22. Building at 21 West Street
AKA: 21-23 West Street; 11-21 Morris Street; 34-38 Washington Street; Le Rivage
Location: 21 West Street
Built: 1929-1931
Architects: Starrett & Van Vleck
National Register Number: 99000316
Listed: March 12, 1999
Visited: August 31, 2007
Another commercial concern turned condo, this building generates some excitement from its Art Deco brickwork, an assemblage of orange, red, and purple in rhythmic and undulating patterns that the eye doesn't notice unless it's close, and from its asymmetrical massing that, frankly, has been repeated ad nauseum in many dullard mid-century apartment buildings. So I am torn between declaring it ordinary and lovable. What a neighborhood, though. While park access is a walk away, 21 West Street's squeezed between the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and West Side Highway, and a few blocks away from Ground Zero; I can't help but look at those high floors and think how alienated they must feel from the rest of the city, what lonely views they must offer.
Location: 21 West Street
Built: 1929-1931
Architects: Starrett & Van Vleck
National Register Number: 99000316
Listed: March 12, 1999
Visited: August 31, 2007
Another commercial concern turned condo, this building generates some excitement from its Art Deco brickwork, an assemblage of orange, red, and purple in rhythmic and undulating patterns that the eye doesn't notice unless it's close, and from its asymmetrical massing that, frankly, has been repeated ad nauseum in many dullard mid-century apartment buildings. So I am torn between declaring it ordinary and lovable. What a neighborhood, though. While park access is a walk away, 21 West Street's squeezed between the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and West Side Highway, and a few blocks away from Ground Zero; I can't help but look at those high floors and think how alienated they must feel from the rest of the city, what lonely views they must offer.
Labels: Financial District, Starrett and Van Vleck
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