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.
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
