Tower Fifth - LANDMARK WEST

Current Status: In Planning

Tower Fifth Vital Stats

Address: 5 East 51st Street, New York, New York 10022 (Community Board 5)

Type: Commercial

Name: Tower Fifth; 5 East 51st Street

Construction: _

Design Architect: Gensler; Moed de Armas & Shannon

Executive Architect: AAI Architects, P.C.

Developer: Macklowe Properties

Builder: _

Height: 1,556 feet (474 meters); 96 stories

Total Construction Floor Area: _

Site Area: _

There are no zoning documents currently available to the public for this development.

Superlatives: Planned as the tallest building by roof height in New York City.

Loopholes Exploited:

Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.

West 66th Street Appeal: How We Will Beat the Voids

Aug 23, 2021 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, CENTRAL dARK

West 66th Street Appeal: How We Will Beat the Voids Long, long ago, in a land (not so) far, far away... In January of 2015 LW! began monitoring the development at 50 West 66th St. and challenging the loopholes that resulted in its design. This was never a fight about...

News on ABC: Special Report

Apr 23, 2021 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, ABC Watch, Dept. of City Planning

We interrupt your day with this important announcement: Following the July 2018 news that the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is leaving the UWS, LW! explored development potentials. REVIEW OUR FINDINGS What's the Big Deal? ABC has been an UWS neighbor since 1948...

STILL GOING: Stopping the Copper Top at 50 West 66th Street

Feb 19, 2021 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, CENTRAL dARK

Year 6, and LW! continues the MARCH for you. On December 7th, 2020 LANDMARK WEST! filed our Article 78 asking the NY State Supreme Court to review the BSA's 2-2 tie decision to allow HUGE mechanical void floors to jack up the height of the proposed building at 50 W....