Construction Update: 378 West End Avenue
South facade from West End Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at Alchemy Properties’ 18-story residential condo tower at 378 West End Avenue on the Upper West Side. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the tower replaces a former Collegiate School building from the 1960’s. The adjacent 12-story building at 378 West End Avenue by Schwartz & Gross is undergoing a restoration and will be combined with the tower to create 66 condominium residences.
Southwest corner from West End Avenue.
Looking up at the south facade of the tower (background) and the West End Collegiate Church (foreground) from West 77th Street.
Looking up at the north facade from West 78th Street.
Brick and window installation at the north facade.
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developer: Alchemy Properties; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 2420 Amsterdam Avenue - Radio Tower and Hotel
Southeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Facade installation continues 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.
Looking up at the east facade from Amsterdam Avenue.
East facade from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from the Washington Bridge.
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: 425 Park Avenue
425 Park Avenue rising in Midtown.
Construction is nearing completion at 425 Park Avenue, L&L Holding Company's 897 foot tall office tower rising on Park Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood. L&L has partnered with its co-equity partner and co-developer Tokyu Land Corporation and co-managing partner BentallGreenOak, with design by internationally acclaimed architects Foster + Partners. The 47-story tower replaces a 30-story tower formerly on site, keeping approximately 25% of the previous structure to allow for more height. As of this week, the tower has received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) from the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), which signals substantial completion of the project. L&L has turned over 16 office floors to the anchor tenant Citadel Enterprises LLC for tenant fit-out. Citadel has pre-leased 331,800 square feet of the tower’s total 670,000 square feet, which includes one of the three-story diagrid floors and the penthouse office floor.
The massing strategy calls for three distinct volumes separated by triple height setbacks with diagrid structure. While the first setback at floor 12 will be leased as office space, the Club Level at the second setback on floor 26 will offer to all tenants a wellness center and food service by Chef Daniel Humm and restaurateur Will Guidara.
Looking up at the west facade from Park Avenue.
Installation of the tower facade is nearing completion with the removal of the tower crane at the west facade. The exterior wall is composed of unitized curtain wall vision panels, textured stainless steel column cladding and solid corrugated panels at the elevator and services core at the east facade.
Southwest corner.
Northeast corner of the tower.
Ground floor lobby with a ceiling height of 45 feet.
Stainless steel wall cladding in the lobby.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the tower at the penthouse.
Looking north from the office penthouse floor.
Looking west from the office penthouse floor.
Looking west from the office penthouse floor.
The office penthouse floor and mezzanine.
Looking up at the mezzanine and glass ceiling of the office penthouse floor.
Diagrid floor at level 26.
North balcony at the diagrid floor on level 26.
Facade detail at the diagrid floor on level 26.
Looking up at the north facade of the tower.
Diagrid floor at level 12.
Architect: Foster + Partners (Design Architect), Adamson & Associates (Architect of Record); Developer: L&L Holding Company, Tokyu Land Corporation; Construction: Tishman Construction; Structural Engineer: WSP; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Facade installation is underway at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the eastern end of Liberty Park at the World Trade Center site. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, architect for the nearby World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the new structure replaces the church’s previous home in a row house that was destroyed on 9/11. The church is located on a 4 foot thick concrete mat slab twenty-five feet above street level, with the World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center directly below. The reinforced concrete structure will be clad in panels of white translucent marble encased in laminated glass, which will glow at night from a light source behind the panels. An exposed structural steel dome, consisting of 40 ribs that span 55 feet, is supported by a concrete drum at the roof level.
Northeast corner.
North facade from Liberty Street.
Close-up of the facade panel installation at the north facade.
Close-up of the facade panels.
Architect: Santiago Calatrava; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; Program: Church; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
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.
