Render courtesy of SL Green/KPF
Current Status: Completed
One Vanderbilt Vital Stats
Address: 51 East 42nd Street (Community Board 5)
Type: Commercial
Name: One Vanderbilt aka One Vanderbilt Place
Construction: Begun 2015; Completed 2019
Design Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox
Executive Architect: __
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates Consulting Engineers
Developer: SL Green
Builder: Tishman Construction
Height: 1,401 feet, (427 Meters); 58 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 1,750,000 square feet; 162,600 square meters
Site Area: 44,048 square feet; 4,092 square meters
View Zoning Diagram HERE
Loopholes Exploited: Demapping a public street as an amenity plaza, Providing Subway improvements in exchange for overbuilding the underlying zoning.
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
LANDMARK WEST! Executive Director was featured in an article in CRAINS NY (linked) alongside colleague Rachel Levy from FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts. Since both neighborhoods have similar zoning districts, they are both experiencing some of the...
The Facts of 36 West 66th Street
2018 ended in a flurry, and LANDMARK WEST! met the deadline to file a Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) challenge against 36 West 66th Street (the tower replacing the Jewish Guild for the Blind and Congregation Habonim's synagogue). 2019 begins with the...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
