Work is continuing on 30 West 39th Street, a 27-story hotel tower in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Peter Poon Architects and developed by Fortuna Realty, the 323-foot-tall structure will yield 330 guest rooms spread across 133,500 square feet. Leeding Builders Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, just one block south of Bryant Park.
Since our last update in early January, construction has progressed on the terraces at the top of the building and above the podium setbacks. The top of the hotel and the glass curtain wall facing West 39th Street are largely finished, as are the blank gray walls on the eastern and western elevations.
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The below shot shows the rooftop terrace above the array of six upper ventilation grilles facing Bryant Park and the Midtown skyline.
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The majority of the remaining exterior work is now focused on the podium and bottom floors. A new glass railing has been installed above the ground floor and sidewalk scaffolding. Above that is a partially exposed ceiling lined with perimeter columns, and a double-height mechanical floor enclosed with several rectangular ventilation grilles, which are surrounded by a uniform skin of dark gray metal panels. Sidewalk scaffolding still obscures the ground floor.
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
Below are photographs of the rarely seen southern elevation of the hotel, with its secondary rooftop terrace spanning the entire length of the floor plate.
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
Here we see the hotel back in early spring.
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
30 West 39th Street. Photo by Michael Young
YIMBY last reported that guest amenities at 30 West 39th Street will include a ground-floor restaurant, a lounge, a fitness center, and a business center. The nearest subways are the B, D, F, M, and 7 trains at the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station to the north along Sixth Avenue. Additional lines can be accessed at Grand Central Terminal and around Times Square.
An estimated completion date for the hotel is unclear, though it may finish in the second half of 2022.
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This building looks so depressing. I really don’t like it.
Beautiful building!
Tear it down!!
This is another disaster from the Chinese or Hong Kong team Peter Poon architects.
What a piece of CRAP!
This building belongs in the gulag
Barf on toast
Still looks like “Poon” to me!
🤣😂🤣
Three of the sides are terrible.
Stunning building. Those who complain that beautiful design no longer exists clearly have not gazed upon this gift to NYC’s collection of impressive buildings. It’s obvious that the architects lavished thought and an abiding commitment to context when crafting this beauty. Long after other structures have come and gone, this one will assert itself proudly through the ages.
This is another disaster from the Chinese or Hong Kong team Peter Poon architects.
What a piece of CRAP!
This building belongs in the gulag
The “rarely seen southern elevation”—I wish I could un-see it!