One West End
Superstructure continues to rise and curtain wall installation is ongoing at Riverside Center's One West End tower from Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects.
Superstructure is close to topping out at One West End, the Elad Group and Silverstein Properties' 42-story tower within the Riverside Center development. With only a few floors left to pour, the Pelli Clarke Pelli tower has started to reveal its final appearance as the limestone facade of the podium wraps up and the glass curtain wall of the tower reaches the lower seven floors. Also starting to take shape is the steel structure for the cantilevered atrium that protrudes out of the podium onto 11th Avenue. A pool for the residents will be housed inside the completed structure. The project is the first residential condo tower of the Riverside Center development and will offer 246 units, as well as an attached affordable building with separate entrance that has been widely discussed in the press as the "poor door."
Completion is slated for some time in 20147.
Southeast corner from 11th Avenue.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Close-up of the glass curtain wall.
Looking up at the south facade from West 59th Street.
Looking east along West 59th Street.
Close-up of the west facade of the podium.
Looking up at the east facade from 11th Avenue.
Close-up of the cantilevered atrium.
Northeast corner from 11th Avenue.
Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects; Developers: Elad Group and Silverstein Properties; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Riverside Center
Progress continues at SLCE's 21 West End Avenue, the first tower of the 5-site megaproject, known as Riverside Center, on the far west side of Manhattan. Structure has surpassed the half way mark for the 43-story, 616-unit rental tower and curtain wall installation has begun on the smaller appendage off the main tower. The façade is composed of a fairly generic curtain wall system and tan opaque panels. Installation of the opaque cladding for the podium floors, future home to PS/IS 342M, has also begun. Offering Pre-K through 8th grade, the new public school will serve approximately 488 students in over 20 classrooms spread across four floors. Classes are expected to start by 2018.
Work has yet to reach above ground on the other four sites in the mega project. Next up should be One West End, a 41-story, 366-unit tower to the south of the first site under construction. This is the much debated "poor door" building with a separate entrance for its 118 affordable units. According to its teaser site, the building has been designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, not Christian de Portzamparc, as has been reported elsewhere. Though it has lost the design direction of the Pritzker prize winner, it does appear to be an upgrade in aesthetics over its neighbor to the north.
The remaining three sites will be carried out by Goldstein Hill & West, thus completely eliminating Portzamparc from the actual execution of his master plan. With the completion of the final three towers, Riverside Center will contain 2,500 units.
Southwest corner of Riverside Center with 21 West End Avenue (center).
Southern boundary of Riverside Center with 21 West End Avenue (right) and One Riverside Park (left).
Southeast corner of 21 West End Avenue.
Curtain wall facade detail.
Curtain wall facade detail.
Southeast corner of Riverside Center with 21 West End Avenue (center) and One Riverside Park (left).
Southeast corner of Riverside Center from 11th Avenue.
Southeast corner of 21 West End Avenue.
North facade of 21 West End Avenue.
Detail of north facade.
Northwest corner of 21 West End Avenue.
Architects: SLCE Architects (21 West End Avenue), Dattner Architects (Pre-K through 8 School), Pelli Clarke Pelli (One West End), Goldstein, Hill & West Architects (Buildings One, Three, and Four); Program: Residential, School (Riverside Center Building 2); Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
One Riverside Park & Riverside Center
Development is heating up along the waterfront of the Far West Side with major projects like Riverside Center just starting earlier this year, while others, like Riverside South are heading into the final stretch as One Riverside Park wraps up.
At One Riverside Park, the 35 story, 219-unit condo tower has a significant portion of its limestone and glass façade installed and looks to be headed for completion early next year.
Looking west along West 61st Street to One Riverside Park (left) and the other towers of Riverside South (right).
Looking north along West 59th Street to One Riverside Park.
Looking north from Riverside Park South to One Riverside Park (right) and the other towers of Riverside South (left).
Detail of the limestone and glass façade for One Riverside Park.
The neighboring development of Riverside Center, with five buildings and approximately 2,500 apartments, has started to pick up steam. Building 2 by SLCE Architects, a 616-unit tower with a Pre-K through 8 grade school designed by Dattner Architects at the base, is now up to the fourth floor.
Looking east to Building 2 from Riverside Park South.
The construction site of Riverside Center with Building 2 (left) above ground and foundation work for Building 5 (right) underway.
Looking north from West 59th Street to Riverside Center (foreground) and Riverside South (far left).
Looking west along West End Avenue to Riverside Center and Building 2 (right).
View of Riverside Center Building 2 from West 61st Street.
The northwest corner of Riverside Center Building 2.
Looking south to Riverside Center with BIG's pyramid tower rising above the IRT Powerhouse.
Architects: Goldstein, Hill & West Architects (One Riverside Park), SLCE Architects (Riverside Center Building 2), Dattner Architects (Pre-K through 8 School); Program: Residential, School (Riverside Center Building 2); Location: Riverside, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.