# NEW YORK | 250-260 West 23rd Street | FT | 14 FLOORS + 7 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735 "2024-06-20T16:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/1 "2024-06-20T16:30:11Z")
> **[TF Cornerstone files more Chelsea demolition plans ](https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/06/13/tf-cornerstone-files-more-chelsea-demolition-plans/)** > > The Elghanayans appear to be planning a two-building residential complex on West 23rd Street in Manhattan. > TF Cornerstone hasn’t been on the record about its plans for the area and didn’t respond to a request for comment from Crain’s. Earlier this year, however, a community newspaper reported on the firm’s proposal for West Chelsea, partially shared during a meeting with community members. > > The firm appears to be planning a two-building residential complex, according to Chelsea Community News. A 14-story building would include 130 units and five ground-floor retail spaces, while a seven-story counterpart would have 40 units and a 35-car parking garage underground. > > TF Cornerstone would look to complete the project by mid-2026. more info here: > **[Block Association Receiving Regular Updates on West Chelsea Construction...](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/22/block-association-receiving-regular-updates-on-west-chelsea-construction-project/)** > > BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The block-spanning construction project currently centered around a high-profile patch of Chelsea real estate is progressing at its projected pace—and with it, regular updates to the community as promised by TF Cornerstone. As... ---
**Author:** ![AntonioL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/antoniol/32/139225_2.png) [@AntonioL](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/AntonioL)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/2 "2024-06-20T23:03:23Z")
Are they tearing down the Art Deco gems? 😭 ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/3 "2024-06-20T23:33:29Z")
I read this is “faux Deco” since the movie house was built in 1989, long after the Art Deco boom of the 1930s. Click on photo for link to flickr page: [![Imgur](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/c/9c9a06d6dc7b1c5d41651d6ae0493edab34d354a.jpeg "23rd Street Cinema now owned by Bow Tie Theaters 1082") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/93779577@N00/11320911446) ---
**Author:** ![GSPLover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@GSPLover](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/GSPLover)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/4 "2024-06-21T05:32:11Z")
Definitely! You can see there is a lot wrong with this “Art Deco” design. ---
**Author:** ![AntonioL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/antoniol/32/139225_2.png) [@AntonioL](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/AntonioL)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/5 "2024-06-21T13:08:11Z")
That is reassuring. The Apple Bank site is true Deco though. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/6 "2024-06-21T13:17:25Z")
This isn’t the best Deco. I hope that whatever replaces it is not painful to look at. > **[Broadway Savings Bank, Chelsea, NYC](https://midcenturymundane.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/broadway-savings-bank-chelsea-nyc/)** > >     This bank building at 250 West 23rd Street, now an Emigrant Savings Bank, was built from 1946-48. According to building records, the architects of record were Frederick L. Ackerman an… ---
**Author:** ![NYCityBoy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nycityboy/32/25326_2.png) [@NYCityBoy](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NYCityBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/7 "2024-06-21T15:06:22Z")
Once upon a time that was a nice movie theater. It’s a shame the neighborhood is losing it. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/8 "2024-06-23T13:59:20Z")
Cineplex became like malls, difficult to sustain financially. ---
**Author:** ![mdoudoroff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mdoudoroff/32/79301_2.png) [@mdoudoroff](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mdoudoroff)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/9 "2024-06-26T12:57:45Z")
I have lived less than a block away for 25+ years, and I am 100% in favor of demolishing the movie theater and building apartments. The front end and particularly the ass-end of the theater complex have been a blight for many years. The block-through lot between 23rd and 22nd St is a perfect opportunity for two towers. I’ll be a little sad to see the old Broadway Savings Bank go, but that sort of building seems hard to employ these days. Its single best feature may be the clock, which is salvageable. ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/10 "2024-09-21T00:17:34Z")
![1000028119](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/0/90e706b3c1c64c960fb64acb5b42cf378bceed5d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/11 "2024-09-22T13:50:30Z")
The construction workers come and overnight there’s graffiti. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/12 "2025-03-21T16:16:57Z")
> **[After 29 years, Chelsea’s legendary gay bar Barracuda is closing](https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/after-29-years-chelseas-legendary-gay-bar-barracuda-is-closing)** > > “I don’t pretend we’re Stonewall, but Barracuda is a legend,” said owner Bob Pontarelli. > A luxury condo construction project at the site of the massive Cinépolis Chelsea movie theater, which closed in 2023 and shares a wall with the bar, has significantly damaged Barracuda’s interior and made it “impossible to conduct business as usual,” according to a statement from Barracuda owner Bob Pontarelli. ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/13 "2025-03-21T21:50:07Z")
☹ .. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/14 "2025-03-22T14:14:59Z")
Everything has moved uptown. ---
**Author:** ![streetscaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@streetscaper](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/streetscaper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/15 "2025-03-22T19:12:32Z")
true!! I’m actually pretty surprised how much of a scene the village around Christopher St has been able to maintain. The gay bars down there are still packed! ---
**Author:** ![Rangerparks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@Rangerparks](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Rangerparks)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/16 "2025-03-22T20:08:34Z")
uptown where ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/17 "2025-03-22T20:48:36Z")
Hell’s Kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/18 "2025-03-22T20:49:17Z")
It probably helps that they are close to PATH. ---
**Author:** ![mdoudoroff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mdoudoroff/32/79301_2.png) [@mdoudoroff](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mdoudoroff)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/19 "2025-03-26T16:58:40Z")
Chelsea losing Barracuda is a real shame—a cultural asset, good neighbor, and surviver from a previous era. Here are some demolition photos (from 22nd St looking North): ![IMG_0859](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/e/1e001185cd8f4f03866fe062cec57395521af8e9.jpeg) ![IMG_0860](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/9/d9c2c666d937e14ed0eb9f34d9a7c6beb996f90c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735/20 "2025-03-27T13:25:41Z")
Should this be listed as under construction? [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-250-260-west-23rd-street-ft-14-floors-7-floors/23735.md?page=2)