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15 PARK ROW
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| Once the tallest building in the
world, 15 Park Row still graces Manhattan’s skyline with its elegant form
looking out onto City Hall Park. Owned by J&R Music World the
building’s base 10 floors shall remain commercial offices for the
electronics retailer, the next 15 floors make up the residential
conversion and the top 3 floors are for private use. With the demand for quality living space far exceeding the number of rental properties available in the downtown market, the conversion of many existing class B & class C office buildings to residential buildings is an obvious choice for many developers. A diversified mix of New Yorkers including young singles, growing families, bankers, brokers, and empty nesters are all attracted to Lower manhattan. The challenge inherent in this type of conversion is to take the building’s floor plates that are designed for an office type layout and retrofit into them efficient and marketable apartment layouts. |
copyright 2004 H. Thomas O'Hara, Architect, PLLC.
