EXCLUSIVE: Rendering released for former convent site
Passersby along Fourth Avenue near 95th Street have gotten a first glimpse of the way the seven-story mixed-use residential and commercial building slated for 401 95th Street will look, thanks to a rendering of the project hung on the construction fence.
The site, formerly home to a two-story convent built in 1966 by St. Patrick’s Church across the street, wraps around the northeast corner of 95th Street and Fourth Avenue and directly faces the sanctuary, which some residents have said will leave the development looking a bit out of character.
Based on the rendering, the building, which runs from lot line to lot line, appears to have floor to ceiling windows and numerous balconies, with a set-back penthouse that appears to take up about half of the building’s seventh story. It is clearly taller than its neighbors.