Current Status: Completed
CitySpire Vital Stats
Address: 150 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019 (Community Board 5)
Type: Mixed Commercial and Residential
Name: CitySpire; CitySpire Center
Construction: Completed 1987; Renovated 2004
Design Architect: Murphy/Jahn Architects
Executive Architect: _
Developer: Continuum Company LLC
Builder: Tishman Construction
Height: 814 feet (248 meters); 77 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 830,005 square feet; 77,110 square meters
Site Area: 24,237 square feet; 2,252 square meters
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
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In a letter dated January 10, the entire Manhattan Delegation of the City Council call upon Marisa Lago, Director of the Department of City Planning and Rick Chandler, the out-going Commissioner of the Department of buildings to prepare "immediate action" toward...
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Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
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LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
