The York, a large apartment building bordering City Park, is now complete. Not only does The York provide 212-units of housing, it replaced a block long stretch of single-story office, and industrial buildings along with a couple surface parking lots mixed in. Construction started back in 2015 with work wrapping up earlier this year. We only visited this project a couple times during its construction but feel free to check out our update history below:
At first glance, The York resembles its neighbor down the street, One City Block; arguably one of the best looking apartment projects in recent years. The almost all brick facade, broken up massing, and chamfered edge really make this project stand out. Additionally, it has all underground parking, providing 237 spaces, so everything above ground is residential use.
Before we continue, here are three more photos of the chamfered edge, and brick detailing.
The York does not contain any ground floor retail however, its ground floor presence is still a positive experience to the pedestrian. The garage entrance is also along York, instead of the alley, which is an interesting choice of location given the high volume of traffic on this street.
This project features three amenity decks, two facing York Street and the other facing the alley, which is not pictured below.
The York is doing great as there are only 25 units left available to rent. Welcome to City Park West, The York!
this took 3 years to finish ???
I agree that The York is a great looking project, but it should have had ground floor retail along 17th Ave. It would have made sense being at the corner of two major streets and it would have continued the existing mixed-use corridor of 17th. Nevertheless, I hope that other similar-scaled projects take design inspiration from The York.
I think retail would’ve only worked at the corner of 17th & York and not the entire frontage since York itself is not a retail-oriented street and doesn’t have room for on-street parking.
York is okay, better than most, but Ryan is right – One City Block was such a beautiful project that most everything else pales. If One City Block is a 10, then York is a 5 or 6. This is such a prime location – would have been nice to see another building matching the artistry of One City Block.
I do find Park 17 impressive and am anxious to see what that looks like upon delivery!
There is no comparison between One City Block and this project. One City Block in beautifully detailed, this one is a huge disappointment. The arrangement of brick panels, horizontal banding and concrete accents makes no sense. The portion of the building that sets back looks cheap. I don’t get the big giant clock. Ugh! The picture of the corner at 17th & York really accentuates the shoddy construction. I drive by this corner quite often and it’s depressing to see. The developer spent a lot of money on the brick but they wasted it with such lousy design. Another Denver mash-up.
This looks cheap.
This looks cheap because it has too many different parts and pieces that don’t align, don’t match and seem arbitrarily placed. The colors are near misses and the volumes inarticulate. The accent bands are disjointed as is the cornice.I could go on and on… I would expect better from ‘Oz”. I suspect the client and the contractor also lost their way on this one. We can only hope those trees grow big and tall because it’s a real eyesore.
Well said. Completely agree.