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.
Close the Loopholes! Joint letter to City Planning Commission
In July, LW! joined preservation organizations across the city in communicating their ongoing concerns about loopholes in the Zoning Resolution that developers use to build bigger and taller than intended. Why is the city so slow to correct these issues? Read the full...
BSA Allows 200 Amsterdam Gerrymander
In today's hearing, the city Board of Standards and Appeals upheld 200 Amsterdam Avenue's building permits for a 668' building that gets its height from a gerrymandered lot that should never have been allowed. Read the full Gothamist article.
200 Amsterdam: Advocates Fight the Gerrymandered Lot…AGAIN. Go Show Your Support for Fairness in Zoning!
GO to the Hearing: Tues, June 25th, 10am Spector Hall, 22 Reade Street In March, the New York State Supreme Court, ruling on an Appeal by the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development and the Municipal Art Society alleging that the developers abused zoning...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
