Park Loggia

Park Loggia is a building in New York City owned by AvalonBay Communities and designed by architect Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. It is located on the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan's Upper West Side, on Broadway between 61st and 62nd Streets. The new structure replaced another SOM-designed building completed in 1965.

Park Loggia
General information
Type	Residential
Town or city	New York City
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°46′13″N 73°58′57″W
Completed	2019
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill

Original building

The headquarters of the American Bible Society originally stood on the site.^[1][2] Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the original structure. It incorporated some Biblical symbolism, inspired by its anchor tenant.^[1] John Kriskiewicz, a Manhattan-based historian of architecture, referred to the original 1865 Broadway as “structurally expressive” but also expressed that it “might have left the public cold.” The Bible Society placed the building on the market in 2014.^[3]

New structure

AvalonBay purchased the building from the Society in 2015 for $300 million, after the organization announced it intended to move its headquarters to Philadelphia.^[4] Like the former building, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the new building. Park Loggia topped out in December 2017.^[5] The building will contain mostly residential space, with a mix of apartments for rent and condominiums for sale.

New York YIMBY reported that SOM took inspiration from the facade of I. M. Pei's Brutalist Kips Bay Towers for the design of the new structure.^[6] The new structure has a terra cotta facade.^[7]

References

1. Dunlap, David (21 October 2015). "New York Says Farewell to American Bible Society, and Its Building". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
2. Nelson, Andrew (10 October 2018). "1865 Broadway's Brutalist-Inspired Facade Reaches Its Rooftop On The Upper West Side Of Manhattan". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
3. Geiger, Daniel (25 March 2014). "American Bible Society wants $300M for HQ". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
4. Morris, Keiko (1 February 2015). "Bible Society Sells New York City Building for $300 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
5. Fedak, Nikolai (20 December 2017). "SOM-Designed 1865 Broadway Tops Out On The Upper West Side". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
6. Fedak, Nikolai (27 October 2015). "1865 Broadway Revealed, SOM-Designed Replacement of the American Bible Society". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
7. Marani, Matthew (24 July 2020). "SOM's Park Loggia complements the Upper West Side with subtly designed terra-cotta". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 12 May 2022.