Charles Hadden

City Realty has the goods on 135 West Fourth Street, the site of the former Washington Square Methodist Church currently being converted to eight condominiums by FLAnk Architects.

Demolition is underway in the interior of the 1860 Romanesque Revival church designed by Charles Hadden. According to City Realty, the two-bedroom and three-bedroom duplex units will fetch $2.3 million to $6 million, and the building's lobby will have 50-foot hight ceilings and the church's old stained-glass windows.

The building's name will be changed to "Novare," which means "to be reborn" in Latin. Who says it's a dead language?

(Previously reported here.) City Realty (Second item; see also the first item about rezoning parts of the Upper West Side above 96th Street. Community Board 7's West 96th-110th Street planning task force is looking at possibilities in response to Extell Development's two apartment buildings going up at Broadway and 99th and 100th streets.)  read more »

-Matthew Grace

The Washington Square Methodist Church, at 135-139 West Fourth Street just down the street from the park, will be getting a major renovation in order to convert it to a residential building. Talk about sweet digs: This Romanesque Revival church was designed by Charles Hadden and built in 1860, has some great stained-glass windows in front, and is located smack-dab in the middle of the N.Y.U. neighborhood.

Last night, Community Board 2 approved changes to the bluestone behind the church's fence and some minor changes to its rear facade, in addition to the construction of an extra floor. The five floors will be divvied up into eight apartments, if the Landmarks Preservation Commission follows the community board's recommendation and gives it the nod. It has not yet been calendared at the L.P.C.  read more »

We'll post details about the apartments as soon as we can get our hands on them.

- Matthew Grace