NEW YORK | MiMa (440 West 42nd Street) | 617 FT / 188 M | 63 FLOORS - Page 11

nycdagreatest · #**201** Posted **Jun 23, 2010, 7:43 PM**

sophie's mind

frodo87

Bucktown718 · #**202** Posted **Jun 23, 2010, 9:32 PM**

Nicolas Fleury

NYguy · #**203** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 2:00 PM**

JUNE 23, 2010

nycdagreatest · #**204** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 2:24 PM**

how tall is the tower right now?

scalziand · #**205** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 3:55 PM**

I'd say its a bit above 400' right now, judging by the pics NYguy posted.

JayPro · #**206** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 5:16 PM**

It's finished height should be where the top of the crane is in the pix plus about half of that.

Bucktown718 · #**207** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 5:20 PM**

Since 440 West 42nd Street was supposedly confirmed to be increased in height to 204m, i was wondering if is going to be taller than Riverplace II when it's finished?

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**208** Posted **Jun 24, 2010, 5:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bucktown718

Since 440 West 42nd Street was supposedly confirmed to be increased in height to 204m, i was wondering if is going to be taller than Riverplace II when it's finished?

yup it'll be about 669 ft. or 670 ft. and Riverplace II is 653 ft.

Bucktown718 · #**209** Posted **Jun 26, 2010, 11:31 PM**

pmarella

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**210** Posted **Jun 27, 2010, 4:30 AM**

from today

hmmmm whats this? i dont recall seeing it in renderings

RobertWalpole · #**211** Posted **Jun 27, 2010, 1:28 PM**

It's amazing to think how lousy this area was just a few years ago. Does anyone know the status of the new tower that will rise at 42nd and 9th. The last I was in NY, all of the stores occupying that site had been emptied. Has demolition started?

Busy Bee · #**212** Posted **Jun 27, 2010, 5:24 PM**

That funky part looks to be the Yotel.

NYguy · #**213** Posted **Jun 27, 2010, 9:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

That funky part looks to be the Yotel.

That, it is...

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYguy

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/20...quare_in_2011_

Yotel To Open Legit, Full-Service Hotel in Times Square in 2011

March 1, 2010
by juliana

Finally! We've been wondering when Yotel--the airport capsule hotel chain at Gatwick, Heathrow and Schiphol that boasts purple mood lighting and retractable beds--would be expanding and we've just got word that Yotel will hit New York City in 2011.

The first Yotel out of Europe will open at 42nd Street and 10th Avenue and will have a nearly 700 hotel rooms (669 to be exact.) It will be part of a larger mixed-used building owned by Related Properties with design by the Rockwell group in collaboration with Softroom, a Frank Gehry-designed theater adjacent and even residential units as well.

Yotel Gatwick Airport

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2010/0...hbors.php#more

Hell's Kitchen Yotel Annoys the Hex Out of Neighbors

Friday, March 5, 2010, by Sara

We got a hint earlier this week that the hotel portion of the Related Companies' mixed-use hotel/rental tower at 440 West 42nd Street would be a Yotel, the first U.S. installment of the European pod hotel chain. The 669-room hotel does, indeed, appear to be happening as rumored.

A tipster sends in the above shot with a note: "Looks like the Yotel design you posted for 440 W 42nd is accurate—the nauseating, foamy-looking hexagons have started going up. I can already envision that Yotel neon sign blaring 24 hours and doing to me what Kenny Roger's Roasters did to Kramer." The 170-square-foot rooms behind the foamy hexagons are supposed to be $200-$250 per night. And may be some of the few places in the neighborhood where those hexagons aren't visible, in which case, interesting marketing strategy!

This is another tower that looks like a huge office development rather than a residential tower.

uaarkson · #**214** Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 4:00 PM**

What the hell is going on with the base?

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**215** Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 4:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by uaarkson

What the hell is going on with the base?

It looks different to other buildings and make this one something special.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #**216** Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 5:00 PM**

well atleast it goes good with its neighbors

from saturday

OneWorldTradeCenter · #**217** Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 5:11 PM**

No doubt for me, New York has such a beautiful skyline. The others can build as tall as they want, NYC will always have the best.

Nice shots, SkyscrapersOfNewYork! Keep them coming!

JayPro · #**218** Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 5:22 PM**

The Vanilla-Fudge Stripe building shall forever remain a blight to an otherwise remarkable transformation in that part of Midtown.

The grand old McGraw-Hill building has been very much respected and honored with interesting company.

eaguir3 · #**219** Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 7:41 PM**

That yotel looks so interesting, cant wait to visit NY

Onn · #**220** Posted **Jun 28, 2010, 9:12 PM**

This building is HUGE for the area.