Historic church near Penn Station to be replaced by hotel

January 25, 2008 02:29PM
325 West 33rd St.

A 95,000-square-foot, 250-room hotel will replace the Glad Tidings Tabernacle Church at 325 West 33rd Street. As reported by The Real Deal, the church sold for $31 million. The Romanesque Revival church, near Penn Station and across the street from the Farley Post Office, was built in 1868. The buyer, PLC Partners, is building the 300-room Cambria Suites Brooklyn Bridge hotel. Demolition has reportedly already begun at the church. Eastern Consolidated's Martin Ezratty and Roberto Ortiz procured the buyer, while Karen Dome of Justdan Realty represented the seller. TRD 


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Anonymous

If it could be a boutique, cool hotel, the area could really use it. Right now all the hotels in that area, even the Affina Hotel has become a rental for prostitutes and low end tourists.

Comment #1 Posted By: Anonymous 01/25/08

617in212

So ... no one at PLC has the foresight to incorporate the church building (or at least retail the facade) and build up and back from there? That would be a newsworthy hotel. That would generate some good press in the shelter magazines.

Comment #2 Posted By: 617in212 01/26/08

David Calderazzo

As a Christian this hurts the hec out of me. It's dispicable to see these things happen. Churches, Hospitals!. One day we are going to need them and there wont be any left... It hurts, realy hurts.

Comment #3 Posted By: David Calderazzo 01/26/08

Tommy212

Let's tear down as many of these things as possible...this building has no real architectural significance so why not tear it down...what's going to go up in it's place is no better, no worse than the existing building. If you believe in god then god will just move somewhere else, I guess, or maybe and finally remove itself from the mind of feeble men and women altogether!

Comment #4 Posted By: Tommy212 01/27/08

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