1000 Canal St

Description: New construction of a ten-story hotel with ground floor commercial space. 

ARC Recommendations: 

4/20/21: The ARC noted that dividing the building into two different contrasting materials cut the building in half instead of following the presented “tripartite” design concept, which gives the design odd proportions. It also doesn’t have a strong cap element. The primary Canal St. elevation should be more differentiated from the side elevation. They also suggested that the number of balconies may be excessive, particularly as other buildings in the context of the same height typically don’t have upper floor balconies. There is an opportunity to group the balconies on the Roosevelt Way elevation to make them more of a design feature. The gallery is very low for the height of the building; it would work better if it were two stories.

Overall, the ARC found that the design is confused and trying to combine too many different architectural styles, and they agreed that further study is needed. There are both modern and historicist elements included, and the design needs to move more definitively in one direction or the other.

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