Image Credit: David Smooke
Current Status: Completed
New York Times Building Vital Stats
Address: 242 West 41st Street (Community Board 5)
Type: Commercial & Office Buildings
Name: New York Times Building aka 620 Eighth Avenue aka 242 West 41st Street
Construction: Begun 2003; Completed 2007
Design Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Executive Architect: FXFOWLE Architects
Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Developer: Forest City Ratner Companies
Builder: AMEC Construction Management
Height: 1,046 feet, (318.8 Meters); 52 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 1,545,708 square feet; 143,601 square meters
Site Area: 79,000 square feet; 7,339.3 square meters
Density: ___
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Loopholes Exploited:
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LW! Board Members Put the FACTS first
In what has become the top trending article on the ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER for the second day in a row, LW! Board Members Peter Samton, Page Cowley and independent architect Daniel Samton speak matter-of-factly about the impact the out of scale development is having on...
MAS and CFESD file second suit
GOTHAMIST reports that Civic Groups File Second Lawsuit Over Upper West Side Luxury Condo Tower. Those two groups are the Municipal Art Society and the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development. Previously denied at the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) for...
Developer July 2019 BSA Filing on 50 W. 66th Street
Response to LW! May 13, 2019 Filing at the Board of Standards and Appeals. The team working for the Developer submitted the following documentation: Submission Notice Cover Letter Letter Statement Statement of Facts Table of Exhibits Exhibit A Exhibit B
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
