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.

That’s One Take…

Apr 16, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, ABC Watch, West End Avenue, Zoning

There is plenty to worry about these days, and we are all being bombarded with news and updates. It's not always easy to decipher fact from speculation and definitely necessary to consider the source. We provide this message in response to the many concerned...

NYC’s Non-Essential Construction Grinds to a Halt

Apr 2, 2020 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 200 Amsterdam, 50 West 66th Street, Dept. of Buildings, State of New York, UWS

New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has ordered all "non-essential" construction to halt statewide. This new directive, announced on Friday, March 27th, contradicts the state's initial instruction that classified all construction as essential. Construction for general...

Central Park Tower (CPT) on CPR?

Mar 27, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street

The Commercial Observer is reporting that Extell Suspends Construction on Central Park Tower, Not Brooklyn Point. In the article of the same name, Chava Gourarie cites the Corona Virus as cause for the pause but acknowledges that other developments by the same...