Hotel on Upper West Side Gets New Life for Senior Housing
- Affordable project marks a departure for NYC neighborhood
- Gut renovation will create apartments for elderly residents
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A former illegal hotel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side will begin a gut renovation this week, transforming into something quite different than the luxury condos that are a staple in the well-heeled neighborhood.
The Park 79, a seven-story building down the block from the Museum of Natural History, will be remade into housing for senior citizens with limited incomes. The developers have signed an agreement with the city’s housing department to keep the apartments -- in an area where new condos sell at a median of $3.39 million -- affordable for at least the next 60 years.