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Following the 2016 sale and subsequent demolition of the 1923-built Congregation Shaare Zedek synagogue located in New York City's Upper West Side, development partners Landsea Homes and Leyton Properties celebrated the groundbreaking for 212 West 93rd Street. Having securing a $40 million senior construction loan, the partners, including ODA Architects, have now officially kicked off the redevelopment of the site.
212 West 93rd Street will be comprised of a 14-storey, 20-unit, mixed-use residential high-rise set to rise above a new 9,350 square-foot synagogue, thereby replacing its historic, Art Deco predecessor. For while the sale and demolition of the handsome, stone-clad structure resulted in protests and loud public denunciations, the proposed plans to replace the synagogue with a new one will likely go a long way to healing old wounds.
For its part, details on the new structure remain scarce. The congregation will occupy the basement and first and second floors of the new structure, while the top dozen floors will be left to residential purposes.
Located within the heart of Manhattan's Upper West Side, residents will find themselves close to transit, Riverside Park, Central Park, several museums and galleries, and Columbia University. Once complete, 212 West 93rd Street will represent a solid compromise between redevelopment, cultural displacement, and reconciliation, thus ensuring that developers, congregation members, those looking for a new home, all come away happy.
SkyriseCities will be sure to return to this project as progress continues. For more information, check out the associated Database file and Forum thread, and as always, feel free to join the conversation in the comments section below.
