Park Loggia Explained

Park Loggia
Building Type:Residential
Location City:New York City
Location Country:United States
Completion Date:2019
Architect:Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes

Park Loggia is a building in New York City owned by AvalonBay Communities and designed by architect Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. It is located on the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan's Upper West Side, on Broadway between 61st and 62nd Streets. The new structure replaced another SOM-designed building completed in 1965.

Original building

The headquarters of the American Bible Society originally stood on the site.[1] [2] Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the original structure. It incorporated some Biblical symbolism, inspired by its anchor tenant.[1] John Kriskiewicz, a Manhattan-based historian of architecture, referred to the original 1865 Broadway as “structurally expressive” but also expressed that it “might have left the public cold.” The Bible Society placed the building on the market in 2014.[3]

New structure

AvalonBay purchased the building from the Society in 2015 for $300 million, after the organization announced it intended to move its headquarters to Philadelphia.[4] Like the former building, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the new building. Park Loggia topped out in December 2017.[5] The building will contain mostly residential space, with a mix of apartments for rent and condominiums for sale.

New York YIMBY reported that SOM took inspiration from the facade of I. M. Pei's Brutalist Kips Bay Towers for the design of the new structure.[6] The new structure has a terra cotta facade.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: New York Says Farewell to American Bible Society, and Its Building. Dunlap. David. 21 October 2015. The New York Times. 11 October 2018.
  2. Web site: 1865 Broadway's Brutalist-Inspired Facade Reaches Its Rooftop On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan. Nelson. Andrew. 10 October 2018. New York YIMBY. 11 October 2018.
  3. News: American Bible Society wants $300M for HQ. Geiger. Daniel. 25 March 2014. Crain's New York Business. 11 October 2018.
  4. News: Morris . Keiko . Bible Society Sells New York City Building for $300 Million . The Wall Street Journal . 12 May 2022 . 1 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150323075816/https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-bible-society-sells-new-york-city-building-plans-move-to-philadelphia-1422839119 . 23 March 2015 . dead.
  5. Web site: SOM-Designed 1865 Broadway Tops Out On The Upper West Side. Fedak. Nikolai. 20 December 2017. New York YIMBY. 11 October 2018.
  6. News: Fedak . Nikolai . 1865 Broadway Revealed, SOM-Designed Replacement of the American Bible Society . 12 May 2022 . New York YIMBY . 27 October 2015.
  7. News: Marani . Matthew . SOM's Park Loggia complements the Upper West Side with subtly designed terra-cotta . 12 May 2022 . The Architect’s Newspaper . 24 July 2020.