2050 Grand Concourse
Location: Bronx, NY
Client: Unique People Services, Robert Sanborn Development
Type: Affordable & Supportive Housing
Size: 86,063 SF
Units: 96
Located at the SE corner of E. Burnside and Grand Concourse, this LEED Platinum, NYSERDA Buildings of Excellence winner offers affordable and supportive housing with onsite social services, as well as community space and nonprofit offices.
A 10,000 square foot office and community facility will serve as a new headquarters for the project’s nonprofit developer and social service provider Unique People Services. This community space will offer amenities for area residents and organizations.
Awards
2023 Design Award - Award of Merit
SARA NY
2020 Buildings of Excellence Awards
NYSERDA
View from the Gran Concourse. Watch the video above.
The design of 2050 Grand Concourse pays homage to the building’s rich stylistic context, reinterpreting themes of the Art Deco movement for contemporary affordable housing. Brick and metal, both prominent Deco-era materials, are used across the exterior; and corner windows, a distinct feature of the era, have been included as well. Bold geometric forms which were characteristic of the period were introduced through details such as angled planes at the window openings and varied base heights accentuated by contrasting materials.
Building amenities include a first-floor laundry room which opens onto a landscaped terrace and a thirteenth-floor community room flanked by two roof decks. These three spaces comprise the entirety of the top floor, offering views of the surrounding neighborhood and the New York skyline.
Photos by David Sundberg/Esto, Ari Burling.