New renderings have been revealed for 27 East 4th Street, a proposed nine-story mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Noho Historic District Extension. Designed by DXA Studio, the 105-foot-tall structure is planned to contain retail space and a community facility. The property is located between Lafayette Street and Bowery, adjacent to the Merchant’s House Museum.
The renderings show the building rising to the same height as its neighbor to the west, with four cornice lines at varying intervals across the main southern elevation. The façade will be composed of earth-toned glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) and brick surrounding a grid of large arched windows. The eastern lot-line wall will feature a grid of smaller arched windows, and a short bulkhead clad in corrugated aluminum will cap the structure.
27 East 4th Street. Rendering courtesy of DXA Studio.
27 East 4th Street. Rendering courtesy of DXA Studio.
The following rendering offers a better look at the intricate bond patterns in the brick used for the window arches and cornices.
27 East 4th Street. Rendering courtesy of DXA Studio.
27 East 4th Street. Rendering courtesy of DXA Studio.
A rear courtyard with picnic tables will sit behind the northern elevation.
27 East 4th Street. Rendering courtesy of DXA Studio.
The property is currently occupied by a one-story commercial building, as seen in the below Google Street View image.
27 East 4th Street, circa September 2024. Image via Google Maps.
The development site is located three blocks north of the Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street station, served by the 6, B, D, F, and M trains. Also nearby are the R and W trains at the 8th Street–NYU station to the north.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission has yet to set a date to review the proposal.
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Very interesting.
No mention of the fact that its neighbor to the east is The Merchants House, which is a National Historic Landmark and very apt to be damaged by construction of the new building.
oh stop.
obviously the engineers will make sure that doesn’t happen. and if their is damage it will be repaired.
I am all for landmarks and historic preservation, but to use it as a weapon to stop development is insanity and more woke lefty nonsense.
There are still private property rights in this town. At least for now.
This design is contextual and beautiful. Please approve and get to building it.
The engineers can try all they want, but speaking from experience , there is no way to make sure that the historic interior isn’t damaged by the work going on next door. Normally I’d say “just fix the damaged plaster”, but this is a special case where the fix will detract from the historic fabric of the museum. So I am sympathetic to the museum and would prefer either a modular building approach or just building the hotel (air rights transfer perhaps) elsewhere.
I wish the intermediate spandrels were straight without the arches. One can overdo arches and variety is needed as illustrated by the Romanesque Revival building at the end of the block. I hope the landmark house, which likely has a shallow foundation, is protected.
It’s a pretty decent design, but yes too many arches. And the top should not align with its neighbor, even a few feet different would help a lot.
The wonderful Merchant House is a national treasure which will have to be closed during construction. Who pays for that? A third party who answers to the City should be required to oversee the foundation construction to ensure the House is in no danger of damage or collapse.
100% agree about the stagerred heights. This should be about 8-10 feet shorter.
“woke” is a farcically absurd & disingenuous, made-up, B.S. term. Not to mention completely irrelevant to architecture.
If you aren’t woke,
Then you are asleep
no surprise you are woke.
why dont you open your wallet and risk your savings to build housing for others in New York City.
You and the Mayor.
“Everything I don’t like is woke.”
– Reactionary right-winger
Actually “woke” was a term used in all sincerity by the extreme far left.
Its ridiculous made it easily turned on its head from the original intent.
It is no more “made-up, B.S.” then any other now commonly used word.
all words are inherently made up. See unhoused, birthing people and main bedroom.
words are used to communicate – and Woke does exactly that. Dismissed the silly argument about the Merchant house next door as a reason to fight development on this blighted nothing site. As IF we do not build next to landmarked buildings all the time.
I was not reffering to architecture, rather than the calls to not build next to a landmark. Why don you call out the fringe idiots who demand affordable (subsidized) housing in every post here or any new construction uptown as gentrification? What does any of that have to do with architecture? I guess It is because you are woke.
No reply necessary.
Actually the term “woke” has its origins in urban American slang. It has become shortened from the phrase “Stay woke.” That phrase gained usage in the early ‘90s, just after they expanded the Safe Streets program from Washington D.C. to more northern cities on the East Coast. The “woke” portion of the phrase refered to being aware of, and alert to things happening on the street. Could be helicopters in the area, weird wires near a pay phone, a strange vehicle parked on or near the block, an unfamiliar face. Could be anything. It was usually used in parting…ie: “Peace yo, stay woke.”
Over the years its use expanded in minority communities to include everything from watching your drink in a club, to paying attention to micro-aggressions and disrespect in the work place. Certain groups have tried to co-opt the usage, or make it a derogatory phrase. But like most things stupid people do, they don’t even realize that their use of the phrase is exactly the sort of flag that one would alert another person to be aware of them.