157 West 57th Street

157 West 57th Street

LED Crown Atop 73-Story One57 Illuminated for First Time

YIMBY’s last update on One57 — the 73-story mixed-use tower, with 92 condominiums perched above a 210-key Park Hyatt Hotel, at 157 West 57th Street, in Midtown — was back in August of 2014. At the time, the removal of sidewalk shedding was underway, which signaled that construction had been completed. One last element, however, wasn’t revealed until earlier this week: the structure’s LED crown that faces Central Park. The western half was turned on, as seen in a photo posted to the YIMBY Forums. Renderings have long suggested an illuminated crown on the 1,005-foot-tall tower, which was designed by Paris-based Atelier Christian de Portzamparc. Extell Development Company developed One57. Per a count done in the spring, 38 condos remained unsold.


One57 Crane Descending

Construction Update: One57

The drawn-out saga of the One57 crane is finally coming to a close, nearly one year after the original was mangled into a twisted wreck by Hurricane Sandy’s high winds. After the extremely complicated ordeal…

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One57

Construction Update: One57

One57’s glass continues to make progress, and the tower’s cladding is almost complete – the ‘fan’ element along the northern side is now plainly visible, and it will mark the tower’s pinnacle as a distinguished…

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One57

Construction Update: One57

Work is ongoing at Extell’s One57, where the new crane was installed last month – despite its re-appearance, glass remains stalled just below the tower’s pinnacle. Nonetheless, it still looks fantastic, dominating the Central Park skyline -…

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