Render courtesy of Durst Organization
Current Status: Completed
Queens Plaza Park Vital Stats
Address: 29-37 41st Avenue, New York, New York 11101 (Queens Community Board 1)
Type: Residential
Name: Queens Plaza Park; Queens Plaza; New Clock Tower; Sven
Construction: Construction Begun 2018; Complete 2021
Design Architect: Handel Architects; Seldorf Architects
Executive Architect: Handel Architects LLP
Developer: The Durst Organization
Builder: _
Height: 755 feet (230 meters); 67 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 795,076 square feet; 73,865 square meters
Site Area: 4,471 square feet; 415 square meters
Density: 958 units
View Zoning Diagram HERE
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
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
