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What will the W New York Downtown’s Outdoor Spaces Look Like?

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September 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM | by | Comments (0)

We have to wait until February to see the W New York Downtown Hotel, but thanks to the marketing of the W New York Residences in the same building, we get to have a peek at some of the property’s public spaces.

The new structure just south of the new Freedom Tower site was designed by Gwathmey Siegel Architects, with interiors by Graft. It will house 255 hotel rooms and 233 condo units, some furnished. In addition to the obligatory restaurants, bars, and gyms, both hotel guests and residents will be treated to that most coveted of New York amenities: the outdoor space.

The hotel and residences will each have their own entrance on level one, and while they’ll share this outdoor plaza on the first floor, the guest-resident divide will extend to the other terraces in the building.

Level 5 will be home to the W Living Room with Terrace Lounge (“with mood lighting provided by the glimmering New York City backdrop”). Based on this rendering, it looks modern and appropriately W-ey—a fine place to down a few cocktails surrounded by downtown skyscrapers.

But the real show-stopper is the residents-only Rooftop Terrace up on the 58th floor. Apparently this is where “you’ll feel like you’re sitting on top of the world, especially when you look out at the astonishing view of the Hudson River, the harbor, and the city below.”

Obviously staying at the hotel will not be enough to feel truly special. We’re going to have to make friends with someone plunking down their cash for a condo.

[Renderings by GRAFT and Archpartners, New York]

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