Current Status: Completed
Bloomberg Tower Vital Stats
Address: 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (Community Board 6)
Type: Mixed Residential and Commercial
Name: Bloomberg Tower; Alexander’s Tower; One Beacon Court
Construction: Begun 2000; Completed 2004
Design Architect: Caesar Pelli & Associates; SLCE Architects
Executive Architect: AAI Architects, P.C.
Developer: Vornado Realty Trust
Builder: Bovis Lend Lease
Height: 806 feet (246 meters); 57 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 1,406,047 square feet; 130,626 square meters
Site Area: 84,348 square feet; 7,836 square meters
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
ICYMI: W66th St Tower at BSA
While many were hitting the beach to beat the heat last week, LW! had an eventful 3 1/2 hour hearing at the Board of Standards and Appeals regarding 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street) and how it does (but mainly, how it does not) comply with Zoning. You...
LW’s Sean Khorsandi on Fox5 re 50 W. 66th Street Supertall
LW! Executive Director Sean Khorsandi is interviewed about developers' attempts to take advantage of zoning loopholes to build a Supertall tower at 50 W. 66th Street. Fox5 caught up with Sean outside the Board of Stand and Appeals during LW's hearing last week:
Helen Rosenthal at BSA: “I’m asking the BSA to…take a stand for our community and the zoning guidelines established to protect it.”
Council Member Helen Rosenthal gave testimony before the BSA on August 7 in support of Landmark West! and the community's appeal against the permits for the 50 W. 66th Street proposed development. Her 8/8/2019 e-newsletter highlighted her position (emphasis added): "I...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
