Construction Update: 2420 Amsterdam Avenue - Radio Tower and Hotel
Southeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out at Youngwoo and Associates’ 22-story mixed use development the Radio Tower and Hotel in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Dutch architecture firm MVRDV, the 235,000 square foot project combines hotel and retail program at the base and an office tower above in an asymmetrical stack of boxes. This is the firm’s first major US project.
Rendering of the northeast corner. Courtesy of MVRDV.
Each of the development’s program volumes are designed to reflect the scale of nearby buildings and feature a variety of window sizes that also draw on the variety of the surrounding context. Ceramic bricks will clad the boxes, with a different color selected for each volume. Installation of the brick facade has begun on the lower floors.
Close-up of the ceramic brick cladding on the southeast facade of the hotel volume.
Close-up of the ceramic brick cladding on the southeast facade of the hotel volume.
Looking up at the east facade from Amsterdam Avenue.
Close-up of the east facade of the hotel volume.
East facade from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from the Washington Bridge.
South facade from West 180th Street.
Architect: MVRDV (Design Architect), Stonehill & Taylor Architects (Executive Architect); Interior Design: Workshop/APD; Structural Engineer: GACE Consulting Engineers; Building Systems: Cosentini Associates; Developer: YoungWoo & Associates; Program: Hotel, Offices, Cultural, Restaurant; Location: Washington Heights, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: 168 Plymouth Street
East facade of 50 Jay (left) and 42 Jay (right).
Construction is ongoing at 168 Plymouth, Alloy’s renovation of two existing structures to residential condominiums in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed and developed by Alloy, the project includes two existing interconnected buildings with a shared cellar and courtyard. The 1921 Daylight Factory will offer 20 loft style homes with restored concrete beams and columns within its 7-story existing structure and two-story penthouse addition on top. A five-story brick and timber structure from 1891 with a new one-story penthouse will offer 18 loft style homes once renovated.
Looking up at the east facade of 50 Jay (left) and 42 Jay (right).
42 Jay
Looking west from a penthouse unit at 42 Jay.No
The newly constructed penthouse floors atop the Daylight Factory building will be clad in a glass curtain wall and feature ceiling heights up to 12’-6”, custom designed RiFRA Italian kitchens, Miele appliances, Dornbracht fixtures, wide white oak flooring, and private rooftop terraces.
Northeast corner from a penthouse at 42 Jay.
Northwest corner from a penthouse at 42 Jay.
Looking up at the penthouse facade of 42 Jay.
50 Jay
Penthouse unit.
Two penthouses will sit atop the Brick and Timber building at 50 Jay and feature large arched openings that look out onto terraces that span the length of the building.
Rooftop amenity deck.
Rooftop amenity deck.
42 Jay Street Model Residence
Living room and kitchen.
Residential units within the Daylight Factory building will feature ceiling heights up to 12 feet, restored concrete beams and columns, oversized industrial windows, wide white oak flooring, custom designed RiFRA Italian kitchens, Miele appliances, and Dornbracht fixtures. Rebecca Robertson of RR Interiors led the interior design of the units.
Living room and kitchen.
Living room and kitchen.
Living room.
Living room.
Kitchen and dining room.
Kitchen and dining room.
Kitchen cabinet detail.
168 Plymouth model.
Living room and dining room.
Master bedroom.
Master bedroom.
Architect/Developer: Alloy; Interiors: Rebecca Robertson of RR Interiors; Landscape Architect: Future Green Studio; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 5203 and 5241 Center Boulevard & Gotham Point
West facade of the north (left) and south (right) tower from the East River.
Parcel C
Superstructure is rising at TF Cornerstone’s two tower residential development at Hunters Point South Parcel C. Designed by ODA New York, the two towers will offer around 1,200 apartments ranging in size from studios to two-bedrooms. Sixty percent of the units will be set aside as permanently affordable and 100 will be set aside for senior housing.
Southwest corner of the north (center) and south (right) tower from the East River.
Northwest corner of the north (left) and south (right) tower from Hunters Point South Park.
Facade installation is wrapping up at the 46-story south tower at 52-41 Center Boulevard. When completed, the tower will offer 394 residential rental units within its 383,000 square feet of space. The tower will also offer ground floor retail, a daycare, and space for community use.
Looking up at the west facade of the south tower.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the south tower.
Southwest corner of the north (left) and south tower (center) from Hunters Point South Park.
Southwest corner of the north (left) and south tower (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Looking up at the south facade of the south tower.
Superstructure has surpassed the two thirds mark at the 56-story north tower at 52-03 Center Boulevard. When completed, the tower will offer 800 affordable residential rental units within its 774,600 square feet of space. A 600-seat elementary school will occupy the base of the tower.
West facade of the north tower.
Close-up of the west facade of the north tower.
Southwest corner of the north tower.
Southeast corner of the north (right) and south (center) tower of Parcel C.
East facade of the north (right) and south (left) tower of Parcel C.
Parcel G
Superstructure is rising at Gotham’s 33-story residential rental tower at Parcel G on the southern tip of the Hunters Point South development. The tower is one of two designed by Handel Architects that will offer a mix of affordable and market rate units. Parcel G will offer approximately 450 units and a community facility at the ground floor.
Southeast corner of Parcel G (left) and Parcel C’s south (right) and north (far right) towers from the open space at Greenpoint Landing.
Southeast corner of Parcel G.
Southwest corner of Parcel G (left) and the towers of Greenpoint Landing (right).
Architect: ODA New York (Design Architect for Parcel C), SLCE (Architects of Record for Parcel C), Handel Architects (Parcel G); Developer: TF Cornerstone (Parcel C), Gotham (Parcel G); Program: Residential Rental; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Greenpoint Landing
1 Bell Slip (far left), 37 Blue Slip (left), 41 Blue Slip (center), and Block D (right) from Hunters Point South Park.
Progress continues at Greenpoint Landing, the waterfront mega project from developers Park Tower Group, Brookfield Property Partners, and L+M Development Partners. Handel Architects is responsible for the design of the master plan and all but one of the current sites completed or under construction. OMA New York is responsible for the design of the two towers at block D. The master plan will bring 10 towers and about 5,500 residential units to the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn. Approximately 1,400 of those units will be permanently affordable, including those in the three low-rise buildings already completed. Also included in the development will be a waterfront park from James Corner Field Operations and a K-8 public school on the corner of Franklin and Dupont Street.
1 Bell Slip (left), 37 Blue Slip (center), and 41 Blue Slip (right).
Block D
Greenpoint Landing’s fourth market rate site is Block D, a two tower development designed by OMA New York. The two towers will stand 30 and 40 stories tall and offer 745 residential rental units. Block D’s two tower massing is designed as a ziggurat and an inverse form and will be clad in precast concrete and 8 foot square windows. Superstructure has surpassed the ninth floor.
Northwest corner of Block D.
North facade of Block D.
North facade of Block D.
Northwest corner of Block D.
Northeast corner of Block D from Dupont Street.
Southeast corner of Block D from West Street.
South facade of Block D from West Street.
41 Blue Slip
Construction is nearing completion at Greenpoint Landing’s second market rate tower at 41 Blue Slip. Designed by Handel Architects, the tower stands 40 stories tall and is situated to the south of the first market rate tower at 37 Blue Slip.
Southwest corner of 41 Blue Slip.
Southwest corner facade detail.
West facade of 41 Blue Slip.
Southwest corner of 41 Blue Slip.
Looking up at the east facade of 41 Blue Slip.
1 Bell Slip
Superstructure has surpassed the halfway mark at 1 Bell Slip, Handel Architect’s third market rate residential tower at Greenpoint Landing. When completed, the 31-story tower will offer 413 residential units. Installation is also underway on the brick facade that will clad the tower.
Northeast corner of 1 Bell Slip.
Northwest corner of 1 Bell Slip.
Looking up at the north facade of 1 Bell Slip.
Close-up of the brick facade installation at 1 Bell Slip.
Close-up of the brick facade installation at 1 Bell Slip.
Southwest corner of 1 Bell Slip (right).
Architect: Handel Architects (1 Bell Slip, 37 Blue Slip, 41 Blue Slip, 7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street), OMA New York (Block D); Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners (1 Bell Slip, 37 Blue Slip, 41 Blue Slip, Block D), Park Tower Group (1 Bell Slip, 37 Blue Slip, 41 Blue Slip, 7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street, Block D), L+M Development Partners (7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street; Program: Residential, Retail, Education, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.
Construction Update: Essex Crossing
Northwest corner of One Essex Crossing (center) and The Artisan (left).
After mostly sitting vacant since 1967, a six acre area of the Lower East Side is transforming 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. The mega development is overseen by a joint venture of L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners, and Goldman Sachs.
Northeast corner of The Artisan (left), One Essex Crossing (center), and The Essex (right).
Site 3: One Essex Crossing
Northeast corner of One Essex Crossing (center) and The Essex (right) from Delancey Street
One Essex Crossing, designed by CetraRuddy, is a 14-story mixed use building featuring office program in the podium and residential rentals in the tower above. The facade, which is nearly complete, features a curtain wall of brick piers, metal spandrels, and glass.
North facade from Delancey Street.
Northeast corner facade detail.
North facade detail.
Northeast corner of the tower.
Southeast corner from Broome Street.
Site 4: The Artisan
North facade from Delancey Street.
The Artisan, designed by Handel Architects, is a 26-story mixed-use building with 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail, 175,000 square feet of office space on floors two through five, and a tower with 263 rentals. Installation of the curtain wall is nearly complete and features a running bond pattern of glass and white metal panel slab covers and verticals.
Northwest corner from Delancey Street.
Northeast corner tower facade detail.
South facade from the park at Essex Crossing.
Southeast corner from Clinton Street.
Southwest corner of the tower.
Architect: SHoP Architects (Site 1), Handel Architects (Sites 2 and 4), CetraRuddy (Site 3), Beyer Blinder Belle (Site 5); Landscape Architect: West 8; Developers: Delancey Street Associates (Taconic Investment Partners LLC, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, Goldman Sachs); Program: Residential, Office, Retail; Location: Essex Crossing, Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: Manhattan West
Southeast corner of Two Manhattan West (left) and One Manhattan West (right).
Superstructure is rising at Two Manhattan West, the second new office tower at Brookfield Properties' Manhattan West. The tower is part of the six building mixed use mega-development adjacent to the new Hudson Yards neighborhood. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) led the design of the 58-story tower, which features a tapered massing with a glass curtain wall facade. One Manhattan West, an adjacent 67-story office tower of similar design opened last year at the northeast corner of the site.
Looking up at the east facade of One Manhattan West.
Lobby of One Manhattan West.
Northeast corner of the lobby at One Manhattan West.
Northeast corner of the lobby at One Manhattan West.
Looking up at the south facade of One Manhattan West.
Looking up at the south facade of One Manhattan West (right) and the Pendry Hotel (left).
Two Manhattan West
Northeast corner of Two Manhattan West.
Northeast corner of Two Manhattan West.
Looking up at the east facade of Two Manhattan West.
Looking up at the southeast corner of Two Manhattan West (left) and One Manhattan West (right).
Southeast corner of Two Manhattan West (left) and One Manhattan West (right).
Looking up at the south facade of Two Manhattan West.
Ground floor superstructure at Two Manhattan West.
Ground floor superstructure at Two Manhattan West.
Southwest corner of Two Manhattan West.
Looking up at the north facade of 401 West 31st Street.
Close-up of the retail podium at 401 West 31st Street.
Looking up at the north facade of 401 West 31st Street at dusk.
Southwest corner of One Manhattan West.
Pendry Hotel
A 164-room luxury hotel operated by Pendry Hotels is currently rising on the northern boundary of the Manhattan West development. Also designed by SOM, the 281-foot-tall tower features a fluted glass curtain wall.
South facade of the Pendry Hotel and retail podium.
Close-up of the south facade of the Pendry Hotel.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the Pendry Hotel and One Manhattan West.
Southwest corner of the Pendry Hotel.
Northwest corner of the Pendry Hotel (center) and One Manhattan West (left).
Looking up at the north facade of the Pendry Hotel (center), One Manhattan West (left), and Five Manhattan West (right).
Architects: REX (Five Manhattan West), SLCE (401 West 31st Street [Architect of Record], SOM (401 West 31st Street [Design Architect], One Manhattan West, Two Manhattan West, Pendry Hotel, Master Plan Architect); Landscape Architects: James Corner Field Operations; Developer: Brookfield Properties; Program: Office, Residential, Hotel, Retail; Location: Hudson Yards District, New York, NY; Completion: 2017 (Five Manhattan West, 401 West 31st Street); 2019 (One Manhattan West); 2020 (Pendry Hotel), 2022 (Two Manhattan West).
Construction Update: 212 West 93rd Street
Looking up at the north facade from West 93rd Street.
Facade installation is underway at Landsea Homes and Leyton Properties’ boutique residential condo building 212 West 93rd Street on the Upper West Side. The 14-story, 20-unit condo building is the first ground-up development in Manhattan for Landsea Homes, a California-based homebuilding company. Along with the residential program, the building will be the new home for the Shaare Zedek synagogue at the first two floors and the lower level.
Design of the development is led by ODA New York and features their signature deconstructed facade driven by each home’s influence on the structural form. The facade strategically erodes or expands outward to accommodate private outdoor space for most units.
Interiors of the one-to-four bedroom units is led by GRADE New York. Amenities will include a private rooftop terrace, fitness studio, children’s playroom, pet spa, and bike storage.
View south towards Midtown from the rooftop amenity deck.
View south towards Hudson Yards from the rooftop amenity deck.
View north towards Morningside Heights from the rooftop amenity deck.
Architect: ODA New York; Interiors: GRADE New York; Developer: Landsea Homes and Leyton Properties; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 1709 Surf Avenue
Southeast corner from Surf Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners’ fully affordable residential development at 1709 Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects, the 446-unit development features a low rise base clad in red brick with blue metal panel accents and punch windows. Two 17-story towers clad in a white concrete block with recycled glass and blue accent brick anchor the northeast and southwest corners of the site.
Southeast corner from Surf Avenue.
Southeast corner of the east tower.
Looking up at the east tower from West 19th Street.
Close-up of the east facade of the east tower.
Close-up of the west facade of the east tower.
Southwest corner from Surf Avenue.
Southwest corner from Surf Avenue.
Northwest corner from Mermaid Avenue.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: BFC Partners, L+M Development Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners; Program: Residential Rental, Retail, Office; Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 101 West 14th Street
Southeast corner.
Curtain wall installation is nearing completion at Gemini Rosemont’s 13-story residential condo building at 101 West 14th Street in Greenwich Village. Designed by ODA New York, the condo building features the architect’s signature eroded massing that affords covered balconies and stepped terraces at the upper floors. When completed, the project will offer 44 residential condo units, 21 of which will be duplexes.
East facade.
Southeast corner from 6th Avenue.
South facade.
Southwest corner from West 14th Street.
Southwest corner from West 14th Street.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Gemini Rosemont; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Greenwich Village, New York, NY; Completion: Q2 2021.
Construction Update: Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center
South facade from Norman Avenue.
Construction is wrapping up at the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center, a 15,000 square foot community hub that doubles the size of a previous library building in the neighborhood. Designed by Marble Fairbanks, the structure includes adult, young adult, and children reading rooms and collection spaces, and community spaces dedicated to library programming. Along with the library program, the two-story structure also includes lab spaces for interactive projects, a community event space, a lounge, small meeting rooms, and staff spaces for the environmental education center.
South facade from Norman Avenue.
South facade from Norman Avenue.
Library entrance from Norman Avenue.
The two-story structure is designed as one volume rotated and stacked atop the other and clad in two separate materials. Custom cast concrete panels formed by sandblasted wood formwork clad the ground floor volume, while sandblasted wood panels wrap the second floor.
South facade detail.
Cast concrete panels.
Southwest corner from Norman Avenue.
West facade from Leonard Street.
Architect: Marble Fairbanks; Landscape Architect: SCAPE / Landscape Architecture; Structure: Robert Silman Associates; MEP/FP Engineers & LEED: ads Engineers, PC; Client: Brooklyn Public Library; Program: Library; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Fall 2020.
