Construction Update: 50 West 66th Street
Facade installation is ongoing at Extell and Tennor Holding B.V.’s 69-story residential condo tower on the Upper West Side. Designed by Snohetta, the tower features a 15-story podium clad in a curtain wall with a grid of two-story glass openings. A shared amenity terrace will be located on the 16th floor and marks the transition to a slender tower above that is clad with a more predominantly glass curtain wall panel with thin bronze grid.
Southwest corner from West 66th Street.
Looking up at the south facade from West 66th Street.
Northwest corner from West 67th Street.
Looking up at the north facade from West 67th Street.
50 West 66th Street rising on the skyline. Seen between Central Park Tower (right) and One Bryant Park (left).
Architect: Snohetta (Design Architect) with SLCE (Executive Architect); Interiors: AB Concept and Shamir Shah Design; Developer: Extell and Tenner Holding B.V.; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: National Black Theater and Ray Harlem at 2033 Fifth Avenue
Southeast corner from East 125th Street.
Facade installation is underway at the mixed-use development Ray Harlem at 2033 Fifth Avenue in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. The development is a joint venture between LXMD (an affiliate of L+M Development Partners) and Ray, a new real estate venture from art patron and philanthropist Dasha Zhukova that combines culturally inspired apartment buildings with publicly accessible art spaces. As the inaugural project of the Ray venture, the development includes a 222-unit residential rental tower sitting atop a podium with 27,000 square feet of space for the National Black Theater, a ground floor community space to be open to the public, and retail. The National Black Theater has been in operation since 1968. Design of the project is led by Handel Architects and Frida Escobedo Architects.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Ray Harlem’s brick facade features a pink-red hue that references the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove in Nigeria. Laying of the brick has begun at the lower floors of the residential tower, to be followed by the installation of large windows.
Close-up of the east facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southwest corner from Fifth Avenue.
Southwest corner from East 125th Street.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Looking up at the west facade from Fifth Avenue.
Northwest corner from East 126th Street.
Architects: Handel Architects and Frida Escobedo Architects; Developers: Ray and LMXD; Program: Residential, Theater, Retail; Location: East Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: Late 2024 (Residential), 2026 (Theater).
Construction Update: Terminal Warehouse
Southwest corner on the Chelsea waterfront.
Facade installation is ongoing at L&L Holding Company and Columbia Property Trust’s renovation of the Terminal Warehouse in West Chelsea. The structure was originally designed by George Mallory and constructed in 1891 by the Terminal Warehouse Company. COOKFOX Architects are overseeing the design of the renovation, which includes restoring the original building and the addition of a 6-story steel and glass structure and approximately 100,000 gross square feet of green space. A freight tunnel that runs the length of the 700 foot structure will serve as an interior street with the original steel inlaid tracks serving as the street connecting access to office amenities, retail space, and a central courtyard. At completion, the groundscraper will offer 1.3 million square feet with floor plates up to 160,000 square feet in size and 29 private terraces.
West elevation from 12th Avenue.
Southwest corner from 12th Avenue.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developers: L&L Holding Company, Columbia Property Trust; Program: Office, Retail; Location: West Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: 44-54 Ninth Avenue
Construction scaffolding is coming down at Tavros Capital’s 44-54 Ninth Avenue in the Meatpacking District of New York. Designed by BKSK Architects, the development includes the restoration and renovation of two existing structures and a new 9-story infill structure behind. When completed, the development will offer ground floor retail and office space in the restored and new structures.
Both existing structures, the three-story that fronts Ninth Avenue and the four-story fronting West 14th Street, will have the stucco removed from their facades to reveal the original brick. For the structure fronting Ninth Avenue, the original shutters and slate roof will be restored, along with a reconstruction of the original light well chimneys.
Southwest corner of the infill volume.
For the new infill volume, the facade consists of a custom matte glazed terracotta screen by Cladding Concepts with an aluminum and glass window wall behind. The rectangular grid of the terracotta screen features vertical members that vary in width by floor, transitioning from 18” at the fifth floor to 6” at the eighth floor.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the infill volume.
Close-up of the infill volume’s terracotta facade screen with varying thickness of vertical fins and window wall behind.
West facade of the infill volume.
Close-up of the infill volume’s west facade.
Architect: BKSK Architects; Developer: Tavros Capital; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: The Huron at 29 Huron Street
Southeast corner from West Street.
Facade installation is ongoing at Quadrum Global’s residential development The Huron on the Greenpoint waterfront in Brooklyn. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the project features two 13-story residential towers with a two-story base of amenities. The towers are clad in a gridded facade of industrial style window wall and I-beam profiled metal panel at slab edges and piers that take their cues from the neighborhood’s industrial past. A dark red brick clads the base that includes a shared lobby at mid-block.
Residents will have access to a range of amenities including a pool, gym, yoga studio, sauna, co-working space, catering kitchen, and outdoor playground. At the roof, amenities will include a shared garden, movie screening area, and grills.
Looking up at the southeast corner.
Close-up of the east facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Southwest corner.
Southwest corner from the East River.
Northwest corner from the East River.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Quadrum Global; Program: Residential; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: The Keller at 150 Barrow
Looking up at the south facade.
Facade installation is wrapping up at Aurora Capital Associates’ residential condo building The Keller at 150 Barrow in the West Village. Designed by BKSK Architects, the two-building development includes a new seven-story structure clad in white brick and large windows with brass toned metal accents. An adjacent structure, the former Keller Hotel building from 1898 by Julius Munckwitz, is currently undergoing a gut interior renovation.
Looking up at the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Southwest corner.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the former Keller Hotel building with original signage.
Southwest corner.
View southwest towards Lower Manhattan and Jersey City from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards the West Village from the rooftop terrace.
Architect: BKSK Architects; Developers: Aurora Capital Associates, William Gottlieb Real Estate (WGRE); Program: Residential Condo; Location: Greenwich Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: 16 Dupont Street
North facade.
Facade installation is underway at 40-story residential rental tower 16 Dupont at Greenpoint Landing by Rockefeller Group and Park Tower. Designed by Gerner Kronick + Valcarel (GKV), the facade features piers of textured cast-in-place concrete with a geometric pattern. Dark toned window wall glazing with metal spandrel covers clads the space between the concrete piers. Superstructure has recently surpassed the halfway mark.
When completed, the development will offer 378 rental units, along with 2,548 square feet of commercial space, and an enclosed parking garage for 138 vehicles.
Two Blue Slip (left), 16 Dupont (center), and Eagle + West (right).
North facade from Hunters Point South Park.
Northeast corner of the tower.
Close-up of the north facade with patterned cast-in-place concrete piers and window wall, both vision (top) and bird friendly glazing with a UV striped pattern.
Northwest corner.
Looking up at the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
South facade.
Close-up of the south facade.
Patterned cast-in-place concrete shear wall on the south facade.
Architect: Gerner Kronick + Valcarel (GKV); General Contractor: Monadnock Construction; Developers: Park Tower and Rockefeller Group; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: 520 Fifth Avenue
Southeast corner from Fifth Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at Rabina’s 1,000-foot tall mixed-use tower 520 Fifth Avenue in Midtown. Designed by KPF, the 450,000-square-foot tower’s massing features five tiers that contain private residences, boutique office workspaces, and public and private recreational spaces. Superstructure has reached the one third mark on the 67-story tower, with curtain wall installation now underway.
East facade from East 43rd Street.
Close-up of the curtain wall installed at the east facade.
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF); Facade Consultant: Desimone Consulting Engineers; Structural Engineer: WSP; Developer: Rabina; Program: Residential, Office, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: 278 8th Avenue
Facade installation is wrapping up at 278 8th Avenue, a 14-story residential rental building by JJ Operating and Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by FX Collaborative Architects, the facade features beige brick and varying grids of window wall with metal panel accents.
South facade from West 23rd Street.
When completed, the development will offer 190 residences ranging in size from studios to 3-bedrooms. Resident amenities will include a lounge, fitness center, speakeasy, and a rooftop terrace.
Looking up at the west facade from 8th Avenue.
Northwest corner from 8th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade from West 24th Street.
Close-up of the west facade.
Architect: FX Collaborative Architects; Developers: JJ Operating & Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Gansevoort Peninsula
nARCHITECTS · Field Operations · Hudson River Park · 2024
Construction has wrapped up at the Gansevoort Peninsul, a 5.5 acre addition to Hudson River Park that is located across from the Whitney Museum of Art. Designed by Field Operations, the park features a beach with 1,200 tons of sand, picnic area, boardwalk with a Pine Grove, a multi use sports field, a salt marsh at the northern boundary, and David Hammons’ public art installation Day’s End at the southern edge. The new addition also features an amenities pavilion by nArchitects that is clad in perforated corrugated cast-concrete panels that are backlit to create varying lighting effects. Completion of the pavilion is expected later this fall.
Amenities Pavilion by nArchitects.
Landscape Architect: Field Operations; Architect: nArchitects; Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: Plus Group; Facade Consultant: Front; Client: Hudson River Park Trust; Program: Park and Amenities Pavilion; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: October 2023.
