1913 Woolworth Building, converted, 33 residences across 61 floors.
2 Park Place, 10007
The Woolworth Tower Residences occupy the top thirty floors of Cass Gilbert's Woolworth Building of 1913, converted under the design direction of Thierry Despont. There are 33 apartments in the tower, above the office floors that remain in the base.
The conversion is inside a landmark, so the envelope was restored rather than replaced. About 3,500 pieces of terracotta were recast from the original moulds by the successor to the firm that made them, and the windows were retrofitted within the existing arched openings rather than swapped for a modern system.
That is what shapes the interiors. The openings are arched and they are the historic ones, so the head of every window is a curve fixed by the facade and not by the plan. Ceilings run to twenty two feet in places. Between the two, anything at the perimeter is drawn to an arched head at a height most stock systems do not reach, and a treatment detailed for a square opening has nowhere to sit.
The floors are solid oak laid in herringbone, which is a finish that can be sanded and refinished in place rather than lifted.
Within walking distance
Building facts
Built
1913
Last altered
1990
Floors
61
Residences
33
Landmark
Yes
New York City Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output, version 26v1. Tax lot 1001237501.