Current Status: Under Construction
111 West 57th Vital Stats
Address: 111 West 57th Street (Community Board 8)
Type: Residential and Mixed Commercial (Based on Warren and Wetmore Landmark)
Name: 111 West 57th Street aka Steinway Tower aka Stairway to Heaven aka 105 West 57th Street aka 107 West 57th Street
Construction: Begun 2014; Completed early 2019
Design Architect: SHoP Architects
Executive Architect: __
Developer: JDS Development Group with Property Markets Group
Builder: __
Height: 1,438 feet, (438 Meters); 82 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 315,996 square feet; 29,357 square meters
Site Area: 20,621 square feet; 1,915.8 square meters
Density: 58 residential units
View Zoning Diagram HERE
Superlatives: Expected to be the thinnest skyscraper worldwide with a 1:23 or 1:24 width-to-height ratio; Constructed with the tallest freestanding crane in NYC Construction history (220 feet, 67m).
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
ICYMI: W66th St Tower at BSA
While many were hitting the beach to beat the heat last week, LW! had an eventful 3 1/2 hour hearing at the Board of Standards and Appeals regarding 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street) and how it does (but mainly, how it does not) comply with Zoning. You...
LW’s Sean Khorsandi on Fox5 re 50 W. 66th Street Supertall
LW! Executive Director Sean Khorsandi is interviewed about developers' attempts to take advantage of zoning loopholes to build a Supertall tower at 50 W. 66th Street. Fox5 caught up with Sean outside the Board of Stand and Appeals during LW's hearing last week:
Helen Rosenthal at BSA: “I’m asking the BSA to…take a stand for our community and the zoning guidelines established to protect it.”
Council Member Helen Rosenthal gave testimony before the BSA on August 7 in support of Landmark West! and the community's appeal against the permits for the 50 W. 66th Street proposed development. Her 8/8/2019 e-newsletter highlighted her position (emphasis added): "I...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
