New York Supertalls

hunser · #1 Posted: **Oct 2, 2011, 7:51 PM**

New York will soon play in the big league of supertalls skyscrapers, so I decided to compose a short list providing the most recent activities.

1. One World Trade Center, 1787ft (544,7m), Topped out

2. Nordstrom Tower, 1550ft+ (472,4m+), Site Preparation (likely to exceed 1600ft)

3. 432 Park Avenue, 1398ft (426,1m), Under Construction (height not final; probably 1420ft (432m))

http://newconstructionmanhattan.com

4. Two World Trade Center, 1349ft (411,2m), Under Construction (currently on hold)

5. Hudson Yards North Tower, 1337ft (407,5m), Approved

http://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/

6. Empire State Building, 1250ft (381m), Completed [1,454ft (443,2m) when counting the spire]

Manhattan Skyline, New York City von IanReesArt auf Flickr

7. 15 Penn PLaza, 1216ft (370,6m), Approved

8. One Manhattan West, 1216ft (370,6m), Approved

9. Bank of America Tower, 1200ft (365,8m), Completed

ToddHellsKitchen

10. Three World Trade Center, 1155ft (352m), Under Construction

11. Condé Nast Building, 1118ft (340,7m), Completed [when counting the spire]

“Where Seventh Avenue Meets Broadway" von TIA International Photography auf Flickr

12. The Girasole, 1060ft (323,1m), Approved (likely to exceed 1400ft)

13. Tower Verre, 1050ft (320m), Approved

14. Chrysler Building, 1046ft (318,8m), Completed

Chrysler Building, Manhattan, New York City, USA von gbatistini auf Flickr

15. New York Times Tower, 1046ft (318,8m), Completed

16. 80 South Street, 1018ft (310,3m), Approved

https://www.facebook.com/MoraliArchitects

17. One57, 1005ft (306,3m), Topped Out

www.one57.com

18. Sherwood Tower, 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed

19. 138 East 50th Street, 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed

20. Grand Central Tower, 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed (likely to exceed 1700ft)

21. Hudson Railyard Development- Multiple Towers, 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed

hudsonyardsnewyork.com

Honorable mention:

22. Four World Trade Center, 977ft (297,8m), Topped Out

23. Equinox Tower, 950ft (290m), Approved

www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com

24. Two Manhattan West, 935ft (285m), Approved

25. 30 Park Place, 926ft (282m), Under Construction [currently on hold]

Please feel free to add any info.

* List does not include visions or never build / canceled projects.
** List will be updated every 2 weeks or so.
*** additional info will be posted soon.

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1,000 footers:

1. One World Trade Center, 1787ft (544,7m), Topped Out
2. Nordstrom Tower, 1550ft+ (472,4m+), Site Preparation (likely to exceed 1600ft)
3. 432 Park Avenue, 1398ft (426,1m), Under Construction (height not final; probably 1420ft (432m))
4. Two World Trade Center, 1349ft (411,2m), Under Construction (currently on hold)
5. Hudson Yards North Tower, 1337ft (407,5m), Approved
6. Empire State Building, 1250ft (381m), Completed [1,454ft (443,2m) when counting the spire]
7. 15 Penn PLaza, 1216ft (370,6m), Approved
8. One Manhattan West, 1216ft (370,6m), Approved
9. Bank of America Tower, 1200ft (365,8m), Completed
10. Three World Trade Center, 1155ft (352m), Under Construction
11. Conde Nast Building, 1118ft (340,7m), Completed [when counting the spire]
12. The Girasole, 1060ft (323,1m), Approved (likely to exceed 1400ft)
13. Tower Verre, 1050ft (320m), Approved
14. Chrysler Building, 1046ft (318,8m), Completed
15. New York Times Tower, 1046ft (318,8m), Completed
16. 80 South Street, 1018ft (310m), Approved
17. One57, 1005ft (306,3m), Topped Out
20. Sherwood Tower (34th & 10th), 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed
21. 34th & 8th, 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed
22. 138 East 50th Sreet, 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed
23. Grand Central Tower, 1000ft+ (304,8m+), Proposed (likely to exceed 1700ft)

900 footers:

1. Four World Trade Center, 977ft (297,8m), Topped Out
2. Equinox Tower, 950ft (290m), Approved
3. American International Building, 952ft (290,2m), Completed
4. Bloomberg Tower, 941ft (286,6m), Completed [when counting the spire]
5. One Madison Avenue, 937ft (285,6m), Proposed
6. Two Manhattan West, 935ft (285m), Approved
7. 40 Wall Street, 927ft (282,6m), Completed
8. 30 Park Place, 926ft (282,4m), Under Construction (currently on hold, work to resume soon)
9. Citigroup Center, 915ft (278,9m), Completed

800 footers:

1. Hudson Yards South Tower, 895ft (272,8m), Under Construction (aka Coach Tower)
2. Beekman Tower, 891ft (271,6m), Completed
3. One Hudson Yards, 877ft (267,3m), Approved
4. Trump World Tower, 861ft (262,4m), Completed
5. Port Authority Bus Terminal Tower, 856ft (261m), Approved (design change)
6. 425 Park Avenue, 855ft (260,6m), Approved
7. GE Building, 850ft (259,1m), Completed
8. Hudson Yards Culture Tower, 825ft (251,4m), Proposed
9. 56 Leonard Street, 821ft (250,2m), Under Construction
10. Cityspire Center, 814ft (248,1m), Completed
11. One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 813ft (247,8m), Completed
12. Met Life Building, 808ft (246,3m), Completed

700 footers:

1. Woolworth Building, 792ft (241m), Completed
2. 1 Worldwide Plaza, 778ft (237m), Completed
3. Carnegie Hall Tower, 757ft (231m), Completed
4. 383 Madison Avenue, 755ft (230m), Completed
5. 1715 Broadway, 753ft (230m), Topped Out
6. AXA Center, 752ft (229m), Completed
7. One Penn Plaza, 750ft (229m), Completed
8. 1251 Avenue of the Americas , 750ft (229m), Completed
9. Time Warner Center North Tower, 749ft (228m), Completed
10. Time Warner Center South Tower, 749ft (228m), Completed
11. Goldman Sachs Headquarters, 749ft (228m), Completed
12. 60 Wall Street, 745ft (227m), Completed
13. One Astor Plaza, 745ft (227m), Completed
14. 1 Liberty Plaza, 743ft (226m), Completed
15. 20 Exchange Place, 741ft (226m), Completed
16. 7 World Trade Center, 741ft (226m), Completed
17. Three World Financial Center, 739ft (225m), Completed
18. Bertelsmann Building, 733ft (223m), Completed
19. 45 East 60th Street, 725ft (221m), Proposed
20. Times Square Tower, 726ft (221m), Completed
21. Metropolitan Tower, 716ft (218m), Completed
22. 250 East 57th Street, 715ft (218m), Under Construction
23. 50 West Street, 714ft (218m), Under Construction (currently on hold, work to resume soon)
24. 610 Lexington Avenue, 712ft (217m), Under Construction (currently on hold)
25. Nobu Hotel and Residences, 709ft (216m), Approved
26. JPMorganChase Tower, 707ft (216m), Completed
27. General Motors Building, 705ft (215m), Completed
28. Metropolitan Life Tower, 700ft (213m), Completed
29. 5 World Trade Center, 700ft+ (213m+), Approved

600 footers:

1. 500 Fifth Avenue, 697ft (212m), Completed
2. 107 West 57th Street, 697ft (212m), Proposed
3. Americas Tower, 692ft (211m), Completed
4. Solow Building, 689ft (210m), Completed
5. HSBC Bank Building, 688ft (210m), Completed
6. 55 Water Street, 687ft (209m), Completed
7. 277 Park Avenue, 687ft (209m), Completed
8. 1585 Broadway, 685ft (209m), Completed
9. Random House Tower, 684ft (208m), Completed
10. Four Seasons Hotel, 682ft (208m), Completed
11. Citypoint Tower 1 (Downtown Brooklyn), 680ft (207,3m), Approved
12. McGraw-Hill Building, 674ft (205m), Completed
13. Lincoln Building, 673ft (205m), Completed
14. Citicorp Building, 673ft (205m), Completed
15. Barclay Tower, 673ft (205m), Completed
16. Paramount Plaza, 670ft (204m), Completed
17. 440 West 42nd Street, 669ft (204m), Completed
18. Trump Tower, 664ft (202m), Completed
19. 514 11th Avenue, 656ft+ (200m+), Proposed
20. Public New York (855 6th Avenue), 656ft+ (200m+), Proposed
21. 111 Washington Street, 656ft+ (200m+), Proposed
22. 125 Greenwich Street (22 Thames Street), 637ft (194m), Proposed (likely to exceed 200m+)
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In total: 60 buildings

500 footers:

130 buildings+

Right now NYC has about 250 buildings exceeding 500 feet!

manchester united · #2 Posted: **Oct 7, 2011, 10:49 PM**

In 5 years NYC skyline will be absolutely incredible !!!!

Rico Rommheim · #3 Posted: **Oct 8, 2011, 1:41 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by manchester united

In 5 years NYC skyline will be absolutely incredible !!!!

I think it already is.

marshall · #4 Posted: **Oct 8, 2011, 1:49 PM**

Thanks for starting this thread and the great pics!

Amanita · #5 Posted: **Oct 8, 2011, 9:13 PM**

Dayumn! Let's hope these approved proposals actually get built!

marshall · #6 Posted: **Oct 9, 2011, 3:12 AM**

I like the Drake Hotel design a lot, looks like a simple tube-like tower. Cool to see NYC possibly get a non-office supertall on par with certain Far-East towers that are all residential!

scalziand · #7 Posted: **Oct 15, 2011, 3:27 AM**

I wouldn't exactly say that 225 w57 is approved because no plans have been submitted to be approved. Not to say that approval should be a big deal since it will be an as of right tower.

hunser · #8 Posted: **Oct 15, 2011, 2:02 PM**

^^ you're right, as far as I know there haven't been any DOB filings... I'll change it to proposed.

possible new render for the Manhattan West Towers:

note that the final height remains uncertain.

other news: 1WTC is now 1070' tall, making it the 3rd tallest in New York (after ESB and BofA).

stormkingfan · #9 Posted: **Oct 15, 2011, 5:17 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunser

5. 15 Penn PLaza, 1216ft (370,6m), Approved

This was posted a couple years ago. Is this one still going to be built? If so, it'll probably steal the spotlight from the Empire State Bldg., but at least the ESB would have a friend.

imo, if a major building goes up that close to it, it should be just short of the 86th floor(ESB) so that, at least, the mooring mast & antenna are still that vicinity's highest point. The ESB should continue to dominate its neighborhood.

stormkingfan · #10 Posted: **Oct 15, 2011, 5:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by marshall

I like the Drake Hotel design a lot, looks like a simple tube-like tower. Cool to see NYC possibly get a non-office supertall on par with certain Far-East towers that are all residential!

Its height and location remind me of the the long elevator ride Tom Cruise took at the end of Vanilla Sky (that tower was obviously CGed).

Personally, I think that if they build a square tower that tall, it should have a much larger foot print and floor area. Trump World Tower, by the UN, has a larger foot print and it's still a bit on the extreme side. And TWT is still well over 400' shy of this Drake.

hunser · #11 Posted: **Oct 16, 2011, 11:22 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by stormkingfan

This was posted a couple years ago. Is this one still going to be built? If so, it'll probably steal the spotlight from the Empire State Bldg., but at least the ESB would have a friend.

imo, if a major building goes up that close to it, it should be just short of the 86th floor(ESB) so that, at least, the mooring mast & antenna are still that vicinity's highest point. The ESB should continue to dominate its neighborhood.

Yes, it's going to be built as soon as a major tenant is found. 15 Penn is already approved, it's probably only a matter of time until we here some news about a tenant.

No, the ESB had it's time. NY needs to move forward; new (supertall) towers will rise near the ESB, whether we like it or not.

Zapatan · #12 Posted: **Oct 17, 2011, 11:34 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by hunser

Yes, it's going to be built as soon as a major tenant is found. 15 Penn is already approved, it's probably only a matter of time until we here some news about a tenant.

No, the ESB had it's time. NY needs to move forward; new (supertall) towers will rise near the ESB, whether we like it or not.

Agreed!

The ESB is great and all but it shouldn't stop taller buildings from rising. We don't want it to be another Philadelphia city hall...

MolsonExport · #13 Posted: **Oct 17, 2011, 3:37 PM**

ESB will always be the king skyscraper and the Chrysler the most beautiful (in my opinion).

hunser · #14 Posted: **Oct 19, 2011, 9:40 AM**

New render of 440 Park (the correct adress is actually 432 Park Avenue):

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj

MolsonExport · #15 Posted: **Oct 19, 2011, 1:32 PM**

^I am amazed that this was approved, given proximity to central park and the trials experienced by the Tour Verre (The latter is in my view, either the coolest rendering in history or quite simply the best looking skyscraper of the past 50 years [along with Bank of China in HK)

hunser · #16 Posted: **Oct 21, 2011, 8:52 PM**

^^ Yeah, Tower Verre certainly is a marvel. Shame it had a height reduction whereas this monster will likely be 400m tall. Seems to me there's no such thing as justice in the skyscraper world. :|

I quote myself:

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It's a real pity, Tower Verre should have been 400m and this dull box 320m! But no, the best design in like 40 years gets a height reduction...

rfiertek · #17 Posted: **Oct 22, 2011, 2:51 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by stormkingfan

This was posted a couple years ago. Is this one still going to be built? If so, it'll probably steal the spotlight from the Empire State Bldg., but at least the ESB would have a friend.

imo, if a major building goes up that close to it, it should be just short of the 86th floor(ESB) so that, at least, the mooring mast & antenna are still that vicinity's highest point. The ESB should continue to dominate its neighborhood.

Is that building the box the Empire State Building came in?

hunser · #18 Posted: **Nov 2, 2011, 6:54 PM**

New renders for the Hudson Yards!

Shorter tower ~ 996ft, construction to begin 3rd quarter 2012
Taller tower: ~ 1278ft, construction to begin 4th quarter 2012

Danielson27 · #19 Posted: **Nov 4, 2011, 2:59 PM**

It's great to see that we are finally getting a tower taller than ESB other than the WTC!!

Roadcruiser1 · #20 Posted: **Nov 9, 2011, 3:55 AM**

Yeah I am, and if the design is right, and if there is a demand then by all means build a 2,000 foot hypertall. Also yeah I hope something like that happens. Some sort of signature building for the Hudson Yards.