Render courtesy of Gensler
Current Status: In Planning
Tower Fifth Vital Stats
Address: 5 East 51st Street, New York, New York 10022 (Community Board 5)
Type: Commercial
Name: Tower Fifth; 5 East 51st Street
Construction: _
Design Architect: Gensler; Moed de Armas & Shannon
Executive Architect: AAI Architects, P.C.
Developer: Macklowe Properties
Builder: _
Height: 1,556 feet (474 meters); 96 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: _
Site Area: _
There are no zoning documents currently available to the public for this development.
Superlatives: Planned as the tallest building by roof height in New York City.
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
What Happened Yesterday at the BSA: Defining the Realm of the Absurd
On Tuesday, August 6th neighbors, friends, electeds and lawyers from across the Upper West Side gathered on all too familiar ground--the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). The goal? To decipher whether or not 36 West 66th Street (aka 50 West 66th Street) complies...
An ‘artful manipulation of the rules’ to inhibit the community
A local community board is the first set of boots on the ground calling out developer Wolkoff for trying to sneak in additional units and floors at the 11th hour of a standing application. The resounding sense that developers do not need to follow the rules that apply...
The Development Driving a Wedge Through the UWS
We've told you about how A new breed of skyscraper threatens to devastate the fabric of New York* and now, after over four years of following West 66th Street, a home-grown "E.T.," we have our first opportunity to publicly speak out at a city agency hearing regarding...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
