The Harrison Condominium

 condominium, postmodern (architecture)

177-foot, 17-story and 14-story Postmodern residential complex in two separate towers joined by a low-rise base in between, completed in 2008 for the Related Companies. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects with Ismael Leyva Architects, both towers are clad in pale-orange brick and salmon-colored stone. At the southeast corner, the towers cradle the older low rise building at 340 Amsterdam Avenue.

The main residential entrance is on 76th Street, in the double-height ground floor of the taller tower, where there are three large arched openings framed by interestingly-shaped engaged columns on pink granite plinths. Each column is wide at the base and narrows toward the top, where it expends out again in a capital that supports the arches. The middle arch is larger and has a simple keystone; within it is the main doorway, with a bronze-and-glass revolving door, flanked by narrow sidelights separating a traditional bronze-and-glass door on either side, all covered by a suspended metal-and-glass canopy. The side arches have tripartite windows with fanlights. There is a bronze-and-frosted-glass service door at the far east end, and farther down at the west end is a wide entrance and exit to the underground parking garage, next to another service door. The ground floor is capped by a band course, the lower half of which consists of a row of vertical rectangles set against a pale-green background.

The brick 2nd-5th floors have a tripartite-window center bay, flanked by a paired-window bay on either side, and then another tripartite bay, and another paired-window bay, with an extra bay at the east end with tripartite windows; this bay terminates at the 5th floor. The edges of the south facade are line with salmon-colored stone, and projecting, beveled stone surrounds border the two outer tripartite bays beginning at the top of the 2nd floor. The other bays have thin stone sills and brick lintels. At the 10th floor there are shallow metal railings fronting the two outer bays on each side. Above these, the projecting surrounds change to narrower, flat surrounds at the 10th-11th floors. The outer bays set back above the 11th floor, and there is a metal railing across the center bays at the 12th floor. At the 12th-13th floors the center bays are organized into two instead of three, with extra-wide tripartite windows and a large panel in between the two bays. A pair of round capitals with flat tops caps the corners of this section at the 13th floor. The two set-back bays on the east side have double-windows, and on the west side one has narrower double-windows, while the end bay has wide tripartite windows. Above the 13th-floor setback, the center bays become four bays of double-windows. There are more metal railings across these bays at the 16th floor, along with the west end bay. Above the 11th-floor setback at the east end, there is an angled corner bay of tripartite windows extending up the the roof line. This is mirrored by another angled bay on the other side of the east-facing tripartite bay, creating a roughly rounded tower, clad in stone, on the east face of the upper floors. At the north end there is another east-facing bay of tripartite windows, this one in brick. The lower floors of the east elevation are brick, except for the stone-framed tripartite window bay at the center. To the south is a single-window bay and a tripartite end bay, and to the north are two tripartite bays. Metal railings span across every bay at the 10th floor. There is a set-back mechanical penthouse level on the roof.

The lower but wider tower fronting the avenue spans 15 bays, with a 2-story stone base. At the ground floor it is lined with metal-and-glass storefronts, except for at the south end, where there is a large, double-height opening with metal-and-glass infill. This houses the entrance to an Equinox gym, with a revolving door flanked by glass traditional doors at the ground level. The 2nd floor of the base to the north has large plate-glass windows in two different widths. The corner pier at the north end is slightly angled at the ground floor and tucks in toward the building to meet a red granite plinths on which it rests.

On the upper floors the three south bays are clad in stone, in beveled, projecting surrounds, while the rest is brick, except for one bay with projecting, beveled stone surrounds beginning at the top of the 3rd floor - the 3rd bay from the north. This facade has almost all tripartite windows, except for double-windows in the first brick bay at the south and the three northern bays. There are decorative metal railings fronting the 3rd bay from the north (the one with the stone surrounds) at the 4th floor, and across every bay at the 10th floor except for the south brick bay. A band of pale-green rectangles marks a setback above the 8th floor - with the exception of the stone-framed bay near the north end - it continues up to the 12th-floor roof line, with an angled bay of stone-framed tripartite windows on either side. The set-back 9th-12th floors to the south of this have six bays of tripartite windows in various styles on mullions, followed by a single-window bay, and another tripartite bay. At the south end there is a stone-framed tripartite bay, and then an angled bay, a south-facing bay, and another angled bay, creating a south-facing turret.

This tower is L-shaped, wrapping around the central, low-rise area between the towers. The north facade on 77th Street continues the 2-story base from the avenue. The ground floor has a wide storefront at the east end, followed by a large vent. The west end has two recessed metal service doors below a vent, and just to the left is a wide opening for another commercial space, with large wooden double-doors to the left of a plate-glass window, both under a stainless-steel canopy. The 2nd floor has nine bays of plate-glass windows, although another vent fills the opening directly above the large ground-floor vent.

The upper floors have a 4-bay east section with tripartite windows, the westernmost of which has the projecting, beveled stone surrounds seen elsewhere. The 5-bay west section is set back above the base, with a wider tripartite window in the 2nd bay than the others. There are metal railings at the 8th floor on all of the east-section bays, and the middle three of the west section. Both sections set back above the 8th floor. The 9th-12th floors begin at the east end with the angled corner bay linking the east facade, followed by two tripartite bays, the eastern one framed in stone. Continuing west there is a single-window bay, and then a 5-bay section that is framed in stone at the top floor (and has metal railings at the 11th floor). This section has a tripartite-window bay, a single-window bay, and three more tripartite windows. At the west end there are two final bays, the first with single-windows, and the second with double-windows on the 9th & 10th floors, and single-windows on the 11th & 12th floors. On the west end of the roof top, there is a mechanical penthouse with three vent openings.

The 17-story tower contains 51 condominium units with landscaping by Mathews Nielsen, while the larger 14-story tower has 81. The commercial space at the west end of the 12-story building is occupied by Pure Yoga. Along the avenue, the ground floor is occupied by Soul Cycle, Bond Vet, and Juice Press, with the entrance to Equinox West 76th at the south end (mostly occupying the basement level).

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