The Downtown Club at 20 West Street
Located at 20 West Street and originally built as an art-deco style clubhouse in 1930, the NYC landmarked Downtown Athletic Club was designed by the architectural firm of Starrett & van Vleck, the architects behind many iconic New York City department stores such as Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue. In 2005, the building was transformed into a 283-unit luxury residential tower known as The Downtown Club. Now, in its most recent incarnation, the “new” 20 West Street condominiums is offering 18 fully-renovated apartments ranging from studio to two-bedroom homes. The units can be delivered with either a sleek white modern or grey, industrial finish.
Evan Shaffer, the Douglas Elliman listing broker for the 18 renovated units, says, “We are marketing and selling these 18 newly designed apartments in 20 West, which is why we’re calling them the ‘new’ 20 West. This is a renewed perspective of the building based on updates and increased efficiencies we’re bringing to the building.”
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(Douglas Elliman)
The modern designed kitchens feature handcrafted white oak lower cabinetry with white lacquer upper cabinets, porcelain tile bar backsplashes, Restoration Hardware pendant lighting, white Silestone countertops, and Miele appliances. The modern living rooms will have natural and soft tones enhanced by clean lines.
The industrial design has custom Stone Island gray oak lower cabinets with white lacquer upper cabinets, subway tile backsplashes, Besa pendant lighting, white Silestone countertops, and stainless steel Thermador appliances. The living rooms have high ceilings with open beams to evoke downtown loft-style living.
Kitchen
(Douglas Elliman)
All the apartments have white oak wide plank flooring, LED lighting picks and custom cove lighting, and four-inch contemporary base molding and also come newly fitted with washer/dryers.
20 West is a 24-hour, full-service building with a full-time doorman and concierge. 20 West has 12,000 square feet of amenities including a “state-of-the-art,” double-height and windowed fitness center attached to an outdoor garden, a yoga studio and massage room, a billiards room, bicycle storage, and a residents’ lounge. A common roof deck a top the building offers expansive and has views of Downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Jersey and the Statue of Liberty and the Hudson River.
20 West is close to Bowling Green Park, Hudson River Park, the Hudson River Greenway bike path, South Cove Park and Rockefeller Park.
View of the Hudson River from high floor
Resident theater
Therapy room
Common Terrace at the Downtown Club (Corcoran)
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Contributing Writer
Michelle Sinclair Colman
Michelle writes children's books and also writes articles about architecture, design and real estate. Those two passions came together in Michelle's first children's book, "Urban Babies Wear Black." Michelle has a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Minnesota and a Master's degree in the Cities Program from the London School of Economics.
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