Living in the Clouds: 50 New York Residential Towers Poised to Scrape the Sky (Part I)

It seems like every week a new residential skyscraper is being announced in New York City, just earlier this week the New York Times noted that a partnership between Steven Witkoff and Harry Macklowe is moving ahead with a redevelopment of the Park Lane Hotel at 36 Central Park West with an 850-foot tower.

With the mind-boggling amount of residential spires poised to pierce the sky, here’s a quick rundown of the tallest of the tall–the spindly bunch set to soar higher than 700 feet. Keep in mind that just 30 years ago, the tallest residence in the city was perched atop the 664-foot Trump Tower. Today, buildings are on the drawing board for more than twice that height.

225 West 57th Street (Nordstrom Tower)

Midtown West

Extell Development | Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architects

93 floors | 1,479 feet to roof | 1,775 feet to spire

199 Condominiums, 1.3 MSF

2018

111 West 57th Street

Midtwon West

JDS Development | SHoP Architects

77 floors | 1,350-1,400 feet

80 Condominiums, 315,078 SF

Summer 2017



SHoP Architects

Midtown East

Macklowe/CIM Group | Rafael Vinoly Architects

96 floors | 1,398 feet

123 Condominiums, 519,229 SF

2015



dbox

125 Greenwich Avenue

22 Thames Street, Financial District

Shvo | Rafael Vinoly Architects

77 Floors | 1,356 feet

128 Condominiums, 453,628 SF



Rafael Vinoly Architects

514 Eleventh Avenue (former Mercedes Benz Site)

Far West Side

Silverstein Properties

106 floors | 1,100 feet

1,400 units

2020



Silverstein Properties

3 Hudson Boulevard (Girasole)

Far West Side

Moinian Group | FXFowle Architects

66 Floors | 1,060 feet

14 floors of luxury residential | 1.8 MSF

2018



dbox | FXFOWLE

53W53

53 West 53rd Street, Midtown West

Hines | Atelier Jean Nouvel

82 floors | 1,050 feet

140 condos, 28 service apartments

2017



Hines | Atelier Jean Nouvel

157 West 57th Street, Midtown West

Extell Development | Christian de Portzamparc

73 floors | 1,005 feet

94 condos / 65 rentals / 210 room Park Hyatt Hotel | 882,141 SF

2014



Christian de Portzamparc | dbox

Hudson Yards Tower E

35 Hudson Yards, Far West Side

Related Companies | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

79 floors | 1000+ feet

250 condos | 150 room



dbox

220 Central Park West

Midtown West

Vornado Realty Trust | Robert A.M. Stern Architects

66 floors | 950 feet

160 condos

2016



Preliminary Design by Robert A.M. Stern Architects

101 TriBeCa

101 Murray Street, TriBeCa

The Witkoff Group | Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects

63 floors | 950 feet

129 condos

2016



Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects

30 Park Place, TriBeCa

Silverstein Properties | Robert A.M. Stern Architects

82 floors | 926 feet

157 Condos | 683,000

June 2016



dbox | Robert A.M. Stern Architects

36 Central Park South (Park Lane Hotel site)

Midtown West

Witkoff Group | Macklowe Properties

850 feet





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Hudson Yards Tower D

15 Hudson Yards, Far West Side

Related Companies | Diller Scofidio + Renfro

70 floors | 910 feet

250 condominiums and rentals | 960,000 SF

2018



Related Companies | Diller Scofidio + Renfro

250 South Street

227 Cherry Street, Lower East Side

Extell Development | Dattner Architects

68 floors | 847 feet

787 units | 1,227,694



NYC Department of Buildings Massing Diagram

NoMad

JD Carlisle | Handel Architects

53 floors | 825 feet

188 Units



Image shown for massing purposes only

TriBeCa

Hines / Alexico Group | Herzog & de Meuron Architects

56 floors | 821 feet

145 condos | 480,364 SF

2015



dbox | Herzog & de Meuron Architects

Upper East Side

Zeckendorf Development LLC | Robert A.M. Stern Architects

52 floors | 781 feet

31 Condos, 178,578 SF

2017



Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Financial District

Time Equities, Inc. | Murphy/Jahn Architects

63 floors | 783 feet

191 condos | 546,000 SF

2016



Copyright dbox

Gramercy

The Continuum Company | Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects

64 floors | 777 feet

83 units | 372,684 SF

Fall 2016



Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

340 Flatbush Avenue Extension

Downtown Brooklyn

SHoP Architects | JDS Development

70 floors | 775 feet

495 units | 561,104 SF

Fall 2016



Image shown for massing purposes only

Midtown East

61 floors | 711 feet

World-Wide Group | Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP

93 condos | 322,260 SF

2016



Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Midtown East

63 stories | 709 feet

RFR Realty LLC /Hines | Foster & Partners

91 condos | 273,598 Sf

2017



Foster+Partners

Manhattan West Residential Tower

500 West 33rd Street, Far West Side / Hudson Yards

Brookfield Properties | Skidmore Owings & Merrill

64 floors | 702 feet

790 Rentals | 756,674



Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Citypoint Phase III

Downtown Brooklyn

Extell Development

approx. 65 floors | +700 feet



Conceptual Rendering by COOKFOX Architects

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