Render courtesy of Inhabitat
Current Status: Completed
Bank of America Tower Vital Stats
Address: One Bryant Park, aka 1111 Avenue of the Americas (Community Board 5)
Type: Commercial and Office Buildings
Name: Bank of America Tower
Construction: Begun 2004; Completed 2009
Design Architect: COOKFOX Architects
Executive Architect: Adamson Associate Architects
Engineer: Severud Associates
Developer: Durst Organization
Builder: Tishman Construction Corporation
Height: 1,200 feet, (365.8 Meters); 55 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 2,099,985 square feet; 195,095 square meters
Site Area: 87,863 square feet; 8,162.7 square meters
Density: ___
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Superlatives:
Loopholes Exploited: This building includes a Privately Owned Public Space (POPS) called the Urban Garden Room on 43rd Street and 6th Avenue
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
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
