Below-grade work is progressing at 1695 Second Avenue, the site of a 23-story residential building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Alchemy-ABR with co-developer Azur, the 270-foot-tall structure will span 96,543 square feet and yield 51 rental units with an average scope of 1,842 square feet, as well as 2,507 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a cellar level. The property is located at the corner of Second Avenue and East 88th Street.
Recent photographs show the foundations approaching street level and a plethora of exposed rebar awaiting subsequent concrete pours. An excavator remains on site at the eastern corner of the property, where representatives of the project’s general contractor LBG posed for a group photo. Based on the pace of progress, the new superstructure could emerge above the sidewalk fencing sometime this winter.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The site was formerly occupied by a five-story mixed-use building, as seen in the following Google Street View image before its demolition.
1695 2nd Avenue via Google Maps
The rendering of 1695 Second Avenue in the main photo was recently posted to the construction board and depicts the northeast corner of the tower. The structure will rise from a two-story base with double-height windows framed by light gray columns and black horizontal spandrels. After setbacks at the seventh and ninth stories, the structure rises uninterrupted to the 22nd floor, where a series of stepped setbacks lead to a multifaceted pinnacle topped with a bulkhead. Some sections of these upper levels feature pocketed terraces within the uniform window grid.
A list potential amenities has yet to be disclosed. The nearest subway from the site is the Q train at the 86th Street station.
1695 Second Avenue’s anticipated completion date is slated for October 2026, as noted on site.
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Taking photos at the work site does not mean, that the construction work is finished. But what I saw more was that, the building had many beautiful angles: Thanks.
The concept of ‘charming’ as in the former 5 story building here with the cafe, seems to have vanished in much of ‘New’ Manhattan
How about some ‘affordable housing’ for people in the neighborhood . These luxury developers are knocking our buildings down block by block with no concern with people or the aesthetics of the beautiful neighborhood Yorkville once was. If they demolish a building with 30 apts, it should be a New York City law that obligates them to make that many apts to the the regular working class. Affordable and accessible. By this I mean affordable housing that isn’t just affordable for the wealthy, and requirements that disqualify a person any which way under the sun
Oh and also. The construction wall around the crane knocked out 10 parking spots on both sides of 88 th street. I guess everyone on the block is just subject to every whim of the developer, and has to tolerate all the noise to contribute to his real estate investment