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.
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City Council Statement on Mechanical Voids
"The officials highlighted developer tactics such as excessive use of “void spaces” — unoccupied floors intended for mechanical equipment — in order to create extraordinarily tall buildings and circumvent the intent of the Zoning Resolution." The Council of the City...
Addressing the Voids
LANDMARK WEST! Executive Director was featured in an article in CRAINS NY (linked) alongside colleague Rachel Levy from FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts. Since both neighborhoods have similar zoning districts, they are both experiencing some of the...
The Facts of 36 West 66th Street
2018 ended in a flurry, and LANDMARK WEST! met the deadline to file a Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) challenge against 36 West 66th Street (the tower replacing the Jewish Guild for the Blind and Congregation Habonim's synagogue). 2019 begins with the...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
