Park Loggia is a building in

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owned by

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and designed by architect

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. It is located on the Lincoln Square neighborhood of

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, on Broadway between 61st and 62nd Streets. The new structure replaced another SOM-designed building completed in 1965.

History

Original building

The headquarters of the

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originally stood on the site. Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the original structure. It incorporated some Biblical symbolism, inspired by its anchor tenant. 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.

New structure

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. Like the former building, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the new building. Park Loggia topped out in December 2017. 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

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for the design of the new structure. The new structure has a

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facade.

References

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