The two-story 1870s brick building at the edge of the TriBeCa West Historic District has distinctive corbelled brickwork, an unusual acute plan, low massing, and a multitude of French- and double-hung windows.

In a newly constructed multifamily-residential development in New York City’s East Village, the architects had a unique opportunity to honor a client’s desire to combine two penthouse condominiums and connect them with a helical slide.