Tour: 7 West 57th Street
Looking up at the south facade from West 57th Street.
Construction has wrapped up at The Soloviev Group’s 20-story residential condo tower 7W57 in Midtown. Designed by Hill West Architects, the mid-block tower features a mid height setback and is clad in a minimalist glass curtain wall.
Residential entry.
White Calcutta marble from the Apuan Mountains in Italy clads the walls of the residential entry lobby.
Residential entry lobby.
Model Residences
Tsao & McKown led the design of the interiors for the 15 full floor residences, which offer automatic lighting, shade, and temperature control. Kitchens feature custom Bulthaup cabinets, white marble countertops, and appliances by Gaggenau. Bathrooms feature Statuario Venatino marble, heated floors, double frameless glass mirrors, and Duravit fixtures.
Architect: Hill West Architects; Interiors: Tsao & McKown; Developer: The Soloviev Group; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: PENN 2
Northeast corner of PENN2 in the fall of 2020, prior to the reclad.
Facade installation is ongoing at commercial tower PENN 2 at Two Penn Plaza in Midtown by developer Vornado Realty Trust. The 1968 tower is undergoing an extensive renovation by MdeAS Architects that includes a recladding of the exterior with an updated curtain wall. Along with floor-to-ceiling glass, the new facade will feature corner loggias at the northwest and southwest corners, an extended base towards 7th Avenue, and a triple height lobby. Other amenities for the tower will include a 280-person town hall, casual lounges, rooftop pavilion, outdoor green space, and over an acre of outdoor terraces.
Looking up at the east facade of PENN 2 from 7th Avenue.
East facade of PENN 2 from West 32nd Street.
Architect: MdeAS Architects; Developer: Vornado Realty Trust; Program: Commercial Office; Location: Penn District, Midtown, New York; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: PENN 2
Northeast corner of PENN2 in the fall of 2020, prior to the reclad.
Facade installation is ongoing at commercial tower PENN 2 at Two Penn Plaza in Midtown by developer Vornado Realty Trust. The 1968 tower is undergoing an extensive renovation by MdeAS Architects that includes a recladding of the exterior with an updated curtain wall. Along with floor-to-ceiling glass, the new facade will feature corner loggias at the northwest and southwest corners, an extended base towards 7th Avenue, and a triple height lobby. Other amenities for the tower will include a 280-person town hall, casual lounges, rooftop pavilion, outdoor green space, and over an acre of outdoor terraces.
Southeast corner of PENN 2 from 7th Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade of PENN 2 from 7th Avenue.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
East facade of PENN 2 from West 32nd Street.
Architect: MdeAS Architects; Developer: Vornado Realty Trust; Program: Commercial Office; Location: Penn District, Midtown, New York; Completion: 2023.
Tour: Central Park Tower
Southeast corner of the tower.
Construction is wrapping up at Extell’s Central Park Tower, a 1,550 foot residential tower on Billionaire’s Row in Midtown. The 131-story tower is designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, architects of the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. Central Park Tower stands as the second tallest tower in the United States, topped only by One World Trade Center’s spire. The tower is clad in a glass curtain wall with stainless steel fins that will reflect the sunlight to give the facade a sense of depth.
Central Park Tower on the Midtown skyline.
Central Park Tower and the Midtown skyline from Central Park.
Nordstrom’s occupies the 7-story podium, while 179 condo units are on offer in the tower above. Residents have access to the Central Park Club on floors 14 and 16 which includes a residential lounge, screening room, children’s play area, and a fitness center with cardio and strength equipment, basketball court, indoor pool, and spa. An outdoor terrace at the 14th floor features a 60-foot swimming pool, sundeck, and cabanas. Additional amenities will be available on the 100th floor.
Looking up at the south facade of the podium and the tower.
South facade of Nordstrom’s at the podium.
Looking up at the south facade of the podium.
Residential lobby entry at West 57th Street.
Residential lobby entry.
Concierge desk at the residential lobby.
Residential lobby lounge.
Residential lobby lounge.
Fitness center reception desk.
Fitness center lounge.
Fitness center.
Basketball court.
Basketball court.
Residential lounge.
Screening room.
Looking up at the south facade of the tower from the amenity deck.
Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects (Design Architect), Adamson Associates Architects (Architect of Record); Interiors: Rottet Studio; Structural Engineers: WSP; Construction Management: Lendlease; Developer: Extell Development Company; Equity Partners: Shanghai Municipal Investment; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
SUMMIT at One Vanderbilt
KPF · Midtown East · 2021
SUMMIT observation deck.
Construction has wrapped up at One Vanderbilt, SL Green's 77-story future supertall tower on a site adjacent to New York's Grand Central Terminal. The 1,401 foot tall tower is designed by KPF and features a three story observation deck known as SUMMIT at the tower’s first setback at the 1,000 foot mark. Designed by Snohetta, SUMMIT occupies the 57th, 58th, and 59th floors. The main levels of the observation deck feature the mind-bending art installation Air by Kenzo Digital. Mirrors wrap the three sides of the space framing the views out to the skyline, leading to views with the sky on the floor and the city’s skyscrapers hovering over you on the ceiling . Two glass skyboxes, known as Levitation, on the west facade give visitors a look down on Midtown from 1,063 feet above Madison Avenue. At the top, two all glass elevators, known as Ascent, travel up the south facade to give visitors a view from over 1,200 feet, the highest observation point in Midtown Manhattan. Tickets for the observation deck, which officially opens on October 21, go on sale today.
Looking north from Levitation, the glass skyboxes at the west façade.
Looking down onto Madison Avenue from the sky boxes 1,063 feet above the street.
View off Bryant Park from the sky boxes.
Looking east towards the Queens and Brooklyn waterfront from the observation deck.
Looking south towards the Downtown Brooklyn skyline from the observation deck.
Looking south towards Midtown and Lower Manhattan from the observation deck.
Looking up at the tracks for the Ascent glass elevators.
View from Ascent, the all glass elevator that travels up the south facade of the crown.
View south towards Midtown and Lower Manhattan at sunset from ASCENT.
Looking down from inside the ASCENT elevator.
One Vanderbilt (center) on the Midtown East skyline.
East facade of One Vanderbilt (right) and the Chrysler Building (left).
The design of the facade features floor to ceiling glass and diagonal terracotta spandrels. Installation is also underway on the terra-cotta panels that clad the underside of the tower at the podium and the ceiling of the lobby.
East facade of One Vanderbilt (center), 685 First Avenue (left), and the Chrysler Building (right).
One Vanderbilt lit blue for the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
Architect: KPF; Developer: SL Green Realty Corporation; Development Manager: Hines; Construction: Tishman Construction; Interiors: Gensler; MEP Engineers: Jaros Baum & Bolles; Structural Engineers: Severud Associates; Program: Mixed Use, Office, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 727 5th Avenue - Tiffany & Co. Flagship Expansion
Northwest corner from Fifth Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out at LVMH’s renovation and expansion of the Tiffany & Co. flagship retail building on Fifth Avenue in Midtown. Designed by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA’s New York office, the project includes a renovation of the 1940 Cross & Cross designed structure at 727 Fifth Avenue and a new three-story pavilion at the top that will include exhibition, event and clienteling space. The new structure will be clad in two types of glass: flat low-e glass at floors 8 and 9 and an undulating slumped glass facade at floor 10 that resembles a soft curtain.
Close-up of the northwest corner of the rooftop expansion.
Close-up of the steel superstructure of the rooftop expansion.
Looking up at the north facade.
Northeast corner from East 57th Street.
Architect: OMA New York; Client: LVMH; Program: Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: Spring 2022.
Construction Update: 111 West 57th Street
111 W 57 (right) on the Midtown skyline.
Facade installation is wrapping up on the crown at supertall Midtown residential tower 111 West 57th Street by JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 1,428-foot tower will offer 60 residential condos when it wraps up construction some time in 2020. Installation of the terra-cotta, bronze, and glass curtain wall at the east and west facades is mostly complete. Only the top floors of the metal and glass facade at the north and south portions of the crown remain to be installed.
South facade of 111 W 57 (left) and 53 W 53 (right).
Close-up of the south facade.
Northwest corner of the tower and crown.
South facade of the tower and crown.
West facade of the tower and crown.
West facade of the tower and crown.
Southeast corner of the tower and crown.
South facade of the tower and crown.
Looking up at the west facade of 111 W 57 (left) and One57 (right).
West facade of 111 W 57 (center) and One57 (right).
Architect: SHoP Architects; Interiors: Studio Sofield; Developer: JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, Spruce Capital Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Tour: Central Park Tower
Southeast corner of the tower.
Facade installation is wrapping up at Extell’s Central Park Tower, a 1,550 foot residential tower on Billionaire’s Row in Midtown. The 131-story tower is designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, architects of the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. With the topping out, Central Park Tower now stands as the second tallest tower in the United States, topped only by One World Trade Center’s spire. The tower is clad in a glass curtain wall with stainless steel fins that will reflect the sunlight to give the facade a sense of depth.
Nordstrom’s occupies the 7-story podium, while 179 condo units are on offer in the tower above.
Central Park Tower on the Midtown skyline.
Central Park Tower on the Midtown skyline.
Close-up of the southeast corner of the tower crown.
Close-up of the southeast corner of the tower.
South facade.
Close-up of the cantilever’s northeast corner.
South facade from Broadway.
Close-up of the tower’s crown.
Close-up of the south facade.
Close-up of the northwest corner of the tower.
Close-up of the stainless steel fins on the north facade.
Close-up of the southeast corner of the tower’s crown.
Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects (Design Architect), Adamson Associates Architects (Architect of Record); Interiors: Rottet Studio; Structural Engineers: WSP; Construction Management: Lendlease; Developer: Extell Development Company; Equity Partners: Shanghai Municipal Investment; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: One Vanderbilt
One Vanderbilt (center) on the Midtown East skyline.
Curtain wall installation is wrapping up at One Vanderbilt, SL Green's 77-story future supertall tower on a site adjacent to New York's Grand Central Terminal. The 1,401 foot tall tower is designed by KPF and will feature a three story observation deck at the tower’s first setback at the 1,000 foot mark. A 100-foot tall spire will rise at the top of the crown.
East facade of One Vanderbilt (right) and the Chrysler Building (left).
The design of the facade features floor to ceiling glass and diagonal terracotta spandrels. Installation is also underway on the terra-cotta panels that clad the underside of the tower at the podium and the ceiling of the lobby.
East facade of One Vanderbilt (center), 685 First Avenue (left), and the Chrysler Building (right).
Southwest facade from Bryant Park.
South facade.
Close-up of the south facade of the crown.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the tower facade.
Southwest corner from Madison Avenue and East 42nd Street.
Southwest corner of the podium from Madison Avenue and East 42nd Street.
Southwest corner of the podium from Madison Avenue.
Close-up of the terra-cotta panels currently being installed at the west podium.
Close-up of the south podium facade at East 42nd Street.
Looking up at the south tower facade.
South podium facade from East 42nd Street.
Southeast corner from East 42nd Street.
Southeast corner of the podium from East 42nd Street.
Close-up of the terra-cotta panels currently being installed at the east podium.
West facade from Bryant Park.
Southwest corner of the tower.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the tiered crown.
Northwest corner of the tiered crown from Central Park.
Architect: KPF; Developer: SL Green Realty Corporation; Development Manager: Hines; Construction: Tishman Construction; Interiors: Gensler; MEP Engineers: Jaros Baum & Bolles; Structural Engineers: Severud Associates; Program: Mixed Use, Office, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Tour: 111 W 57 - Steinway Hall
South facade of Steinway Hall.
Steinway Hall
Included in the 111 West 57th Street tower is the restoration of Steinway Hall, designed in 1925 by Warren & Wetmore as the home of Steinway & Sons’ concert hall and piano showroom. The building will now be integrated into the residential function of the adjacent tower and offer four floors of luxury retail space and a residential penthouse.
Residential Entry Lobby
Mural by John Opella.
Rotunda Reception Room
Domed ceiling hand painted by Paul Arndt.
Railing at the rooftop terrace.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Interiors: Studio Sofield; Developer: JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, Spruce Capital Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.