This 23-story hotel tower addition will sit atop the two-story rear portion of McKim Mead & White’s historic 1907-1913 bank building in the Madison Square North Historic District. In doing so it will complete a fourth and final stage of a century-old progression of the site’s development.

Initial explorations of the site’s possibilities were not favorable, as informal consultations with the Landmarks Preservation Commission indicated that only an addition of four or five stories above the existing two was likely to be approved. However, concentrated historic research by PBDW discovered a 1911 New York Times article describing a proposal for a “tall loft building” on the site. By extraordinary coincidence PBDW’s own, nearby offices were in a “tall loft building” built in 1913. With submission of a copy of the article, thorough data as to what such a building might have been like, and accompanied by illustrative material, the Landmarks Commission was persuaded that a tall building was possible and that the handsome new design was appropriate to the historic district.

Situated at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 28th Street, the boutique hotel will include 133 guestrooms in both the new tower and the renovated six-story existing building, with grand suites situated in the reconstructed penthouse level of the historic bank building. Ground and second floor development will include hotel lobby services, multiple lounges, a two-story restaurant in the base of the historic banking hall with over-looking dining balconies, along with additional facilities and guest amenities.

Design Architect: PBDW Architects

Architect of Record: Perkins Eastman

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