Building Tour : 242 Broome Street
Looking up at the south facade from Broome Street.
After mostly sitting vacant since 1967, a six acre area of the Lower East Side has begun it's transformation into a mixed use development with nine building sites. Now known as Essex Crossing, the $1 billion development will include residential, office, retail, cultural and community space.
Rendering. MOSO Studio.
Included in the first phase of construction is the 14-story, 55-unit condo tower from SHoP Architects. The projected is located on site 1 at the corner of Broome and Ludlow Street, anchoring the western edge of the development. Massing for the tower follows a typical podium and setback tower strategy, creating a sixth story outdoor terrace. The tower slopes inward at the southwest corner, opening up the terrace to more light and views.
Curtain wall installation underway at the southwest corner.
Installation has begun on the bronze-toned metal panel and glass curtain wall that clads the exterior. The design features faceted metal panels that frame the glass openings. At the podium, the metal panel spandrels covering the floor slabs create deep overhangs on the west facade as the form of the building torques at the southwest corner.
Southwest corner from Broome Street.
Close-up of the curtain wall panels on the south facade.
Looking up at the west facade from Ludlow Street.
Condo units range from one-to-three-bedrooms, with 11 of the 55 units set aside under the city's affordable housing program. Residences will feature open concept kitchen and living spaces with typical ceiling heights of 10 feet in the living spaces.
View south to Lower Manhattan.
View northeast.
View northwest.
Looking up at the southwest corner from the lower terrace.
Curtain wall panels await installation.
Curtain wall panel.
Curtain wall panel.
Curtain wall panels installed on the third floor.
Adjacent to the residential tower, the site will also feature a four-story, 17,735 square foot structure that houses community facility space.
View of the steel structure of the community facility space from the residential tower's concrete structure.
Steel structure of the adjacent community facility space.
Residents of the tower will have access to a selection of amenities that include a fitness center, entertainment lounge, rooftop terrace with outdoor dining, bicycle storage, and tenant storage. In the cellar, a 10-lane bowling alley from Splitsville Luxury Lanes will be open to the public later this year.
Cellar level.
Looking east on Broome Street.
Architect: SHoP Architects (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Architect of Record); Developers: Delancey Street Associates (Taconic Investment Partners LLC, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, Goldman Sachs); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Essex Crossing, Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 515 High Line
Looking north towards 515 High Line (left), 10 Hudson Yards (center), and 500 West 30th Street (right).
Curtain wall installation is underway at 515 High Line, an 11-story residential condo development at the High Line, from the Bauhouse Group. The project is designed by SCDA Architects, who are also responsible for the nearby Soori High Line. A minimal glass curtain wall clads the lower volume. The upper setback volume will be clad in a glass curtain wall with curvy glass fins that creates a pattern of movement when viewed on the oblique from the High Line.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Close-up of the upper curtain wall installation underway.
Looking up at the east façade from the High Line.
Architect: SCDA Architects; Developer: Bauhouse Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2017
Construction Update: 685 First Avenue
Looking up at the southeast corner from East 39th Street.
Progress continues at 685 First Avenue, the 42-story residential tower in Murray Hill from Richard Meier & Partners Architects. The tower, composed of a minimalist extruded rectangular massing, will offer 556 residential rental and condo units in the first black glass clad building. An architectural cut-out spanning the 27th and 28th floors marks the transition from rentals to condos.
Concrete superstructure nears the half-way height of the finished tower and curtain wall installation has begun at the southeast corner.
Close-up of the curtain wall at the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from First Avenue.
East facade from First Avenue.
Close-up of the curtain wall at the east façade.
Northeast corner from First Avenue.
Northwest corner from East 40th Street.
Architect: Richard Meier & Partners Architects; Developer: Sheldon Solow; Program: Residential; Location: Murray Hill, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 520 West 28th Street
Northeast corner.
Installation continues on the hand-rubbed metal screen at Related's 520 W 28 residential condo tower. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the 11-story, 40-unit condo flanks the western edge of the High Line at 28th Street. The metal screen functions as a finished cover for the concrete slabs, which are not covered by the glass panels of the window wall system. Metal slab covers are used to express and emphasize the softened edges at the corners and creates the building's signature element of floors that meld with walls. The intricacy of their shapes require a technological artisanry, as they are formed by unique, laser cut pieces.
Northeast corner from the High Line.
North facade.
Close-up of the north façade.
Close-up of the balconies at the northeast façade.
Looking up at the east façade.
Close-up of the east façade.
Close-up of the southeast façade.
Close-up of the balconies at the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from the High Line.
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects; Developer: Related; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Update: The Eleventh
Southeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Initial sitework is underway at HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The west tower will rise 400 feet and consist of residential units and supporting amenities, while the east tower will rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors.
Looking west towards the site at 10th Avenue.
Northeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Northern boundary of the site from West 18th Street.
Northwest corner of the site from 11th Avenue.
Architect: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 512 West 22nd Street
Southeast corner from West 21st Street.
Superstructure is rising at 512 W 22, a warehouse to office conversion adjacent to the High Line. COOKFOX Architects are leading the design, which will convert the existing 5-story warehouse into an 11-story office tower. The massing features rounded corners and several outdoor spaces created by building setbacks and carved out spaces. To tap into the character of the neighborhood, the exterior façade will feature industrial sash-inspired windows, and anthracite terracotta, zinc and granite panels. The project is pursuing LEED Gold and construction completion is expected sometime next year.
Southeast corner from the High Line.
North facade from West 22nd Street.
North facade from the High Line.
Northeast corner from the High Line.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developer: The Albanese Organization; Program: Office; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
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Construction Update: Pier 57
Southeast corner of the pier from 11th Avenue.
Construction is underway on the renovation of Pier 57 at the Hudson River Park in Chelsea. The pier originally opened in 1954 as an ocean liner pier for cargo and passenger services. At the time of its opening, the pier was the largest dock construction project by the City of New York.
South facade of the pier from the Hudson River Greenway.
In it's current renovation, the pier will house anchor tenants Google in a 250,000-square-foot space. Chef Anthony Bourdain is slated to open his Bourdain Market in a 100,000-square-foot space on the main concourse and mezzanine. A 80,000-square-foot public park will occupy the roof. The project is led by developers RXR Realty with Youngwoo & Associates and Handel Architects is responsible for the design.
New glass enclosure under installation at the south facade of the pier.
Northwest corner of the pier.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: RXR Realty with YoungWoo & Associates; Program: Retail, Office; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: Empire Outlets and the New York Wheel
Northeast corner of the Empire Outlets site from the St. George Ferry Terminal.
Superstructure is rising at Empire Outlets, a 350,000 square foot outlet shopping complex next to the St. George Ferry Terminal on the Staten Island waterfront. Design of the development is led by SHoP Architects and will include approximately 100 designer outlet retailers and a 190-key hotel. Completion is slated for late 2017.
View of the Empire Outlets site from the west.
Located near the site of the Empire Outlets, structure for the New York Wheel has also started to go up. When completed, the 630 foot tall observation wheel will offer stunning views of the New York harbor to 1,440 people per rotation. Currently, the four pedestals have been installed and await the 275 foot tall legs that will support the wheel. The main precast concrete structure for the adjacent terminal building and parking garage structure is mostly complete. Terra cotta fins and curtain wall will eventually clad the structure.
Pedestals for the wheel's structural legs.
Site of the New York Wheel.
Construction Update: 100 Barrow
Southwest corner of the setback volume.
Construction is wrapping up at 100 Barrow, the 12-story, 33 unit co-op apartment building in the West Village. The development, from Toll Brothers, sits on land leased from the adjacent Church of St. Luke in the Fields.
Design of the project is led by Barry Rice Architects and features a five-story brick and punched window base with a six-story setback clad in curtain wall. Windows at the lower volume are edged with oil rubbed bronze lintels and sills, while the upper volume's glass wall features brass mullions and screens.
Interiors for the residences are designed by Bernheimer Architecture, with satin bronze entry doors, Carrera marble counters, white oak flooring, and custom designed fixtures from Watermark. Amenities will include a wine cellar and tasting room, residents' lounge and dining area, fitness center, sauna and steam room, pantry with entertaining kitchen, children's playroom, bike room, and pet spa.
Architect: Barry Rice Architects; Interiors: Bernheimer Architecture; Developer: Toll Brothers City Living; Program: Residential; Location: West Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Update: 121 East 22nd Street
Façade installation is underway at 121 East 22nd Street, the two-tower residential development in the Flatiron District from Toll Brothers City Living and Gemdale Properties and Investment. OMA's New York office, led by partner Shohei Shigematsu, is responsible for the design of the 18-story residential tower, the firm's first in the city.
Looking up at the south facade from East 22nd Street.
Precast panels are going up on the smaller tower, located mid-block on East 22nd Street. The smaller tower's façade features a dark-toned, faceted design with precast panels in either a single or double bay size. Warped rectangular cutouts on the panels await future window installation.
Precast panel awaiting installation on East 22nd Street.
Construction worker prepares precast panel for the crane lift.
Crane lifts precast panel into place on the East 22nd Street façade.
South facade detail.
South facade detail.
South facade from East 22nd Street.
Superstructure has reached the seventh floor at the larger tower, which will eventually rise 18-stories at the corner of East 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue. Addressing the neighborhood's pre-war architectural context, the façade features a punched window design that transitions to a faceted northeast corner with glazing that frames views from multiple angles. This faceted corner will echo the faceted design of the smaller tower on East 22nd Street.
East facade from Lexington Avenue.
Northeast corner from Lexington Avenue.
North facade from East 23rd Street.
Architects: OMA NY (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Architect of Record); Developers: Toll Brothers City Living with Gemdale Properties and Investment; Program: Residential; Location: Flatiron District, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
