NEW YORK | 35 XV (31 West 15th St.) | 355 FT | 25 Floors

babybackribs2314 · #1 Posted **Jul 1, 2011, 7:44 PM**

From last week-ish, didn't see anything posted here yet!

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2011/0...treet.php#more

I do believe this is unusually tall for the area, correct me if I'm wrong... either way, nice filler.

Loqy Lion · #2 Posted **Jul 1, 2011, 8:00 PM**

NIMBYs make me laugh. I want to be a developer and construct a 1,000-foot International Strip Club in Upper West Side.

babybackribs2314 · #3 Posted **Jul 5, 2011, 7:02 AM**

passed by this tonight; the existing building is covered in black netting and going down!

Oura · #4 Posted **Jul 7, 2011, 9:59 AM**

What a waste. The previous building was really nice.

sbarn · #5 Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 9:49 PM**

This project is well underway. There is now a crane on site and it looks like the foundation is poured. Unfortunately it replaced an ornate prewar building - a shame because there are some real ugly buildings just a block away on Sixth Avenue.

Oh well... on the brighter side, it should be interesting to see rise. I would love to see an actual rendering. Here is a zoning diagram:

Source

Here are a few photos I snapped the other day.

A peak into the foundation:

babybackribs2314 · #6 Posted **Oct 17, 2012, 6:37 PM**

Woo! Progress.

31 West 15th Street October 2012 Update

sbarn · #7 Posted **Dec 5, 2012, 12:11 AM**

Rising slowly... surprised they're using steel.

sbarn · #8 Posted **Jan 7, 2013, 5:52 PM**

Rising slowly. There were an army of workers on site.

(photos by me)

BuildCTPlace · #9 Posted **Feb 19, 2013, 5:13 AM**

sbarn · #10 Posted **Feb 19, 2013, 3:58 PM**

Moving rather slowly on this tower. Just a floor per month?

I'd love to see an actual rendering of this building... the DOB massing diagram was intriguing.

babybackribs2314 · #11 Posted **Mar 13, 2013, 5:42 PM**

Latest update. You can't see it from the street (well barely), but the tower part that is set waaay back is two floors up from the base. Should be visible within a month or so.

35 West 15th Street March 2013 Update

jackster99 · #12 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 3:14 PM**

Renderings of the condo portion of this building have finally been revealed. Looks very nice for a filler.

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/0...condo_35xv.php

easy as pie · #13 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 5:18 PM**

whoaness

Design-mind · #14 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 6:41 PM**

Finally a rendering. Thanks for posting "easy as pie" and "jackster99". I absolutely love it! Can't wait to see the angled upper section getting built.

NYguy · #15 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 7:37 PM**

Sweet design...

http://35xv.com/#home

vandelay · #16 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 8:28 PM**

Reminiscent of that other glass carbuncle 25 Cooper Square.

JayPro · #17 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 9:33 PM**

Why is this *beautiful* thing not at least 200' higher?

Yeah, yeah, yeah...height restrictions yadda yadda.......

In all seriousness, I can appreciate that it'll at least have *some* prominence for where it is; but the developers maybe should've shown a *little* more backbone.

IMO, this would've been an architectural centerpiece for downtown BKN...but even then, a bit more verticality would've been a good thing.

Overall, 9 out of 10. Care to guess why the one point deduction??

mrnyc · #18 Posted **Mar 18, 2013, 9:40 PM**

so thats what it will be. niiiccce. not generic. the base is pretty cool and the setback tower will keep the nimby neighbors pacified.

Duck From NY · #19 Posted **Mar 20, 2013, 4:00 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayPro

Why is this *beautiful* thing not at least 200' higher?

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I think that we will continue to see 300+ish buildings pop up throughout much of the space between City Hall and the Flatiron District. The effect will be cool, especially if the designs continue to be as good as they have.

Mike570 · #20 Posted **Mar 22, 2013, 11:29 PM**

Looks great!