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
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“Ill-Considered” Skyscrapers
'Practically perfect in every way', Historic England, a leading public organization in the UK that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England's spectacular historic environment, has announced a system of fail-safe design tools to help developers and...

Going Soon! From a Neighborhood Near You
CONGRATULATIONS to our colleagues, both the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development (CFESD) and the Municipal Art Society (MAS) on their win--and to many more! Huge KUDOS to the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development and the Municipal Art Society on...

‘We’re literally at the behest of developers’ whim’
New York Times Reporter Stefanos Chen brings readers "The People vs. Big Development" ticking off a litany of grass-roots efforts to curb inappropriate development in their respective communities. LANDMARK WEST! is featured for our involvement with 50 West 66th...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110