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.
City Council Statement on Mechanical Voids
"The officials highlighted developer tactics such as excessive use of “void spaces” — unoccupied floors intended for mechanical equipment — in order to create extraordinarily tall buildings and circumvent the intent of the Zoning Resolution." The Council of the City...
Addressing the Voids
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The Facts of 36 West 66th Street
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Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
