owner sold to the current owner. |
No big loss here in my opinion. The colors and the building itself wasn't that great to begin with.
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Vision: Bancroft Building’s Replacement at 3 West 29th Street
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Higher Quality Rendering:
http://fr-ee.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nomad1.jpg Credit: http://fr-ee.org/nomad-tower/ |
Who will save the world from post-post-modern architecture?
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Rise, you beautiful skyline changer, you.
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