The Architect’s Newspaper: COOKFOX is Flipping a Former Prison in Manhattan into Affordable Housing

“The art deco building at 550 West 20th Street in Manhattan has lived many lives. It’s well-known in Chelsea for its chamfered corner that greets pedestrians turning from West 20th Street onto 11th Avenue.

Shreve, Lamb and Harmon—the same office behind the Empire State Building—designed it in 1931 to host a YMCA. Then, in the 1970s, the state bought the 9-story building and converted it into a women’s prison, Bayview Correctional Facility. Decades later, the building was shuttered by Hurricane Sandy and has sat vacant since.”

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