All buildings over 500' proposed, under construction or completed in NYC within the past 10 years (1999).
1.
Metropolitan Television Alliance Broadcast Tower
2,000'
KPF
Never Built
2.
Freedom Tower
1,776' - 82 Stories
SOM
U/C
3.
200 Greenwich Street
1,358' - 78 Stories
Foster & Partners
Pre-Construction
4.
MSG Site Tower I
1,300'
SOM / Foster & Partners
Never Built
5.
Tower Verre
1,250' - 75 Stories
Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Proposed
6.
Penn East Site
1,200' +
KPF
Proposed
7.
175 Greenwich Street
1,240' - 71 stories
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Under Construction
8.
15 Penn Plaza
1,225' - 66 stories
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Proposed
9.
Manhattan West Tower I
1216' - 66 Stories
SOM
Proposed
10.
Bank of America Tower
1,200' - 54 Stories
Cook + Fox Architects
Under Construction
11.
80 South Street
1,183' - 55 stories
Santiago Calatrava
Proposed
12.
MSG Site Tower II
1,100'
SOM / Foster & Partners
Never Built
13.
Related Hudson Yards Office Tower I
1,099' - 74 Stories
KPF
Proposed
14.
1 New York Place
1,050' - 90 Stories
KPF
Never Built
15.
New York Times Building
1,042' - 52 Stories
Renzo Piano Building Workshop/ FXFowle Architects
Completed
16.
World Product Center
1,011' - 60 Stories
KPF
Proposed
17.
The Girasole
1,000'+ - 65 Stories
FXFowle Architects
Proposed
18.
Sherwood Equities Site 1
1,000'+ - 65 Stories
KPF
Proposed
19. (design not rendered)
147-161 West 57th Street
1,000' - 80 Stories
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Pre-Construction
20.
New York Tower
1,000' - 75 Stories
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Never Built
21. (design not rendered)
Convention Center Hotel
980' - 90+ Stories
Never Built
22.
150 Greenwich Street
974' - 61 Stories
Maki and Associates
Under Construction
23.
Related Hudson Yards Office Tower II
950' - 62 Stories
KPF
Proposed
24.
One Madison Avenue
937' - 60 Stories
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Proposed
25.
Manhattan West Tower II
935' - 60 Stories
SOM
Proposed
26.
30 Park Place
912' -68 Stories
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Under Construction
27.
33 Wall Street
900' - 51 Stories
SOM
Never Built
28.
Beekman Street Tower
867' - 75 Stories
Gehry Partners, LLP
Under Construction
29.
Trump World Tower
861' - 72 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
30.
Port Authority Bus Terminal
855' - 42 Stories + 3 story Port Authority base
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Proposed
31.
260 Twelfth Avenue
837' - 58 stories
SOM
Proposed
32.
56 Leonard Street
821' - 57 Stories
Herzog & de Meuron
Under Construction
33.
221 West 57th Street
815' - 68 stories
Christian de Portzamparc
Proposed
34.
Conde' Nast Building
809' - 48 Stories
Fox & Fowle Architects
Completed
35.
Bloomberg Tower
806' - 55 Stories
Cesar Pelli & Associates
Completed
36.
Rockrose Long Island City Tower
80 Stories
Thomas Phifer & Partners
Never Built
37.
West Street Residential Tower
~800' - 65 Stories
Frank Williams & Partners Architects
Proposed
38.
360 Tenth Avenue
774' - 61 Stories
Steven Holl Architects
Proposed
39.
383 Madison Avenue
773' - 45 Stories
SOM
Completed
40.
Manhattan Tower
77 Stories
DeArch Architecture
Proposed
41.
Related Hudson Yards Mixed-Use Tower I
750' - 66 Stories
KPF
Proposed
42-43.
Time Warner Center Towers I & II
750' - 54 Stories
SOM
Completed
44.
Goldman Sachs Headquarters
749' - 43 Stories
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Under Construction
45.
7 World Trade Center
741' - 52 Stories
SOM
Completed
46.
5 World Trade Center
740' - 42 Stories
KPF
Never Built - Redesign TBA
47.
Times Square Tower
726' - 48 Stories
SOM
Completed
48.
50 West Street
725' - 63 Stories
Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects
Proposed
49.
Shangri-La New York
709' - 62 Stories
Foster & Partners
Under Construction
50.
Nobu
708' - 53 Stories
Moed de Armas & Shannon
Proposed
51.
New York City Technical College Mixed-Use Tower
~700' - 65 Stories
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Never Built
52.
Tower 56
~700' - 50 Stories
Scarano & Associates Architects
Proposed
53.
One Penn West
697' - 55 Stories
Proposed
54. & 55.
Related Hudson Yards Residential Towers I & II
690' - 64 Stories
KPF
Proposed
56.
520 Fifth Avenue
678' - 54 Stories
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Proposed
57.
Random House Headquarters
676' - 50 Stories
SOM
Completed
58.
Barclay Tower Apartments
673' - 56 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
59.
Related Hudson Yards Office Tower III
667' - 42 Stories
KPF
Proposed
60. & 61
Silver Towers I & II
653' - 57 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Under Construction
62. (Current design not rendered)
440 West 42nd Street
646' - 59 Stories
Arquitectonica
Under Construction
63.
The Epic
642' -59 Stories
Fox & Fowle Architects
Completed
64.
The Orion
637' - 58 Stories
Cetra/Ruddy, Inc
Completed
65.
Strada
632' - 57 Stories
Gwathmey Siegel Architects
Under Construction
66.
W New York Downtown Hotel & Residences
630' - 53 Stories
Gwathmey Siegel Architects
Under Construction
67.
160 West 62nd Street
621' - 57 Stories
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Proposed
68.
425 Fifth Avenue
618' - 54 Stories
Michael Graves & Associates
Completed
69.
Related Hudson Yards Residential Tower IV
620' - 60 Stories
Robert AM Stern Architects
Proposed
70.
One Madison Park
617' - 51 Stories
Cetra/Ruddy, Inc.
Under Construction
71.
Hotel Eventi
614' - 53 Stories
Perkins Eastman
Under Construction
72.
Center at Albee Square
600'+ - 65+ Stories
Greenberg Farrow Architects
On Hold
73.
Avalon Willoughby Square
60 Stories
SLCE Architects
Proposed
74.
Silvercup West Tower II
600' - 57 Stories
Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners
Proposed
75.
Times Square Plaza
600' - 40 Stories
FXFowle Architects
Under Construction
76.
920 Eighth Avenue
600' - 37 Stories
SOM
Under Construction
77.
Queens Street Apartments
600'
TEN Arquitectos
Proposed
78.
New York City Opera House & Tower
60 Stories
Christian de Portzamparc
Never Built
79.
131-139 West 45th Street
599'
SLCE Architects
On Hold
80.
Hearst Magazine Tower
597' - 42 Stories
Foster & Partners
Completed
81.
270 Greenwich Street
597' - 38 Stories
SOM
Never Built
82.
616 First Avenue
595'
SOM
Proposed
83.
616 First Avenue B
595'
SOM
Proposed
84.
700 First Avenue A
595'
SOM
Proposed
85.
700 First Avenue B
595'
SOM
Proposed
86.
700 First Avenue C
595'
SOM
Proposed
87.
Riverside Center Tower I
594' - 53 Stories
Christian de Portzamparc
Proposed
88.
Sky House
588' - 54 Stories
FXFowle Architects
Completed
89.
505 Fifth Avenue
585' - 37 Stories
Steven Holl Architects
Never Built
Another version...
90.
235 West 51st Street
585' - 55 stories
Fox & Fowle Architects
Never Built
91.
W Hotel Times Square
583' - 53 Stories
Frank Williams & Associates
Completed
92.
Museum of the 21st Century Tower
58 Stories
Hariri & Hariri Architecture
Never Built
93.
Related Hudson Yards Res. Tower V
580'
KPF
Proposed
94.
Queen's Plaza
580' - 48 Stories
Karl Fischer Architect
Proposed
95. [previous design by Rockwell Group/Kevin Kennon Architects]
10 Platt Street
580' - 52 Stories
Gene Kaufman Architect
Under Construction
96.
Ernst & Young Building
575' - 38 Stories
KPF
Completed
97.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Center
575' - 36 Stories
SOM
Completed
98.
745 Seventh Avenue
575' - 32 Stories
KPF
Completed
99.
Extell Diamond Tower
574' - 39 Stories
SOM
On Hold
100.
Paramount Tower
567' - 51 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
101.
785 Eighth Avenue
566' - 42 Stories
Ismael Leyva Architects
Under Construction
102.
Mount Sinai Tower
564' - 39 Stories
SOM
Proposed
103.
Directors' Guild of America
56 Stories
KPF/Costas Kondylis & Partners
Never Built
104.
107 West 57th Street
56 Stories
KPF
Proposed
Previous design by Peter Marino Architect:
105.
Riverside Center Tower III
560' - 50 Stories
Christian de Portzamparc
Proposed
106.
Silvercup West Tower I
557' - 49 Stories
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
Proposed
107.
Reuters Building
555' - 32 Stories
Fox & Fowle Architects
Completed
108.
Tower 111
554' - 48 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Architects
Under Construction
109.
The Belvedere
554' - 48 Stories
SLCE Architects
Completed
110.
708 First Avenue
553'
SOM
Proposed
111.
The Biltmore Tower
550' - 53 Stories
SLCE Architects
Completed
112.
Harlem Park
550' - 42 Stories
TEN Arquitectos
Never Built
113.
115-117 Nassau Street
55 Stories
Gene Kaufman Architects
Proposed
114.
Witkoff Group Hotel
11th Avenue between 35th & 37th Streets
545' 47 stories
Never Built
115. [Only 14 sttory base built]
Court Square Two
544' - 38 Stories
KPF
Proposed
116.
Fifteen Central Park West I
543' - 43 Stories
Robert AM Stern
Completed
117.
2 Gold Street
543' - 51 stories
Avinash K. Malhotra Architects
Completed
118.
220 Riverside Boulevard
542' - 48 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
119.
Related Hudson Yards Res. Tower VI
540' - 52 Stories
Robert AM Stern
Proposed
120.
Ewalk Westin Hotel
532' - 43 Stories
Arquitectonica
Proposed
121.
515 Park Avenue
532' - 42 Stories
Frank Williams & Associates
Completed
122.
The Metropolis
528' - 48 Stories
SLCE Architects
Completed
123.
388 Bridge Street
528' - 49 Stories
SLCE Architects
Under Construction
124.
161 Maiden Lane
525'
Costas Kondylis & Architects
On Hold
125.
William Beaver House
523' - 44 Stories
Tsao & McKown Architects
Completed
126.
The Atelier
521' - 46 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
127.
Related Hudson Yards Res. Tower VII
520' - 50 Stories
KPF
Proposed
128.
111 Washington Street
52 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Proposed
129.
80 Nassau Street
52 Stories
H. Thomas O'Hara Architects
Proposed ?
130.
The Regent Tower
52 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Never Built
131.
Silvercup West III
518' - 30 Stories
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
Proposed
132.
The Hilton Times Square
515' - 39 Stories
Beyer Blinder Belle
Completed
133.
111 Lawrence Street
514' - 51 Stories
Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel
Under Construction
134.
Miss Brooklyn
511' - 34 Stories
Gehry & Partners
Proposed
135.
Liberty Plaza
510' - 45 Stories
Stephen B. Jacobs Group
Completed
136.
303 East 51st Street
43 Stories 510'
Garrett Gourlay Architect
On Hold
137.
220 Central Park South
507' - 41 Stories
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Proposed
138.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Station Tower
50 Stories
HOK
Never Built
139.
Allied Works Tower
50 stories
Allied Works
Proposed ?
140.
The Rose
50 Stories
FXFowle Architects
Proposed ?
141.
237 Park Avenue
50 Stories
SOM
Never Built
142.
140 West 42nd Street
50 Stories
Proposed (?)
143. [not current design rendered by Karl Fischer]
Pathmark Site Tower
50+ Stories
Proposed
144. [Competition design by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates]
New U.N. Building
500' - 35 Stories
Fumihiko Maki
Proposed
145.
The Olivia
500'
SBLM Architects
Proposed
Near Misses
I think a lot of these are above 500 feet but since DOB only counts to the top of the highest occupied floor I extended the list to 450'.
146.
The Cassa Hotel and Residences
496'
TEN Arquitectos
Proposed
147.
The Platinum
496' (DoB) - 43 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
148.
Pier 17 Tower
495' - 42 Stories
SHOP Architects
Proposed
149.
Riverside Center Tower II
492' - 42 Stories
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Proposed
150.
Chelsea Stratus
491' (DoB) - 40 Stories
SLCE Architects
Completed
151.
200 Riverside Boulevard
491' - 46 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
152.
848 Washington Street
489' - 32 Stories
Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Never Built
153.
[previous design]
29 Flatbush Avenue
Ismael Leyva Architects
488'
Proposed
154.
NBA Tower
486' - 31 Stories
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
Never Built
155.
The Rushmore
485' - 41 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
156.
2 Columbus Avenue
483' - 41 Stories
Buck & Cane Architects
Completed
157.
Roseland Housing
481' - 42 Stories
SLCE Architects
Proposed
158.
Related Hudson Yards Res. Tower VIII
480' - 43 Stories
KPF
Proposed
159.
400 Park Avenue South
476' - 40 Stories
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Proposed
160.
The Capri
473' - 46 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
161.
The Kings County Supreme & Family Courthouse
473' - 32 Stories
Perkins Eastman & Associates
Completed
162.
505 West 37th Street I
472' - 43 Stories
Gary Handel & Associates
Under Construction
163.
Park Avenue Place
472' - 41 Stories
Kohn Pedersen & Fox
Completed
164.
The Link
471' - 41 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
165.
325 Fifth Avenue
471' - 42 Stories
Stephen B. Jacobs Group
Completed
166.
Fordham University Apartment Tower I
47 Stories
Proposed
167.
150 Amsterdam Avenue
470' - 42 Stories
Gary Handel & Associates
Under Construction
168.
855-873 6th Avenue
465' - 30 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
On Hold
169.
The Marc
464' - 42 Stories
Frank Williams & Partners Architects
Completed
170.
The Atlas
463' - 46 Stories
SLCE Architects
Completed
171.
Victory Apartments/The Victory
462' - 45 Stories
SLCE Architects
Completed
172.
685 First Avenue
462'
SOM
Proposed
173.
The Remy
461' - 31 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
On Hold
174.
301 Forty Sixth
46 stories
Fegan/ Berg/ Architects P.C.
On Hold
175.
The Aldyn
455' - 38 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Under Construction
176.
Trump SoHo Hotel
454' (DOB)- 46 Stories
Gary Handel & Associates
Under Construction
177.
309 Fifth Avenue
452' - 34 Stories
Ismael Leyva Architects
On Hold
178.
Riverside Center Tower V
451' - 39 Stories
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Proposed
179.
Tower 31
450' - 41 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
180.
Theatre Row Tower/The Zebra
450' - 41 Stories
Hardy Holtzman Pfeifer/SLCE
Completed
181.
S34
450' - 36 Stories
M/G Architects
Completed
182.
Millennium Point/The Ritz Carlton Hotel & Residences
449' - 38 Stories
Gary Edward Handel & Associates
Completed
183.
Guggenheim Museum Tower
449' - 40-45 Stories
Gehry & Partners
Never Built
184.
Bridge Tower Place
448' - 41 Stories
Costas Kondylis & Partners
Completed
185.
158 Madison Avenue
447' (DoB - doesn't include spire) - 38 Stories
Ismael Leyva Architects
On Hold
Possibles
These could possibly rise over or close to 500 feet.
I think I'll have a few more to add later.
440 Park Avenue
Proposed
4 Hudson Square
40 Stories
KPF
Proposed
Gotham Center Tower II
Proposed
Gotham Center Tower III
Proposed
740 Eighth Avenue
40 Stories
KPF
Proposed
Random House Building
35 Stories on top of existing base
HOK
Never Built
One Brooklyn Plaza
32 Stories
Proposed
450 Hudson Boulevard
Proposed
Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Residential Tower C
Gehry & Partners
Proposed
Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Tower IV
Gehry & Partners
Proposed
[conceptual design]
661 Eighth Avenue
Proposed
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