Battery Maritime Building Redevelopment
The landmark 1909 Battery Maritime Building, a long neglected historic ferry terminal at the southern tip of Manhattan, is set to reclaim its rightful place as the jewel of New York's Waterfront. Marvel is presently engaged in the design and construction work to restore and revitalize this majestic metropolitan transportation facility, bringing new use and economic vitality to the building and the area.
South Rendering - Day
The historic cupolas and spires taken down in the 1930's are reconstructed out of GFRC and painted to match the original color scheme. The glass curtain wall rooftop serves as their backdrop, making them more visible by reflecting the sky, and thereby replacing the original skyline profile lost to the wall of modern skyscrapers built behind it.
1954 View of the Whitehall and BMB ferry terminals
Loggia Railing
The building is a unique Beaux-Arts design, employing ornamental structural expressionism
Photo from: Library of Congress; Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey Collection
1912 View of the Great Hall
Municipal Archives City of New York
North Entrance Rendering
Ground floor lobby entry and ferry/water taxi operations.
North West Rendering
The site’s architectural legacy is preserved and ensured by a new economic engine. The targeted restoration approach contrasts an elegantly modern glass rooftop addition with the robust historic architecture, proudly increasing the presence of the structure on the waterfront.
South Rendering - Night
The end result will restore a sense of grandeur and exuberance to the site, while visually linking the old with the new.
- Location
- Manhattan, New York
- Client
- Midtown Equities / EDC
- Typology
- Hospitality, Transportation
- Size
- 162,000 SF
- Design Team
- Jonathan Marvel, Tim Fryatt, Jen Olson, Anne Bannon, Andrew Brown, Claudia Castillo de la Cruz, Eugene Murphy, Makenzie Leukart, Kip Katich
- Consultants
- Silman (Structural), EP (MEP), MGE (MEP), Langan (Civil and Environmental), Higgins and Quasebarth and Associates (Historic Preservation), Viridian Energy & Environmental, LLC (Sustainability), Halcrow HPA Engineers, P.C.(Marine Engineering), Van Deusen & Associates (Elevator), Frank Seta & Associates, LLC (Envelope), Milrose (Expediting), Fried Frank (Land Use), AKRF (Environmental)
- Awards
- Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards
