At number 22 on our December countdown of the tallest buildings under construction in New York is 606 West 30th Street, a 42-story residential skyscraper along the border of Hudson Yards and West Chelsea, Manhattan. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by Lalezarian Properties, the 545-foot-tall structure will yield 312,350 square feet with 192,780 square feet for residential space and 14,240 square feet of commercial space. The building is also known as Tower B in a two-skyscraper development along with the adjacent 601 West 29th Street from FXCollaborative and Douglaston Development. Hudson 37 LLC is the general contractor for the property, which is located between Eleventh Avenue and West Street.
The reinforced concrete superstructure has topped out since our last update in August, when work was closing in on the final floors and installation of the glass curtain wall had just begun on the lower levels. Since then, the dark windows and metal mullions have climbed past the halfway mark and will soon finish enveloping the building.
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The following photos of 606 West 30th Street from afar show the tower blending in with the nearby office and residential skyscrapers in Related Companies’ first phase of Hudson Yards.
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
The building’s signature design element is a large rectangular cutout in the center of the northern elevation. The multi-floor space is shown in the renderings backed by a green wall, and will house a portion of the residential amenity spaces, including the indoor swimming pool.
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
606 West 30th Street. Photo by Michael Young
YIMBY anticipates 606 West 30th Street to be completed in the second half of 2023.
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Hudson Yards is new city in the big city, so crowded skyscrapers and each design is in a separated shapes with beautiful high-rises. About climbing glass curtain wall on the superstructure, climb up the floor except signature in the center prominently looked: Thanks to Michael Young.
The “navel” is starting to become more fully realized. It’s really the only distinctive feature for the building so far. The rest is very generic.
This is probably my least favorite building of the very dense pack of new towers. The “navel” seems like an afterthought ploy to desperately add some interest, but it faces north so it won’t ever be noticed by most people. I’m sure it will be lighted at night, which makes it worse. The very wavy glass indicates cheapness.
It’s a nondescript infill building and that’s okay.
Remember what they say… the “grass” is always greener “on” the other side of the building! 🤣😂
The green thing is still yet to be defined. It looks like it was meant to be an atrium but clearly it’s not: green painted glass? A billboard? Sort of meaningless gesture lost somewhere to give the building a little something extra? So, what is it?
Another building straight out of Doha or Dubai. This is New York, not a nouveau riche oil country.
Ugh.
That adjacent parking lot isn’t long for this world.