Construction Update: 550 Washington Street - Google NYC - St. John's Terminal
Southwest corner from West Street.
Facade installation is underway 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 re-imagines 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.
Close-up of the curtain wall panels at the southwest corner.
West facade from West Street.
Close-up of the curtain wall panels at the southwest corner.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Close-up of the existing structure’s brick facade.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Northwest 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: 5203 and 5241 Center Boulevard
Parcel C (left), Parcel F (center), and Parcel G (right) at Hunters Point South.
Parcel C
Superstructure is close to topping out 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.
West facade of the north (left) and south (right) tower from the East River.
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.
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.
Superstructure has nearly topped out 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.
Southeast corner of the north (right) and south (center) tower of Parcel C.
Parcel G
Superstructure has topped out 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.
Parcel F (left) and Parcel G (center) at Hunters Point South, with One Bell Slip (right) from Greenpoint Landing.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southwest corner of Parcel G (left) and the towers of Greenpoint Landing (right).
Looking up at the east facade.
Parcel F
West facade from Hunter’s Point South Park.
Northwest corner from Center Boulevard and 57th Avenue.
Northeast corner from Center Boulevard and 56th Avenue.
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: 2022.
Tour: 1 South 1st Street / 10 Grand Street
West facade from the East River.
Construction has wrapped up at One South First (formerly 260 Kent), the second residential tower of the Domino Sugar master plan. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the 42-story tower is located at the northern boundary of Domino Park. Along with 330 residential rental units, the mixed-use building also contains 22 commercial floors with 150,000 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of retail, known as Ten Grand Street.
Southwest corner.
COOKFOX was inspired by the molecular structure of sugar crystals for the design of the precast concrete panels that clad the exterior. The molds for the panels were 3D printed using the same BIM model developed for the design and documentation of the building.
West facade of One South First (far left), the Domino Sugar Refinery (center), and 325 Kent (right) at the Domino Sugar development.
Northwest corner of 1 South First.
Northeast corner from Grand Street.
Looking up at the east facade.
Close-up of the precast concrete panels.
Ten Grand Street
North facade of the podium at the Ten Grand Street office entrance.
The northern volume is composed of 20 floors of commercial office space, each measuring 6,000-square-feet and looking out onto the East River waterfront from floor-to-ceiling windows. Office occupants will have access to two floors of amenities, designed by Bonetti/Kozerski, that include a meeting atrium, work lounge, private conference rooms, 48-seat screening theater, open air terraces, fitness center, bicycle lobby and bike storage, and private outdoor rooftop cabana.
Office lobby clad in metallic terra cotta wall tiles and featuring a site-specific light sculpture by artist Cerith Wyn Evans.
Office lobby.
Meeting atrium.
Meeting atrium.
Office floor.
One South First
Residential lobby.
Mail room adjacent to the residential lobby.
Model Residence
Rooftop Terrace
View northwest towards Midtown.
View southwest towards Lower Manhattan.
View south towards the Domino Sugar Refinery under renovation.
Northeast corner of the Domino Sugar Refinery.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Residential Rental, Office, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Late 2019.
Construction Tour: 368 Third Avenue - VU
Southeast corner from Third Avenue.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Minrav Development’s 36-story residential condo tower the VU at 368 Third Avenue in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by SLCE Architects, the tower’s facade features a glass window wall with a grid of faceted metal panel slab and pier caps. Bronze colored metal panel accents complement the tower’s mullion color.
When completed, the tower will offer residential units ranging in size from studio-to-three-bedrooms with interiors designed by Paris Forino. There will be a pair of duplex penthouse apartments at the top of the tower. On the second floor, residents will have access to a full floor of amenities that include a fitness center, party room, and a media room.
Close-up of the tower’s south facade.
Looking up at the east facade from Third Avenue.
Close-up of the podium’s east facade.
Rooftop Views
View northwest towards Midtown.
View west towards NoMad and Hudson Yards.
View southwest towards NoMad.
View southwest towards the Jersey City waterfront.
View south towards Lower Manhattan.
View southeast towards the Lower East Side.
View southeast towards Downtown Brooklyn.
Architect: SLCE Architects; Interiors: Paris Forino; Developer: Minrav Development; Program: Residential; Location: Murray Hill, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 9 Dekalb
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and 9 Dekalb from Bond Street.
Superstructure is nearing the half way mark at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall tower 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 73-story tower sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank. Installation of the curtain wall has begun at the lower floors with panels of floor-to-ceiling glass, blackened metal, and bronze colored metal.
Northeast corner.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Tour: Moynihan Train Hall and New Penn Station Entry
Northeast corner of the Farley Post Office Building.
After nearly three decades of planning, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall has officially opened in the landmark James A. Farley Post Office Building across from Penn Station. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the 486,000 square foot rail hub is located in the former mail sorting room of the McKim, Mead & White building from 1913.
Entry at the northeast corner of the Farley Post Office Building.
The design references the demolished Pennsylvania Station, also by McKim, Mead & White, with its central skylight arranged in four catenary vaults supported on three existing trusses. Structural engineering firm Schlaich Bergermann Partner assisted with the design of the vaults, each of which are composed of more than 500 glass and steel panels that thicken at the edges and lighten at the apex.
At the center of the train hall, a new clock designed by Pennoyer Architects hangs from the center truss. The clock design is inspired by the analog clocks that hung in the original Penn Station.
Four LED screens along the eastern wall of the train hall feature New York State imagery designed by Moment Factory.
Rockwell Group has designed Amtrak waiting rooms at the concourse level.
FXCollaborative has designed an Amtrak Metropolitan Lounge on the second floor with views out onto the central train hall.
At night, the train hall is lit up by the lighting fixtures installed on the trusses.
An entrance at 31st Street features the art installation “The Hive” by Elmgreen & Dragset, a collection of 100 skyscrapers hung like stalactites from the ceiling. Kehinde Wiley Studio has designed a hand-painted stained-glass triptych “Go” for the ceiling of the 33rd Street entrance.
“The Hive” by Elmgreen & Dragset.
“Go” by Kehinde Wiley Studio.
New Penn Station Entry
Also opening to commuters is the new Penn Station entrance for the Long Island Rail Road and the subway at 33rd Street, marked by a steel and glass structure with a 32 foot tall overhang.
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Interiors: Rockwell Group (Amtrak Waiting Rooms), FXCollaborative (Amtrak Metropolitan Lounge), and Elkus Manfredi (Food Hall); Client: Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo and Empire State Development, Vornado Realty Trust, Related, MTA, Amtrak; Program: Train Hall, Retail; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 180 East 88th Street
Northeast corner from 3rd Avenue.
Construction is nearing completion at DDG’s residential condominium tower at 180 East 88th Street on the Upper East Side. Developed and designed by DDG, the 33-story tower features a facade of Kolumba brick from Petersen Tegl and concrete arches at the middle and the top of the tower. Inside, the tower offers 48 half and full floor condominiums.
Mid-tower arches.
Brick facade detail.
East facade of the tower from 3rd Avenue.
Residential entry from 3rd Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade.
Secondary residential entry from East 88th Street.
Looking up at the north facade.
North facade detail.
East facade of the tower crown.
Architect: DDG (Design Architect), HTO Architects (Executive Architect); Developer: DDG; Program: Residential Condominium; Location: Upper East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 150 East 78th Street
Facade installation is ongoing at Midwood Investment & Development and EJS Group’s residential condo tower at 150 East 78th Street on the Upper East Side. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the tower facade features brick and the firm’s signature classical details in cast stone. The tower will offer 25 condo residences with interiors designed by Robert Couturier.
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects (Design Architect), Ismael Leyva Architects (Executive Architect); Interiors: Robert Couturier; Developer: Midwood Investment & Development, EJS Group; Program: Residential Condominium; Location: Upper East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Tour: 543 West 122nd Street - The Vandewater
Southwest corner from Broadway.
Construction is nearing completion at Savanna’s 33-story residential condo tower The Vandewater adjacent to the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Morningside Heights campus. Designed by INC Architecture and Design, the tower takes cues from the classical neo-gothic architecture in the surrounding Morningside Heights neighborhood with it’s concrete and glass facade. The tower is clad in concrete panels with a weathered limestone patina that references the nearby Riverside Church and nearby residential buildings. Oversized in-swing casement windows are integrated into the facade panels.
Southwest corner from West 122nd Street.
Northwest corner of The Vandewater and the new addition to the Jewish Theological Seminary campus.
Looking up at the north facade from West 123rd Street.
Close-up of the north facade.
North facade of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s campus addition.
Penthouse Views
View south towards the Columbia University campus and Midtown from the rooftop terrace
View south towards Midtown from the rooftop terrace.
View southwest towards Morningside Heights and the New Jersey waterfront.
View west towards Morningside Heights and the New Jersey waterfront.
View northwest towards Columbia’s Manhattanville campus and the New Jersey waterfront.
Inside, the tower offers 183 units ranging in size from one-to-four bedrooms. Kitchens will feature custom oak cabinetry with pewter hardware, polished Perla Venata Quartzite countertop and backsplash, honed brown antiqued granite island countertops, and Miele appliances. Master bathrooms will feature honed Windsor Cream marble walls and floor tile, custom stained white oak double vanity with honed black travertine countertop and under-mount porcelain sinks, custom mirrored medicine cabinet, custom pewter lavatory faucet and accessories, and under-mount soaking tub with honed Windsor Cream marble surround.
Residential amenities will include: a salon; a great room with full catering kitchen, dining room, and living room; a club room with large format TV screen and wet bar; practice room; teen room; study rooms; Little Forest children’s playroom; fitness center by The Wright Fit; and aquatics center with 70 foot long heated swimming pool. Michael Van Valkenburgh is leading the design of the outdoor spaces including the private gardens and outdoor dining terrace.
Model Residence
Model Residence
Architect: INC Architecture and Design; Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Developer: Savanna; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Morningside Heights; Completion: 2021.
Tour: 25 Park Row
North facade.
Construction is wrapping up at L+M Development Partners Inc. and The Family Behind J&R Music World's 25 Park Row, a 50 story residential condo tower. The tower is part of a multi-building development that replaces the J&R Music and Computer World megastore. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the tower is clad in limestone colored panels that are likely concrete. Inside, the tower offers 110 residential condo units with views out onto City Hall Park and panoramic views of the New York skyline from large windows and spacious balconies.
Looking up at the northeast corner of 1 Beekman (left) and 25 Park Row (right).
Looking up at the north facade.
Northwest corner of the tower.
Residential Lobby
Residential lobby lounge.
Concierge desk.
Elevator lobby.
Elevator cab.
Tower Views
View west towards historic and present day iconic architecture from an upper floor.
View east from an upper floor.
View north towards Midtown from an upper floor.
A private loggia on the north facade.
View north towards City Hall Park from a private loggia.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developers: L+M Development Partners and 23 Park Row Associates; Program: Residential Condominiums, Commercial; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
