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.
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
