Current Status: Completed
53 West 53rd Vital Stats
Address: 53 West 53rd Street (Community Board 5)
Type: Mixed Commercial and Residential
Name: Tower Verre aka 53 West 53 aka 53 West 53rd Street aka MoMA Expansion Tower
Construction: Begun 2014, Completed 2018
Design Architect: Jean Nouvel
Executive Architect: ___
Engineer: WSP Global
Developer: Hines, Pontiac Land Group, Goldman Sachs
Builder: Lendlease Group
Height: 950 feet, (290 Meters); 77 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 600,040 square feet; 55,745.5 square meters
Site Area: 2,209 square feet
Density: 145 Residences
View Zoning Diagram HERE
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
The Spirit: West Side Tower Cut Down to Size
The West Side Spirit's Emily Higginbotham weighs in on the City's notice to revoke permits for 36 West 66th Street. Acknowledging that this is just "one of the latest Manhattan projects to face opposition from land-use advocates and local residents" she delves into...
Buildings near you—now 66% larger than intended!
Charles Bagli of The New York Times cited the postcard at left (dreamed up during a summer visit to the other Grand Canyon in Arizona) in his article The Empire State Building May Soon Have Another Rival... which went live on Friday evening. The journalist writes:...
Manhattan Delegation of City Council speaks out
In a letter dated January 10, the entire Manhattan Delegation of the City Council call upon Marisa Lago, Director of the Department of City Planning and Rick Chandler, the out-going Commissioner of the Department of buildings to prepare "immediate action" toward...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
