Current Status: Complete
220 Central Park South Vital Stats
Address: 220 Central Park South (Community Board 5)
Type: Residential
Name: 220 Central Park South
Construction: Begun 2014; Completed 2018
Design Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Executive Architect: SLCE Architects
Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting
Developer: Vornado Realty Trust
Builder: __
Height: 953 feet, (290.4 Meters); 70 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 414,346 square feet; 38,494 square meters
Site Area: __
Density: 116 residential units
View Zoning Diagram HERE
Superlatives: 10th Tallest Building in NYC at time of construction.
On January 23, 2019, billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin purchased a $238 million penthouse, making it the most expensive home ever sold in the United States
Loopholes Exploited: Packing multiple mechanical floors above street level to elevate sellable floors.
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
How to Game the Zoning Codes to Build Supertall Skyscrapers by James S. Russell
In CityLab, James S. Russell (with a little help from LW! Executive Director, Sean Khorsandi, who was interviewed for the article) focuses on three supertall NYC skyscrapers--including 50 West 66th Street (see Page 2 of the article below)--to reveal just how creative...
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LANDMARK WEST! has been asking #isitsafe and the FDNY has just answered: "No". Is the Dept. of Buildings listening? When LW! first learned of the bait and switch at 50 West 66th Street - from a 292-foot, 25 story building to a 775-foot, 39 story building with just 127...
Upper West Fraud?
The Upper West Side is known for many things--but fraud? Not necessarily as EXTELL's 50 West 66th Street hasn't been named yet, but read on: Our friends at THE REAL DEAL (linked, but article since removed) Published "Extell's former EB-5 regional center director says...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
