The Baccarat Hotel is moving upwards, and the SOM-designed tower has passed its first setback. Floor-plates for the tower get smaller as it ascends, so construction should speed up—though the tower is already at its…
The Baccarat Hotel & Residences by SOM is now rising quickly, and there was major activity on-site this week. The project has moved past the irregular base floors, which means its rapid ascent can now…
There has been major progress on the SOM-designed Baccarat Hotel & Residences at 20 West 53rd Street, and the skyscraper is rising quickly. Though the hotel will ultimately be run by the Starwood Group, Baccarat…
SOM’s website has new renderings of the future Baccarat Hotel at 20 West 53rd Street, and they paint a much more detailed picture than the sole image released so far. It appears the project’s sides…
Image from the Wall Street Journal While NIMBYs characterization of the Rockefeller Center neighborhood as ‘mid-rise’ eventually got the top 200 feet of the Torre Verre lobbed off, the neighborhood is anything but. 20 West…
