Construction is closing in on completion on 50 Hudson Yards, a 58-story commercial supertall in Hudson Yards and the final component of the first phase of the master plan. Designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Related Companies and Oxford Properties, the 1,011-foot-tall skyscraper will yield 2.9 million square feet of office space, making it the largest building by volume in the complex. ArcelorMittal provided the steel components, Langan Engineering is the civil and environmental engineer, and WSP is the structural and MEP engineer for the property, which occupies a full block bound by West 34th Street to the north, West 33rd Street to the south, Tenth Avenue to the east, and Hudson Boulevard to the west.
Work has progressed on the lower levels since our last update in March, and the entrance is now nearly complete. The sidewalk scaffolding that covered the eastern half of the ground floor has been removed, along with most of the concrete barriers lining the surrounding streets. Crews have poured concrete for the sidewalks and black bollards were installed around the entire perimeter. Raised garden beds line the southwestern corner of the entrance between the marble-clad columns.
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
Behind the tall glass walls of the main lobby facing Bella Abzug Park are curved staircases flanking colorful mixed-media murals. The interiors will be more prominent when illuminated at night. Trees have been planted by the front doors along with slender metallic lighting fixtures attached to the outer face of the columns.
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
The construction elevator still remains attached to the northern elevation. A small portion has been removed from the top, and the rest should be dismantled soon as interior work wraps up. At the bottom, a section of the façade has begun to be filled in behind the hoist.
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
The following photos show the details in the translucent screen and its angled fins that enclose the mechanical equipment below the parapet.
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
The shots below highlight the contrasting look of the rich marble against the sleek metal-trimmed glass curtain wall.
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
50 Hudson Yards. Photo by Michael Young
YIMBY anticipates construction at 50 Hudson Yards to wrap up in the next couple of months.
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This is probably my favorite building in Hudson Yards right now. Unlike the others, it has an elegant exterior with the marble mullions and very handsome setbacks. And all without being obnoxious. I like it.
Agree. BlackRock and Facebook are among the confirmed major tenants. Should be a lovely building come 2024.
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The shots below highlight the contrasting look of the rich marble, against the sleek metal-trimmed glass curtain wall. So marble clad-columns are beautiful and prominent at first sight: Thanks to Michael Young.
Squeezed in between two taller buildings, 50 Hudson Yards looks like a not so supertall.
Visual “error”, actually is just 55 feet lower than The Spiral, at 1066′ for latter one. But overall makes super skyscraper density in this “Dubai on Hudson” superscrapper mess of glass…
Yes impressive innovation of high-rise density built over what’s actually was taxi drivers’ popular den…McDonald and Gas Station and MTA LIRR Storage mess, The Hudson Yards, love it or hate it!!!
Like the marble, look forward to seeing the interior of the lobby.
Hey YIMBY – how about some reporting on the stalled projects in this neighborhood, like the half-built structure at 37th and 11th?
The photos look like Dallas
The “translucent screens” were all illuminated the other night, looking similar to 55 Hudson at night.
Should be thirty stories taller
Agreed!
Why, just look it from distance “30 story higher” is 30 Hudson Yards supertower. Height is unofficially 102 floors, actually built 77, and height to pinnacle is 1337′, is exactly “30 floor” higher…over tower at 1011’… Not tall enough for you, “Dubai on Hudson” lover???
The most beautiful tower in complex is 10 Hudson Yards, was first to built, and finished in record time…just 52 floors, and 47 actually built, not yet “supertall” but was first building built in NY with slipped roof for 35 years since finish construction on famed 59 story Citicorp on Lexington…10 Hudson Yards and 30 Hudson Yards, and fabled shopping mall, not their fault but Neumann Marcus, mall is second vertical mall in Manhattan, after Time Warner Center, now Deutsche Bank Center on Columbus Circle, NYC going to very impressive construction turn around of the Century, comparable with boom of 1920-30s… And like it or not, don’t be offended with Dubai on Hudson nickname, just think about what was on site of former Manhattan superscappers were before… Yes and remember that iconic landmark of NYC, Empire State Building was built on site grandier Waldorf Astoria 20 story hotel…what was on site of Rockefeller Center, Times Square grand area, or Bank of America Tower…
NYC revived, better said do newest renaissance era, but still is NYC, still love to be visited by millions of tourists, still global center of wealth and finance, and next 10 years of so, this Hudson Yards will be became as it was there before and stays before, like it should be. Like Moyniham Train Hall of Penn Station, a modern resemblance of original one…except maybe Chicago, NYC is going to new skyscraper era of Century, love it or hate it, but this is a fact!!! And it’s good, that not all buildings in Hudson Yards are “universal same height”, various heights, supertall or not, it’s already making NYC Skyline superbly bold than ever before and whole Hudson Yards Complex is already a Landmark, like WTC Rebuilt Complex…