201 East 23rd Street - The Willow
COOKFOX Architects · Kips Bay · 2026
Southwest corner from East 23rd Street.
Facade installation is ongoing at Naftali Group’s 19-story residential tower The Willow in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the tower’s facade features red brick and industrial styled punch windows cladding a massing that includes numerous setback terraces and partially enclosed loggias. Facade details include segmental arches formed by soldier coarse brick, commonly found in industrial buildings.
Southwest corner from Third Avenue and East 23rd Street.
When completed, the development will offer 69 residences ranging in size from one to three-bedrooms and a four-bedroom penthouse residence at the top of the tower. Residents will have access to a collection of amenities designed by Rockwell Group that includes a rooftop terrace, Mermaid Room, fitness center with sauna, library, cinema, children’s playroom, music room, and garden courtyard..
Southwest corner from Third Avenue and East 23rd Street.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the facade.
Rooftop Views
View northwest towards Midtown.
View north towards Midtown.
View west towards NoMad.
View south towards Lower Manhattan.
View southwest towards Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Interiors: Rockwell Group; Developer: Naftali Group; Program: Residential; Location: Kips Bay, New York, NY; Completion: 2026.
Solar One Environmental Education Center
BIG · Kips Bay · 2025
Construction is nearing completion on the Solar One Environmental Education Center at Stuyvesant Cove Park, part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project. Situated at the northern end of the park, the BIG designed two-story structure will house educational programming for Solar One, a leading sustainable energy non-profit. The building will house afterschool and summer camp programs, classroom space, presentation and lecture space, and a rentable hosting site for indoor community events, celebrations, workshops, and other opportunities. One major sustainable feature of the project will be the off-the-grid solar electricity generation from the rooftop 38kW solar array and battery storage.
East facade from the East River.
East facade of the Solar One Center and Stuyvesant Cove Park from the East River.
Southeast corner from the East River.
South facade from Stuyvesant Cove Park.
South and east facades from Stuyvesant Cove Park.
Close-up of the facade.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group; Program: Education; Location: Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
