59 West 12th Street is a residential building located in the Greenwich Village Historic District[1] in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

It was granted a certificate of occupancy on August 7, 1931[3] and houses 101 condominium apartments.

[6] And they chose to work with architect Robert T. Lyons on 2 Horatio Street.

[8] He said his goal was to "recreate the entire district as a modern counterpart of the high-class residential section it once was" saying it would "rival Central Park West and the fashionable east side within a few years."

He cited the goal of neighborhood reinvention as the reason for the simultaneous building, saying his hope was that "complete transformation of the section may be achieved as quickly as possible.