Image courtesy of Vornado
Current Status: In Planning
Penn 15 Vital Stats
Address: 410 7th Avenue, New York, New York 10001 (Community Board 5)
Type: Commercial
Name: Penn 15
Construction: _
Design Architect: Rafael Vinoly
Executive Architect: _
Developer: Vornado Realty Trust
Builder: _
Height: 1,400 feet (427 meters); _ stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 2,800,000 square feet; 260,203 square meters
Site Area: 79,000 square feet; 7,339 square meters
There are no zoning documents currently available to the public for this development.
Superlatives: Potential New York headquarters for Facebook.
Loopholes Exploited:
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How to Game the Zoning Codes to Build Supertall Skyscrapers by James S. Russell
In CityLab, James S. Russell (with a little help from LW! Executive Director, Sean Khorsandi, who was interviewed for the article) focuses on three supertall NYC skyscrapers--including 50 West 66th Street (see Page 2 of the article below)--to reveal just how creative...
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LANDMARK WEST! has been asking #isitsafe and the FDNY has just answered: "No". Is the Dept. of Buildings listening? When LW! first learned of the bait and switch at 50 West 66th Street - from a 292-foot, 25 story building to a 775-foot, 39 story building with just 127...
Upper West Fraud?
The Upper West Side is known for many things--but fraud? Not necessarily as EXTELL's 50 West 66th Street hasn't been named yet, but read on: Our friends at THE REAL DEAL (linked, but article since removed) Published "Extell's former EB-5 regional center director says...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
