[Scruffy]

One Madison Park
617 ft/188 m
51 floors
Construction: 2006 through 2008
Cetra Ruddy Architects and Slazer Enterprises

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This was designed by Cetra Ruddy and Slazer Enterprises. Its official address is 20 East 23rd Street. They later named it The Saya and then renamed it a more upscale 1 Madison Park. It sits directly at the mouth of Madison Ave visually terminating the street. It is caddy corner to Madison Square Park and caddy corner to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Clock Tower, once the world's tallest building.

1 Madison Park will have 90 units including 18 full floor units and 1 triplex. The tower is as of 8/25/08 virtually sold out and such a success that an accompanying tower is planned for an adjacent lot at 23 west 22nd street that is being designed by Rem Koolhaas.

This is the 2nd tallest building south of the Empire State Building but north of downtown. Only the clocktower is taller.

8/24/08
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With the Met Life Clocktower
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[Lecom]

Thanks for the thread and update Scruffy. I polished up the title/format and added it to the compilation thread.

[BrooklynLove]

This sprout is a lovely addition to the midtown-downtown scraper doldrums.:tup:

[Dac150]

I love that last shot of OMP and MetLife. It's a perfect mix of old and new.

[aaron38]

Wow, it's that tall already? The last photo I saw had it barely out of the ground.

It's pretty cool how the footprint of the tower is almost the same as the Clocktower. It compliments nicely and doesn't overpower.

[scalziand]

Wow, it's that tall already? The last photo I saw had it barely out of the ground.

It's pretty cool how the footprint of the tower is almost the same as the Clocktower. It compliments nicely and doesn't overpower.

To top it off, it's a great design as well.

Thanks for recreating a bunch of the lost NY threads Scruffy.:cheers:

[photoLith]

What an incredible building! I really like it, I would have thought it may have impacted the Met Life building but it really hasnt. Its awesome to see such retro modern buildings next to old masterpieces.

[CarlosV]

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:yuck:
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:(
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:slob:

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:rolleyes:

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[Swede]

Nearing completion, I see. When's move-in supposed to start?

/thanx for the update Carlos :)

[NYC4Life]

By: jwalas - Skyscrapercity

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[NYC4Life]

Very close to topping out.

By: lofter1 (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/member.php?u=4502) - Wired New York

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From the Brooklyn Bridge

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[erbsenzaehler]

I hate them for permitting this box of crap right next to the MetLife Tower and Flatiron Building.


Totally spoiling the historical ensemble surrounding it. NYC loses more and more of its once unique character! Just due to a blind urban development.

(Btw, I know NYC is a city of contrasts, blah blubb... It may be so, but this place was just a great unspoiled area of the very first record highrises and skyscraper developments of the world. Why afflict it with such a random, plain ugly glass box? :no:)

[YSL]

I hate them for permitting this box of crap right next to the MetLife Tower and Flatiron Building.


Totally spoiling the historical ensemble surrounding it. NYC loses more and more of its once unique character! Just due to a blind urban development.

(Btw, I know NYC is a city of contrasts, blah blubb... It may be so, but this place was just a great unspoiled area of the very first record highrises and skyscraper developments of the world. Why afflict it with such a random, plain ugly glass box? :no:)

Yea, New York should be frozen and put under a dome and there should be no more development in the city. :rolleyes:

You think this is an "ugly box" but there are some that think the Metlife is an old POS. I certainly don't think so, but we all have different tastes.

I (and most) think One Madison Park is beautiful and it would terrible if NYC was nothing but old buildings.

[10023]

Totally spoiling the historical ensemble surrounding it. NYC loses more and more of its once unique character! Just due to a blind urban development.

Eh, I was there this past Sunday (Shake Shack!) and don't think this building detracts from either Metlife or Flatiron.

Remember there's that black box next to Credit Suisse already that's been there for decades.

This is a pretty skinny building with light glass, and Metlife and Flatiron were never really in the same vista to the observer on the ground anyway. I don't think the city should approve or disapprove buildings because of how it will look to somebody walking over the Brooklyn Bridge...

[StatenIslander237]

Many say that this tower is the shot of life that Madison Square truly needed. This, along with One Madison Avenue and the recent realigning of avenues surrounding the park, is bringing this part of the city full-force into the 21st Century.

[Fabb]

By: lofter1 (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/member.php?u=4502) - Wired New York

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[CGII]

Here's one I took from the Manhattan Bridge last month; this building has a fair impact on that part of the skyline:

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[photoLith]

This building is just amazing, I have never seen anything like it. Its like someone just erected a glass pillar in the middle of the city. Is each floor just one apartment? It seems that if it were more than one apartment per floor they wouldnt be very big, but than again thats Manhattan and 6 square feet go for 5000 dollars a month lol.

[erbsenzaehler]

Yea, New York should be frozen and put under a dome and there should be no more development in the city. :rolleyes:

Better no development at all than blind development.


This tower is nothin but a disgrace to the most historical skyscraper ensemble of the world.

They could have build it elsewhere and spoil some 70s-apartment blocks - but why here?

[CGII]

Better no development at all than blind development.

Right, because Paris set a great precedent when they froze all highrise development there. A decision so longlasting and insightful that it was recently repealed. To say 'no development' is to say 'fuck you if you don't have a place to live and can't afford new digs.'

This tower is nothin but a disgrace to the most historical skyscraper ensemble of the world.

I'm sure you've been to Madison Square several times and thus have a very comprehensive understanding of how One Madison Square single-handedly destroyed the historic vibe there as well as essentially ruined the entire neighbourhood by its presence. Oh wait, I'm almost positive you have not, as this building takes up the width of about one tenement and is hardly the only modern building in the area. Also, if we judged every new building as 'a disgrace to the historical skyscraper ensemble of the world' we would have never built our Singer Buildings, Woolworth Buildings, Chrysler Buildings, Empire State Buildings, World Trade Centers or really any other skyscraper built after 1900 for that matter. And I'm sure even then people like you would've said that skyscrapers themselves are a disgrace to historical architecture and conventional urbanity.

They could have build it elsewhere and spoil some 70s-apartment blocks - but why here?

Why here? Because there is demand for luxury housing here. Just because a bleeding heart architect might want to see some shitty '70s apt blocks get replaced doesn't mean a developer or potential buyers do. It's just idealism. The places in Manhattan where there are huge complexes of apartments (Stuy-Town, Peter Cooper Village, etc.) are worlds apart from 23rd and Broadway.

[YSL]

Better no development at all than blind development.


This tower is nothin but a disgrace to the most historical skyscraper ensemble of the world.

They could have build it elsewhere and spoil some 70s-apartment blocks - but why here?

Who said it's "blind development"? You?

You are in a tiny, almost non-existent minority because you are perhaps the only person I've encountered who has problems with this building so maybe it is you who is the blind one?

[erbsenzaehler]

You obviously didn't encounter people with taste so far.

[YSL]

You obviously didn't encounter people with taste so far.

Well from what I've been reading it is you with the apparent void of taste.

[NYC4Life]

That end of Southern Midtown can use some modernization, and this tower works great.

[10023]

You obviously didn't encounter people with taste so far.

:haha:

I have taste and would kill another human being for an apartment in this building.

[CGII]

You obviously didn't encounter people with taste so far.

So we're going from specific comments on architecture and its social relationship straight into the snobbery. Argument over, thanks.

[Lecom]

Guys, easy on the flame wars over taste. Some like it, some don't. No need to resort to name calling.

[NYC4Life]

By: Derek2k3 (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/member.php?u=2657) - Wired New York

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[NYC4Life]

By: meesalikeu (http://wirednewyork.com/forum/member.php?u=9851) - Wired New York

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[colemonkee]

Crazy how a building this slender cantilevers over the property next to it. They must have purchased the air rights over Sophie's to do that.

[NYC4Life]

^^^ An impressive site to see.

[yarabundi]

Not to add to the controversial conversation but I do like this building. It fit perfectly well. I'm pretty sure that there were New-Yorkers in the early 20th century that despised skyscrapers at all !! The Metropolitan Tower probably was perceived by those New-Yorkers as a disgrace to the site as well !!
There have been skyscrapers built all throughout the 20th century : this city has been the display of grandeur and creativity of architects from all over the world ; every style that passed through the last 100 years are seen in full glory in N.-Y. It's still the case today...

[StatenIslander237]

:previous:
well said my friend.

[Ghost]

By me (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghousti/) (22.10.2008, a bit old...)

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[Metro-One]

:previous: Wow, i love that tower!

[Hoodrat]

Incredible!

[NYguy]

From broddi (http://flickr.com/photos/broddi/)

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From bluewater48 (http://flickr.com/photos/14737608@N07/)

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[Develop212]

:previous: Should be a nice view if One Madison Avenue gets in there.

[GraniteStoneNY]

gorgeous buildings. so much contrast with some of the others in the area, but that's what makes new york the best!

[NYC4Life]

:previous: Should be a nice view if One Madison Avenue gets in there.

That will be a killer trio of skyscrapers.

[kfunck1]

You guys throw up 600 ft buildings like there is no tomorrow. I can't even describe my envy!

[NYguy]

In the sea of lights, from Sparks68 (http://flickr.com/photos/sparks68/)

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[Jularc]

December 18, 2008:


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[yarabundi]

My God !! Do I love this building !! Can you imagine the view from any of the appartment !!

[YSL]

I agree! What a beautiful building.

How amazing would it be to live at the top of One Madison Park with a stunning nightview of that MetLife tower!

[aaron38]

We were in NYC last week, these are from my walks around the city.

From that big pier off 10th in the Village.
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I don't remember exactly what street this was. Bedford Ave, somewhere in Williamsburg, where it nicely terminates the street.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r86/aaron38/New%20York%20City%202008/IMG_2990.jpg

On Kent Ave, the Williamsburg waterfront, right at the base of those new towers. Nice view.
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[photoLith]

This tower is increible! So thin and tall, only in NYC would this building work.

[NYguy]

Imagine if Libeskind's tower gets built nearby.

[NYguy]

Eric Aubin - Ottawa (http://flickr.com/photos/32865963@N08/3189727230/sizes/l/)

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[chex]

great pix all of you!! thanx, i love this tower too...
specially i love 'ghost' 's pix on last page! great!

[NYguy]

JANUARY 22, 2009

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[trvlr70]

This tower is great. Its thinness actually makes it appear taller/more majestic than it really is.

[ZZ-II]

looks so wonderful on these shots :)

[chex]

great pix nyguy, this tower is great...
it reminds me a bit, of the chimney of the tate modern in london... a modern chimney...

[NYguy]

It's a nice tower, and I think it complements both the Flatiron and the MetLife.

[photoLith]

I think this tower almost looks like the proposal in Chicago for the tribune tower, the one which looked like a giant pillar. This tower is like a modern version of that, at least imo.

[NYguy]

I think this tower almost looks like the proposal in Chicago for the tribune tower, the one which looked like a giant pillar. This tower is like a modern version of that, at least imo.

Do you mean this one?

http://bp3.blogger.com/_uEr3kIyx_NA/RaMu2UtpK9I/AAAAAAAAAAM/uGn15c1njkU/s400/Loos+-+Chicago+Tribune.jpg
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[NYguy]

Michael Tunney (http://flickr.com/photos/mtunney/3219549968/sizes/m/)

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[Jonovision]

That other building in those pics looks like a piece of absolute crap next to this beauty.

[photoLith]

^^^
I think the other buildings around it are beautiful. Are you talking about the Life Insurance building? If so, than you are crazy, lol. Also, those other smaller brick buildings are fascinating in their own right. You dont see many thin tall historic buildings like that in many cities. And NYGuy, thats exactly what I was talking about!

[JSsocal]

^^^I think he means the 11-12 skinny tower in the lower picks, which, I agree is a piece of crap.

[NYguy]

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[hauchyi]

Didn't realize it's even in the picture:
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[NYguy]

It's very slender.

[NYguy]

MileageNYC (http://flickr.com/photos/alanrmiles/3272567309/sizes/l/)

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[photoLith]

Such a beautiful building. Does this architect have any other buildins in the city or anywhere else thats notable. I would love to see them.

[NYguy]

Such a beautiful building. Does this architect have any other buildins in the city or anywhere else thats notable. I would love to see them.

Here's their website...
http://www.cetraruddy.com/

[Scruffy]

visible from Brooklyn
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Far left spike

[NYguy]

Maybe a new classic in the making...

Void Engineering (http://flickr.com/photos/voidengineering/3275754793/sizes/l/)

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[NYguy]

Carolina Hornig (http://flickr.com/photos/carolinahornig/3264691017/sizes/l/)

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[10023]

I badly want an apartment in this building.

[NYguy]

I badly want an apartment in this building.

Done. ;)

[jackie60]

This was posted on Curbed today.


http://curbed.com/archives/2009/02/23/curbed_inside_one_madison_parks_skyhigh_45m_penthouse.php

[Nei!l]

Its a relief to see that the southern face will not be a blank concrete wall.

[10023]

Done. ;)

Let me clarify: I want a two bedroom apartment with views in this building. I've heard various prices for the cheapest units (from $1.1m to $1.8m), but what's the point of living in a building like this if you've got a 4th floor studio?

[NYguy]

This was posted on Curbed today.
http://curbed.com/archives/2009/02/23/curbed_inside_one_madison_parks_skyhigh_45m_penthouse.php


These are great photos...
http://curbed.com/archives/2009/02/23/curbed_inside_one_madison_parks_skyhigh_45m_penthouse.php

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[StarScraperCity]

These are great photos...
http://curbed.com/archives/2009/02/23/curbed_inside_one_madison_parks_skyhigh_45m_penthouse.php
http://curbednetwork.com/cache/gallery/3459/3303263362_65f42400e8_o.jpg


What an incredible view.

[NYguy]

^ That's great. And this one at night would bring tears to your eyes.

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[HyperPower]

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Union square...

[StatenIslander237]

HyperPower, is that picture from tonight?

[NYguy]

Display Direct (http://flickr.com/photos/displaydirect/3324541648/sizes/o/)

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[chex]

luv that shot!

[koval95]

that building is amazing

[NYguy]

annetalops (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36032881@N06/3328555411/sizes/l/in/set-72157614726305889/)

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[NYguy]

ultraclay! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultraclay/3315815775/sizes/l/)

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[NYguy]

how long it takes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kstrahmx/3348309685/sizes/o/in/pool-18964236@N00/)

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[NYguy]

Steve and Sara (http://www.flickr.com/photos/emry/3352379707/sizes/l/)

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[NYguy]

Adam "Slice" Kuban (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slice/3362893305/sizes/l/)

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[NYguy]

Nearing completion

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[NYguy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/realestate/22posting.html?_r=1&ref=realestate

Beanstalk Buildings

By ALEC APPELBAUM
March 20, 2009

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SKINNY SKYSCRAPERS The Sky House, at East 29th Street, in the background, is 50 feet across.
One Madison Park, at 23rd Street, in the center, is also 50 feet across.


TWO pencil-thin towers are making their mark on the East 20s.

Construction will end in May at the very skinny 60-story One Madison Park at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue, which packs 65 apartments into a building that measures 50 feet across the front.

Farther up Madison Avenue is another tall drink of water, the 55-story Sky House at 11 East 29th Street, which also measures 50 feet across the entrance (and 37.5 feet in the rear). It opened in January 2008 and has 133 apartments.

Both projects started with tiny lots and grew when developers bought air rights from shorter neighbors. For Sky House, the Clarett Group bought air rights above the parish house of a neighboring church. The architects, FXFowle, then gave high-floor apartments a western view for sunsets.

For One Madison Park, the developer, Slazer Enterprises, bought abutting air rights as far south as a special height-limited district on East 22nd Street and as far west as a tower at the corner of Fifth Avenue, said Marc Jacobs, a Slazer partner. The architect of the free-standing building was Cetra/Ruddy.

Slazer then commissioned the architect Rem Koolhaas to design a midrise building on East 22nd whose distinctive shape will not block One Madison Park’s sight lines.

On One Madison Park’s upper floors, huge windows throughout mean that even bathroom sinks look out over water. Likewise, Sky House faces Chelsea, where zoning restricts building height.

So, the developers say, a guarantee that the views will last forever comes with reported sales prices at Sky House of an average $1,350 per square foot and at One Madison Park of $2,500.

Whether these views can buck the frozen credit market remains unclear. City tax records dated Feb. 27, 2009, show that Sky House closed on 83 of 133 apartments.

Alison Maiore, a spokeswoman for the developer, said that as of March 11, 119 Sky House apartments had closed and 116 owners had moved in.

Mr. Jacobs said that 64 of One Madison Park’s units had gone to contract and would begin closing as soon as May.

But Slazer could not address whether prospective buyers will get the mortgages they anticipated. Jonathan J. Miller, the president of the appraisal firm Miller Samuel, says that all new developments are struggling to close sales as lenders withhold credit.

Mr. Jacobs is confident that his views will do the trick. He said Slazer had spurned offers above $30 million for the penthouse triplex; the developers are asking $45 million for that one-of-a-kind setting. The penthouse unit’s 360-degree scenery includes planes taking off and landing at the airports in Queens.

Besides views, both buildings have many perks, including gyms and playrooms placed above the lobbies to emphasize the exposures.

The slimness of the buildings leaves sparse room for the structural features that most architects conceal in thick walls. So the shear wall that stabilizes a building, usually hidden in a thick core beside an elevator bank, becomes part of the design. One Madison Park’s shear wall stands between apartments on floors that contain two units and separates rooms in full-floor apartments.

At Sky House, the load-bearing wall becomes a room divider, providing balance to the heady view. “This nice strong column anchors it,” said Veronica Hackett, a managing partner of Clarett. “It doesn’t feel like, ‘Oh, my God, I’m going to fall over.’ ”

And One Madison Park’s engineer, the Cantor Seinuk Group, anchored the building without placing concrete columns around the perimeter. As John Cetra, a principal of Cetra/Ruddy, explained it, three enormous tubs of water on the roof function like an anvil. One holds 20,000 gallons; the other two hold 22,500 gallons each. When the wind blows in one direction, water moves the opposite way in the tubs, braking the building’s tendency to quiver.

“The weight is the water,” Mr. Cetra said. “We didn’t have to lug up steel plates or pour excessive concrete to anchor the building.”

And that meant more soaring glass.

[chex]

very well executed engineering!

btw, it says it's 60 floors, is it true? and why it is 51 on the title of this thread..?

[NYguy]

very well executed engineering!

btw, it says it's 60 floors, is it true? and why it is 51 on the title of this thread..?

I believe it's a reference to height, but I don't recall.

[NYguy]

Ryan Vaarsi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/77799978@N00/3380562607/sizes/l/)

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[chex]

ok, thanx nyguy! and nice shot...

[Tobz]

looks like the building has anorexia..

but because of the small base area, it apperas to be super tall! unique tower, but that's not my cup of tea ^^

[NYguy]

chris.stoeger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36417954@N02/3384139858/sizes/l/)

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[plinko]

I kind of forgot about this one, but I have to say...this tower is gorgeous. Slender and sleek.

[NYguy]

MileageNYC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanrmiles/3427935744/sizes/l/)

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[Thymant]

It amazing how they build such a tall tower in such a small amount of space!

[NYguy]

This tower is a perfect addition for that area. It could be a qjuite, modern classic. It takes nothing away from neither the MetLife nor the Flatiron.