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.
![It is “GO” Time on W 66th St. Zoning Challenge](https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/POSTCARD2.jpg)
It is “GO” Time on W 66th St. Zoning Challenge
'Life isn't a sprint, it's a marathon' so they say -- sometimes it is BOTH. LW! and neighbors race to file Zoning Challenge against 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street) as long-range efforts to curb supertall developments continue. Teaming with...
![Development by Loophole: UWS Block Association Explains Impact of 66th Street Development](https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screenshot-76.png)
Development by Loophole: UWS Block Association Explains Impact of 66th Street Development
View the West 65th and West 66th Street Block Association's video NYC" Development by Loophole which addresses the development activity at 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street).
![Elected Officials take one giant leap on eliminating gaps](https://www.landmarkwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/JUST-RED_ANDRA.jpg)
Elected Officials take one giant leap on eliminating gaps
Several council members have signed onto a letter penned by City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer. Among them, Upper West Side Corey Johnson, Helen Rosenthal, Mark Levine and Bill Perkins, all in support of the need to "fix...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110