Construction Tour: 58 Saint Marks Place
Northeast corner from 4th Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out at Avdoo & Partners Development’s 12-story residential condominium building at 58 Saint Marks Place in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by INC Architecture and Design, the development’s facade will be clad in over 8,000 terra cotta panels and 338 windows. When completed, the project will offer 100 residences ranging in size from studios to 4 bedrooms, with 39 unique residence types. Open space will be included in about 80 percent of the residences. Residents will have access to 19,000 square feet of amenities across 4 levels, including a fitness center by The Wright Fit and a communal garden designed by Terrain.
East facade from 4th Avenue.
East facade from 4th Avenue.
Rooftop Views
View northwest towards Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.
View northwest towards Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.
View north towards Downtown Brooklyn.
View east towards Pacific Park and Prospect Heights.
Architect: INC Architecture and Design (Design Architect), Issac & Stern Architect (Architect of Record); Developer: Avdoo & Partners Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Late 2021.
Construction Update: 251 West 91st Street - The Westly
Southeast corner from Broadway.
Superstructure is rising at Adam America Real Estate’s 19-story residential tower on the Upper West Side. Designed by ODA New York, the tower massing features a cantilever at level 8 on the north facade, extending out over an existing four story structure. When completed, the project will offer 57 units and amenities that include a lounge, teen lounge, fitness center, roof deck with outdoor pool, music practice room, children’s playroom, storage, bike room, central laundry room, and pet washing station.
East facade from Broadway.
Cantilever detail.
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Cantilever detail.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Adam America Real Estate; Program: Residential; Location: Upper West Side, New York, 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.
Looking up at the east facade.
Southeast corner from 6th Avenue.
South facade.
Southwest corner from West 14th Street.
East facade.
East facade.
Rooftop Views
View to the northwest towards Hudson Yards.
View to the north towards Midtown.
View to the east towards the West Village.
View to the south towards Lower Manhattan.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Gemini Rosemont; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Greenwich Village, New York, NY; Completion: Q2 2021.
Construction Update: 550 Washington Street - Google NYC - St. John's Terminal
Northwest corner.
Superstructure has topped out at Oxford Properties’ conversion of St. John’s Terminal, originally constructed in 1934, into the future offices of Google at Hudson Square on the west side of Manhattan. Led by COOKFOX Architects, the project reimagines the former terminus of the New York Central Railroad’s West Side viaduct into 1.3 million square feet of office space for Google. Nine new floors have been added atop the existing structure that stretched for two city blocks.
Northwest corner.
Northwest corner.
Aerial View of St. John’s Terminal.
Northwest corner from West Street.
West facade from West Street.
Southwest corner from West Street.
Northeast corner from Washington Street.
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects, Adamson Associates, and Gensler; Developer: Oxford Properties Group; Program: Office; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Greenpoint Landing Block D
Southeast corner of Block D from West Street.
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. Precast concrete panels with 8 foot square windows will clad the towers and are currently being installed at the lower floors. Superstructure has surpassed the halfway mark.
Northeast corner of Block D.
North facade of Block D.
Architect: OMA New York with Beyer Blinder Belle; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners, Park Tower Group; Program: Residential, Retail, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.
Construction Tour: Forena at 540 Sixth Avenue
Southwest corner from 6th Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out and facade installation is about to commence at Landsea Homes and DNA Development’s residential condo building Forena at 540 Sixth Avenue at the convergence of the West Village and Chelsea. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the 12-story structure features a stepped massing at the upper half’s southwest corner that will allow for private outdoor space for many units. When complete, the development will offer 50 residential condo units ranging in size from one-to-three-bedrooms.
West facade from 6th Avenue.
West facade.
Looking south from a penthouse terrace.
Stepped terraces on the west facade with a view towards Lower Manhattan.
View northwest towards Hudson Yards and Midtown from a penthouse unit.
View northwest towards Hudson Yards from a penthouse unit.
View northeast towards NoMad from a penthouse unit.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Landsea Homes and DNA Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: 300 West 122nd Street
Northeast corner from St. Nicholas Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out and facade installation is underway at residential condo building 300 West in the South Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Isaac & Stern Architects, the facade will feature oversized windows, limestone piers, and brick that reflects the neighboring buildings.
East facade from St. Nicholas Avenue.
When completed, the development will offer 170 residences in a range of studios-to-four-bedrooms. Interior design of the residences and the shared spaces is led by Paris Forino.
Southeast corner from St. Nicholas Avenue.
Upper terrace at the east facade.
Looking up at the southeast corner of the upper setback floors.
View south towards the Midtown skyline from the rooftop terrace.
View southwest towards the Cathedral of St. John the Divine from the rooftop terrace.
View west towards Morningside Heights from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards West Harlem from the rooftop terrace.
View east towards East Harlem from the rooftop terrace.
Architect: Isaac & Stern Architects; Interiors: Paris Forino; Developer: Bespoke Living; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: The Waldorf-Astoria
Southwest corner from Park Avenue.
Window replacement is underway at the Waldorf Astoria, the storied 1931 landmark hotel and residence in Midtown that is undergoing an unprecedented renovation. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is leading the renovation of the Art Deco structure, which includes the replacement of 5,356 windows on the building’s facade. Over the years most of the original windows had been replaced with windows that reduced the amount of glazing. The current renovation will install new windows based on the original 1931 design, increasing the glazing and daylight by 22 percent. As part of the window replacement, 857 windows will be enlarged.
Looking up at the west facade from Park Avenue.
When the renovation is complete, currently projected for 2022, the development will offer 375 residences ranging in size from studios to penthouses. Residents will have access to over 50,000 square feet of private residential amenities and 100,000 square feet of hotel amenities. The arrival experience will include a private porte cochere featuring double height vaulted ceilings and two entry lobbies.
Southeast corner from Lexington Avenue.
East facade from Lexington Avenue.
East facade from Lexington Avenue.
Facade detail.
Facade detail.
Window opening in preparation for new window installation.
Window opening in preparation for new window installation.
Newly installed replacement window.
Sales Gallery
Cole Porter’s 1907 Steinway piano in the lobby of the sales gallery.
Spirit of Achievement statue in the sales gallery.
Architectural model of the renovation.
Living and dining room inside the model residence at the sales gallery.
Kitchen inside the model residence at the sales gallery.
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Renovation Executive Architect), Schultze and Weaver (Original Design Architect); Contractor: Pullman; Window Manufacturer: Architectural Windows Manufacturing Corporation; Interiors: Jean-Louis Deniot (Residences), Pierre-Yves Rochon (Hotel); Developer: Dajia Insurance Group; Program: Residential Condo and Hotel Renovation; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 45 E 7
East facade from 2nd Avenue.
Facade installation is wrapping up at 45 East 7th Street, a 7-story residential condo building on the Lower East Side by developers Immobiliare Capital, Premier Equities and Nexus Building Development Group. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the facade features tan brick and large punch windows. When completed, the building will offer 21 residential condo units ranging in size from one-to-three-bedrooms and retail on the ground floor.
Southeast corner from 2nd Avenue.
South facade from East 7th Street.
Northeast corner from 2nd Avenue.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developers: Immobiliare Capital, Premier Equities and Nexus Building Development Group; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: Late 2020.
Construction Update: The Cortland - 555 W 22
West facade from 12th Avenue.
Facade installation is ongoing at the Related Companies’ 26-story residential condo tower The Cortland at 522 West 22nd Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the tower’s facade is currently being clad in red brick and feature Stern’s signature traditional details like bay windows and a rusticated podium. Installation of the brick facade has now reached the half way mark. When completed, the nearly 300-foot-tall tower will offer 141 condo units.
Southwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade.
Looking up at the west facade from 11th Avenue.
Northwest corner of the podium.
Northwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Interiors: Olson Kundig; Developer: Related Companies; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
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