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:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
The Right Rights
As reported in the New York Times, neighbors of an Extell Properties owned corner lot on West 17th street banded together to purchase and "bank" air rights over the neighboring development in order to protect their views. In "How Much is a View Worth in Manhattan? Try...
The MTA is not to blame!
When GOTHAMIST reported a deluge "Video: Subway Platform Flash Flood Knocks Man To The Ground" at the 23rd/Ely aka Court Square station, several commenters were jaded, or furious. Personally, one had to question why the videographer was recording and not helping the...
MBPO hosts DCP hearing on Loopholes – This Thursday at 6:30pm
LANDMARK WEST! has been tirelessly advocating for the closure of LOOPHOLES which yield SUPERTALLS. Despite this new typology sprouting up for years, the Department of City Planning (DCP) relies on decades- old regulations that never envisioned buildings of this...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
