Current Status: Completed
157 West 57th Vital Stats
Address: 157 West 57th Street (Community Board 5)
Type: Hotel and Residential
Name: One57 aka “The Billionaire Building”; formerly: Carnegie 57
Construction: Begun April 2009; Completed 2014
Design Architect: Christian de Portzamparc
Executive Architect: SLCE Architect LLP
Developer: Extell Development Company
Builder: Lend Lease Project Management & Construction
Height: 1,004 feet, 5 inches (306 Meters); 75 Stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 853,567 square feet; 79,299 square meters
Site Area: __
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.
ICYMI: W66th St Tower at BSA
While many were hitting the beach to beat the heat last week, LW! had an eventful 3 1/2 hour hearing at the Board of Standards and Appeals regarding 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street) and how it does (but mainly, how it does not) comply with Zoning. You...
LW’s Sean Khorsandi on Fox5 re 50 W. 66th Street Supertall
LW! Executive Director Sean Khorsandi is interviewed about developers' attempts to take advantage of zoning loopholes to build a Supertall tower at 50 W. 66th Street. Fox5 caught up with Sean outside the Board of Stand and Appeals during LW's hearing last week:
Helen Rosenthal at BSA: “I’m asking the BSA to…take a stand for our community and the zoning guidelines established to protect it.”
Council Member Helen Rosenthal gave testimony before the BSA on August 7 in support of Landmark West! and the community's appeal against the permits for the 50 W. 66th Street proposed development. Her 8/8/2019 e-newsletter highlighted her position (emphasis added): "I...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
