Lenox Health Greenwich Village

Building in Manhattan, New York

40°44′16″N 74°00′03″W﻿ / ﻿40.7377°N 74.0008°W﻿ / 40.7377; -74.0008

The building in 2006, when it was in use by Saint Vincent's Hospital

Lenox Health Greenwich Village is a 24-hour freestanding emergency department in Greenwich Village, Manhattan which is a division of Lenox Hill Hospital. It was originally built in 1964 as the headquarters of the National Maritime Union, and was later used as a hospital building by Saint Vincent's Hospital and then Northwell Health.

The building is in the Greenwich Village Historic District.[1]

## Architecture

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The building's architecture reflects its original use as the headquarters of the National Maritime Union.[2] Albert C. Ledner was the architect.[2] It was one of three buildings in Lower Manhattan designed by Ledner for the organization; one of the others is now the Maritime Hotel.[3]

Exterior features include a white façade with windows resembling portholes, scalloped overhangs, and an elevator penthouse resembling a steamship smokestack, together being reminiscent of an ocean liner. Upon its opening, it was noted for its deviation from the glass-box Modernist architecture popular at the time. In 1966, ceramic tiles were applied to the building's exterior, which were removed in the 2014–2016 renovation. National Maritime Union President Joseph Curran approvingly called the building "the box in which the Guggenheim Museum came."[1][4]

Its interior design reflects the theme of maritime vessels and circular shapes.[2] The ground floor has two circular spaces originally used as hiring floors, featuring glass brick exteriors, and the rest of the building was designed to appear to be floating above them.[1][4][5] Their double-height ceilings were later removed and replaced with spaces for outpatient clinics and offices,[6] but they were restored in the 2014–2016 renovation.[4]

## History

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The building was originally built in 1964, and was called the Joseph Curran Building.[7]

It was sold in 1974 and became the Edward and Theresa O'Toole Medical Services Building,[7] part of Saint Vincent's Hospital.[8] In 2008, Saint Vincent's Hospital received permission to demolish the building, despite its historic significance, and construct a new hospital tower that would replace its old main building a block away. However, this did not actually occur.[1]

Saint Vincent's Hospital abruptly closed in 2010,[9] and that year the O'Toole Building was taken over by Lenox Hill Hospital.[8][10] Lenox Hill Hospital later that year became part of North Shore-LIJ Health System, now named Northwell Health.[10][11] It was renovated into a 24-hour emergency care facility[1][4] called the Phyllis and William Mack Pavilion,[7] and reopened in 2014.[9] The renovation architect was Perkins Eastman.[2] A challenge during the renovation was to adapt the traditional orthogonal layout of an emergency room to the circular footprint of the ground floor.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Dunlap, David W. (December 4, 2013). "A Shiplike Building Gets Another New Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
2. ^ a b c d "Building of the Day: Lenox Health Greenwich Village". AIA New York / Center for Architecture. August 23, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
3. ^ Gray, Christopher (November 25, 2007). "An Architect's Flotilla of West Side Buildings". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
4. ^ a b c d Link, Jeff (September 30, 2015). "New Shape for an Old Shippers' Site". American Builders Quarterly. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
5. ^ Chatzaras, Konstantinos (December 26, 2018). "An American Palazzo in Greenwich Village; The Headquarters of the National Maritime Union by Albert C. Ledner". Archinect. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
6. ^ a b "Lenox Hill HealthPlex: Historic building becomes Manhattan's 1st freestanding ED". Medical Construction and Design. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
7. ^ a b c "About us – Lenox Health Greenwich Village". Northwell Health. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
8. ^ a b Kliff, Sarah (March 30, 2021). "'It Felt Like Deception': An Elite NYC Hospital Charges Huge Virus Test Fees". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
9. ^ a b Evans, Heidi (July 1, 2014). "Lenox Hill HealthPlex opens in West Village". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
10. ^ a b Hartocollis, Anemona (April 27, 2010). "Hospital Given Grant to Handle Some St. Vincent's Patients". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
11. ^ "Lenox Hill's rich history: A legacy of innovation". Crain's New York Business. March 28, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

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Greenwich Village (including Meatpacking District, South Village, and West Village)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

| Broadway–6th Avenue|

* 74–96 MacDougal Street, 170–188 Sullivan Street
* Butterfield House
* Cable Building
* General Winfield Scott House
* Mills House No. 1
* One Fifth Avenue
* University Village
* Washington Square Village
* Whitney Museum of American Art

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West of 6th Avenue|

* 2 Horatio Street
* 40 Tenth Avenue
* 45 Christopher Street
* 75½ Bedford Street
* 131 Charles Street
* 173 and 176 Perry Street
* 299 West 12th Street
* 302 West 12th Street
* Bell Laboratories Building
* Westbeth Artists Community
* Federal Office Building
* New York County National Bank Building
* Palazzo Chupi
* Salvation Army Headquarters
* St. John's Terminal
* Superior Ink
* West Village Houses

Former|

* Canterbury Hall
* Jefferson Market Prison

Culture

| Shops, restaurants,
and nightlife|

* Arthur's Tavern
* Barbuto
* The Bitter End
* Blue Hill
* Blue Note Jazz Club
* Café Bohemia
* Cafe Wha?
* Caffe Reggio
* Comedy Cellar
* Commerce Inn
* Cubbyhole
* Dame
* Dante
* Don Angie
* Duplex Cabaret Theatre
* Frevo
* Gotham Bar and Grill
* I Sodi
* Jeju Noodle Bar
* Joe's Pizza
* John's of Bleecker Street
* Julius
* Kesté
* Kettle of Fish
* King
* Kosaka
* (Le) Poisson Rouge
* Les Trois Chevaux
* Lord's
* Marie's Crisis
* Minetta Tavern
* One If By Land, Two If By Sea
* Oscar Wilde Bookshop
* Perry Street
* Pommes Frites
* Red Paper Clip
* Semma
* Sevilla
* Shmoné
* Smalls Jazz Club
* Stonewall Inn
* National LGBTQ Wall of Honor
* Sushi Nakazawa
* Via Carota
* Village Vanguard
* Wallsé
* White Horse Tavern

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Museums and galleries|

* Center for Architecture
* Fort Gansevoort
* Maccarone
* Makeup Museum
* White Columns
* Whitney Museum

Hotels|

* Hotel Albert
* Hotel Gansevoort
* The Jane
* Marlton House
* The Standard, High Line

Theaters, studios|

* Barrow Street Theatre
* Cherry Lane Theatre
* Electric Lady Studios
* Film Forum
* IFC Center
* Lucille Lortel Theatre
* Minetta Lane Theatre
* New Ohio Theatre
* The Players Theatre
* Provincetown Playhouse
* Quad Cinema
* Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Former|

* 55 Bar
* ANTA Washington Square Theatre
* Apostolic Recording Studio
* Avignone Chemists
* The Beatrice Inn
* Boomer's
* The Bottom Line
* Cafe Au Go Go
* Café Clover
* Café Society
* Caffe Vivaldi
* Carbone
* Cedar Tavern
* Chumley's
* The Cooler
* Cornelia Street Cafe
* Da Silvano
* El Faro Restaurant
* Eve's Hangout
* Film Guild Cinema
* Florent
* Garrick Cinema
* The Gaslight Cafe
* Gerde's Folk City
* Grand Central Hotel
* Greenspon Gallery
* Greenwich Village Theatre
* Günter Seeger
* Hot Feet Club
* Hotel Lafayette
* KGB Espionage Museum
* Lion's Den
* Mineshaft
* Mori
* Nell's
* Nick's
* Nix
* Old Grapevine
* Pfaff's
* Piora
* Plane Space
* The Plumm
* Ramrod
* Rhong-Tiam
* Rocco Restaurant
* San Remo Cafe
* Seventh Avenue South
* Sheridan Square Playhouse
* Soto
* The Spotted Pig
* Sweet Basil Jazz Club
* Tenjune
* Trude Heller's
* The Village Den
* Village Gate
* ZZ's Clam Bar

Parks, green spaces, and plazas

| Current|

* Abingdon Square Park
* Christopher Street Pier
* Christopher Park
* Gay Liberation Monument
* Statue of Philip Sheridan
* Father Demo Square
* High Line
* Hudson River Park
* Jackson Square Park
* James J. Walker Park
* Little Island at Pier 55
* McCarthy Square
* Mulry Square
* New York City AIDS Memorial
* Pier 40
* Washington Square Park
* Bust of Alexander Lyman Holley
* Statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi
* Washington Square Arch
* West Fourth Street Courts
* Winston Churchill Square

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Former|

* Coles Sports and Recreation Center

Education

| Libraries and schools|

* City-As-School High School
* Jefferson Market Library
* Notre Dame School
* PS 41
* St. Luke's School
* Village Community School

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Postsecondary|

* The New School for Social Research
* Fogelman Social Sciences and Humanities Library
* University Center
* New York University
* Brown Building
* Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
* Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
* Fales Library
* Gould Plaza
* La Maison Française
* Silver Center
* Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
* University Village
* New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
* Pratt Institute School of Information

Other|

* Greenwich House
* Greenwich House Music School
* Greenwich House Pottery
* HB Studio
* School for Poetic Computation

Former|

* École libre des hautes études
* Grammar School No. 35
* New York Workers School

Religion

* Church of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village
* Church of St. Luke in the Fields
* First Presbyterian Church
* Judson Memorial Church
* Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard Church
* Our Lady of Pompeii Church
* St. Veronica Church
* Trinity Chapel
* Washington Square Methodist Episcopal Church

Transportation

| Subway stations|

* 14th Street/Sixth Avenue
* 14th Street/Eighth Avenue
* Broadway–Lafayette Street/Bleecker Street
* Christopher Street–Stonewall
* Eighth Street–New York University
* Houston Street
* West Fourth Street–Washington Square

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PATH stations|

* Christopher Street
* Ninth Street
* 14th Street

Streets|

* 4th Street
* 5th Avenue
* 6th Avenue
* 7th Avenue
* 8th Avenue
* 8th Street
* 14th Street
* Bank Street
* Bleecker Street
* Christopher Street
* Gay Street
* Greenwich Avenue
* Greenwich Street
* Houston Street
* Hudson Street
* Jones Street
* LaGuardia Place
* MacDougal Street
* Patchin Place
* Thompson Street
* University Place
* Washington Mews
* Washington Street
* Waverly Place
* Weehawken Street
* West Street

Other sites

* Fort Gansevoort
* Hess triangle
* Lenox Health Greenwich Village
* Minetta Creek

Related topics

* Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
* Little Spain

See also: Manhattan Community Board 2

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Tertiary care teaching hospitals|

* Lenox Hill Hospital
* Long Island Jewish Medical Center
* North Shore University Hospital
* South Shore University Hospital
* Staten Island University North

Community hospitals|

* Glen Cove Hospital
* Huntington Hospital
* LIJ Forest Hills
* LIJ Valley Stream
* Mather Hospital
* Northern Westchester Hospital
* Peconic Bay Medical Center
* Phelps Memorial
* Plainview Hospital
* Staten Island University South
* Syosset Hospital

Specialty-care hospitals|

* Cohen Children’s Medical Center
* MEETH
* South Oaks
* Zucker Hillside

Freestanding Emergency Department's|

* Lenox Health Greenwich Village

Affiliate hospital|

* Maimonides

Medical school|

* Zucker School of Medicine

Graduate school|

* Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine

Science research facility|

* Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Sponsorships|

* Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
* SIUH Community Park

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