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| 4650 Broadway, site of
proposed 27 story development.
Built in 1926, this is one of three
remaining buildings in Manhattan
by Detroit-based, prolific architect Albert Kahn.
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Join Inwood residents and members of Volunteers
for Isham Park and Transportation Alternatives for a walk focused on the design
history of Inwood, the community at the northern tip of Manhattan. The tour
will also highlight potential changes to its cohesive Art Deco streetscapes and
WPA-funded park spaces, as well as proposed improvements to the existing street
infrastructure. Capture it while you can: attendees will also see architect
Albert Kahn's uptown showroom for the now-defunct Packard Motor Company
(above), this building could be lost as only one negative result of requested up-zoning.
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| Existing conditions: Ft. Tryon Park. 4650 Broadway visibility study by Saratoga Associates |
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Proposed 23-story tower from Ft. Tryon Park. 4650 Broadway visibility study by Saratoga Associates |
The Historic Districts Council chose Inwood as one of the Six to Celebrate neighborhoods
in 2011 for its historical, architectural and environmental attributes.
Nearly half of the land in Inwood is public park space which preserves
natural terrain and geological features. Thus, Inwood’s
distinctive development pattern and architecture was created in relation
to the original landscape of Manhattan Island.
One of Inwood and Washington Heights’
treasured historical resources is Fort Tryon Park, a 67-acre park which
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only
ten Scenic Landmarks in all of New York City. Designed by Frederick
Law Olmsted, Jr. the park’s landscape is unrivaled in its romantic views
of the Hudson River, the Palisades, and its rich topography.
However, the super-tall development found
in other parts of the city has arrived above 200th Street in Manhattan
in this low-scale neighborhood. Ft. Tryon Park and the Inwood community
is currently threatened by two proposed buildings which will irreversibly alter
the experience of the park and the neighborhood at large. The proposed upzoning for 4650 Broadway will be a 27-story building abutting the park, four times taller than the surrounding buildings’ heights. The other proposal, 4566 Broadway, would allow a 19-story development (increase in FAR from 3.44 to 9.96).
Click here to send a letter saying
"NO" to spot-rezoning and require an Environmental Impact Study (EIS)
of the cumulative impacts of these projects, and undertake a
comprehensive plan to develop appropriately scaled development, similar
to the City’s InwoodNYC plan immediately to the north.
This Jane's Walk is co-sponsored by the Historic Districts Council. See their post (which is heavily quoted above) on the upcoming Inwood walk here:
http://6tocelebrate.org/news-events/2016-six-to-celebrate-tours/
This Jane's Walk is co-sponsored by the Historic Districts Council. See their post (which is heavily quoted above) on the upcoming Inwood walk here:
http://6tocelebrate.org/news-events/2016-six-to-celebrate-tours/
