144 Barrow Street | The Keller

144 Barrow Street, also known as The Keller, is the renovation of the historic Keller Hotel in the far West Village. Located where Barrow Street intersects the West Side Highway, the Keller is being realized as the harmonious pairing of the 1898 Renaissance Revival historic landmark Keller Hotel with an interconnected new 7-story building to the East. In character with the West Village neighborhood the new addition references the detailing of the historic building – the rhythm of punched windows and stone belt courses are redefined in the new building with crisp oversized window openings, deeply patterned metal panels and taut rows of soldier course masonry. The historic building restored and renovated inside and out, including a modern resiliency retrofitting that will protect the flood-prone nearly waterfront building.

16 units will occupy 144 Barrow, and 6 in 150 Barrow, each with a penthouse that includes generous private terraces.   The 150 Barrow penthouse is a duplex with living spaces in the new rooftop addition opening to a wrap around private terrace and bedrooms and a den on the floor below.

The interior design has a unified vocabulary across both buildings. It is meant to evoke classic, deliberate, timeless design from the eras that marked the Keller Hotel’s prime – the late 19th century through the 1930s. It also has clear influence from a renaissance era Italian palazzo material palette such as mixed white and green marble floors in the main lobby.  The Keller is one of the last remaining turn-of-the-century waterfront hotels – it served the seamen that engaged in trade on the Hudson River Piers, and travelers disembarking from transatlantic cruises; over time and with the shift away from trade activity on the piers, the hotel adapted to serve newly available clientele from itinerant seamen, to welfare recipients, falling into an abandoned state until 1998. This is the first revitalization of the building in 25 years.