Former Forging Warehouse on West Side Slated for Adaptive Reuse

Written By John Gomez

Originally built circa-1910 for The Drop Forging Company, the 2-story concrete warehouse building at 301 West Side Avenue will be transformed by local firm Weckenmann Architecture.

JC Landmarks highly encourages the developers and architects of 301 West Side Avenue — the former Drop Forging Company warehouse — to salvage and reincorporate any surviving industrial machinery and mechanics inside the property + keep soaring spaces and original materiality intact. The best adaptive reuse projects follow these practices and give new development schemes a powerful sense of authenticity and preservation integrity.

301 West Side Avenue at Fisk Street, Jersey City, via Weckenmann Architecture

John Gomez

Master of Science in Historic Preservation, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University

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