Spring Street Salt Shed
SPRING STREET SALT SHED
Dattner Architects
PHOTOS
Field Condition (5), Albert Vecerka/Esto (2)
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
New York, NY, United States
CATEGORY
Industrial › Warehouse
Located at the terminus of Canal Street at the Hudson River, the Salt Shed’s crystalline, faceted planes enliven this highly visible structure. The cast-in-place concrete structure tapers toward the bottom—creating more pedestrian space—and rises from a glazed moat that will be illuminated at night.
The Salt Shed’s solid, crystalline surface acts as a counterpoint to the diaphanous, scrim-like façade of the Manhattan 1/2/5 Garage, directly across Spring Street to the north.
Rising nearly 70 feet, the shed houses 5,000 tons of salt and has already become an iconic landmark at this important intersection.
