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“THE IDENTITY AND UNIQUENESS OF THE WEST VILLAGE UNDERLIES ALL OUR THINKING. YOU CAN RUN OR RIDE YOUR BIKE OR GET OUT ON THE WATER. IT JUST FEELS NATURAL. THERE’S A REASON IT’S SO DESIRABLE TO LIVE HERE.
Steven C. Witkoff
Principal
150 Charles Street Holdings

“DIRECTLY OVERLOOKING THE EXPANSE OF WATERFRONT AND HUDSON RIVER PARK, YOU GET A BEAUTIFUL, ROMANTIC SKYLINE REALLY UNLIKE ANY OTHER PLACE IN NEW YORK.”
Rick Cook
Principal
CookFox Architects

“WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO CREATE A BUILDING THAT MET THE STREET WALL, THAT KEPT THE TEXTURE AND HUMAN SCALE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED THIS BUILDING TO MAKE FOR THE PERFECT STREET SPACE ON A PERFECT WEST VILLAGE STREET.”
Rick Cook
Principal
CookFox Architects

“WE THOUGHT ABOUT EVERY LAYER OF DETAILING IN THESE RESIDENCES—STONEWORK, MILLWORK, WOODWORK, HARDWARE, REFINEMENTS FOR FURNITURE PLACEMENT—SO THAT THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE SENSE OF HOME.”
Alan Wanzenberg
Principal
Alan Wanzenberg Design

“AT 150 CHARLES STREET, WE HAVE MORE COMPOSED GREEN SPACE THAN ABINGDON SQUARE PARK, CHRISTOPHER PARK AND THE JEFFERSON MARKET GARDEN COMBINED—ALL OF THESE WEST VILLAGE OASES PUT TOGETHER, ALL IN ONE BUILDING.”
Rick Cook
Principal
CookFox Architects

A remarkable site overlooking the expanse of the waterfront, 150 Charles Street is sited between the activity on the Hudson River and the history of the West Village.

The building incorporates the abandoned Whitehall warehouse, a massive utilitarian structure of concrete, brick, and glass. The grid of the warehouse is maintained in the new building, with each bay defining separate townhomes on Charles and West 10th Streets. Inpidual, residential entries create new connections at the street level, activating the sidewalk with foot traffic. Retaining the streetwall as both a connection to the pedestrian scale and the neighborhood’s past, 150 Charles creates a vibrant streetscape and the highest-quality living environment for its residents.

A vision of weaving new development into the natural and historic environment of the West Village has shaped this project from the outset. Modern logic typically would balance a residential tower within a park, yet 150 Charles asserts that new growth can thoroughly integrate nature into the built environment. The resulting building is a careful composition of stacked volumes that gradually setback, preserving the neighborhood’s scale and romantic character. Where the warehouse’s tarred roof once occupied the majority of the block, two terraced, landscaped volumes now surround a lush central courtyard.

Incorporating ideas of biophilia – our inherent connection to the environment - access to nature throughout the building is related to themes of prospect (wide, open views) and refuge (safe and protected interior spaces). 150 Charles combines the best of the West Village townhouse garden view and the waterfront high-rise river view with cascading terraces designed as a “fifth façade.” Integral to the experience of the building, 150 Charles has over 30,000 square feet of landscaped space distributed throughout lush green rooftops, planted terraces and courtyards - truly defining the term “superior landscaping.” This is more composed green space than Abingdon Square Park, Christopher Square Park and the Jefferson Market Garden combined.

150 Charles is more than a sum of its parts; it is a building crafted for a particular time and place, evoking a scale and texture characteristic of the neighborhood. Just as good streets are needed to bring neighborhoods to life, 150 Charles embodies an essential engagement with nature and the vibrancy of the West Village streetscape.