The 27th-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 1522 First Avenue, a 30-story medical office building in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed by Extell, the 449-foot-tall structure will yield 400,000 square feet of Class A office space, as well as retail space on the ground floor and cellar levels. The Hospital for Special Surgery will serve as the anchor tenant, occupying 200,000 square feet across the first eight stories of the building. The property is alternately addressed as 403 East 79th Street and is located between East 79th and East 80th Streets.
The façade has finished enclosing the upper levels of the northern and eastern elevations since our last update in late July, when the white paneling and grid of recessed floor-to-ceiling windows had recently reached the top of the tower and the tower crane was in the process of being dismantled. The only sections of the exterior still awaiting completion are the ground floor and the gap in the western elevation where the construction hoist remains attached.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
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 final outcome almost exactly matches the renderings, which previewed 1522 First Avenue’s use of large industrial-style windows on the southern and western sides of the multistory podium, and uniform grid of vertically oriented windows on the floors above. The ground floor is shown enclosed in dark floor-to-ceiling glass and contrasting black paneling.
1522 First Avenue. Designed by Perkins Eastman
The Hospital for Special Surgery’s new facility will feature offices and treatment rooms for musculoskeletal conditions. The building will also include space for the offices of the Department of Health, as well as room for ambulatory care and surgical facilities. The development will utilize enhanced ventilation and filtration systems.
The nearest subway from the site is the Q train at the 86th Street station, located at the corner of East 83rd Street and Second Avenue.
1422 First Avenue’s anticipated completion date is slated for the fourth quarter of 2024, as noted on site, though YIMBY expects work to fully wrap up in early 2025.
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Well, it does match the renderings which is troubling since it is not kind in looks or scale to its surrounding neighbors….
What really annoys me about this building is that Extell demolished probably close to 100 apartments, sat on it for years, and then put up a cheap commercial building once they could get a tenant. In a primarily residential area, when the entire city has a glut of commercial real estate. It is real estate speculation at its worst.
They are doing the same thing up the street on 86th.
this is a medical bldg
Its a medical office building, which is commercial.
what I meant was that the city has a lot of office space but not necessarily enough medical bldgs including hospital. NYC has one of the highest patients/nurses ratio
this piece of crap building by the worst greedy developer Gary barnett of Extell is literally on top of and wall to wall with the Landmark Church right next door.
Of course Michael Young doesn’t show a photograph of this because its such a blatant disregard for the Church and the neighborhood.
You mean the church in the first, fourth, and fifth pictures?
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You are even more blind and a bigger ignorant pice of SH*T than I imagined arnelo, aka Guesser….So what is that church-looking structure in THREE of Michael’s photos, a Wendy’s? A shopping mall? 🤦🏻♂️🙄
You’re such a disgrace and a shameful person to make such deliberate drama by saying a downright lie with your clearly false accusation.
I luv you
Will you be my friend?
AB Perry
hatred behind the keyboard
Anger management classes might help
Dude, there’s like 3 pics showing the church next door, how on earth can you not see that, especially the first photograph???
Pay attention next time arnelo before you call someone out you belligerent blind dumbf*ck!!!
I luv you
Will you be my friend?
such hatred
try Anger management classes
Arenelo, there’s the church in the first photo. How could you miss that? I doubt you did and got caught up trying to write a hateful comment
Be a man and admit you messed up big time here, or probably not because you’re too much of a coward to answer back
I luv you
Hi Sean
here’s your answer
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WRONG!!! the church is right there in the first, third and fifth photograph
Stop lying and pretending Michael didn’t capture the church Arnelo
oops
I hope this comment is a joke, because no grown adult (assuming you are mentally one) can be this oblivious to what you’re trying to accuse the staff of Yimby with. If it’s not, you’re just an unhinged little shit arnelo
Such hate behind the keyboard
I luv you
try anger management classes to let your hatred out
Michael’s a great photographer Arnelo. There’s no way he would’ve missed that, or deliberately obscured the existence of the church, since it shows up in every single update he did for this project.
So I’m honestly baffled how you can think to accuse him of doing something that’s 100 percent not true.
oops
I mean I see the church in three of Michael’s photos. Is it not there?
oops
Such an egregious lie and statement by you Arnelo. Use your brain and eyes next time and see the church in Michael’s photos.
If I were him, or the founder of YIMBY, I’d sue you for defamation and slander, and go as far as getting Extell to sue you into bankruptcy.
Never seen so many hateful comments
such hatred behind the keyboard
wow
the fact that you seem so surprised at how people’s reactions are to your comment says a lot about you immaturity, ego and ignorance
Marlon
try keying off it will relive your stress and anger
Tracy
try anger management classes it might help
You’re clearly scared and embarrassed because you know you screwed up big time, and now you’re trying to hide your mistakes by acting tough and playing the victim. Classic Karen behavior as soon as you are being called out.
Give it up Arnelo you goddamn fucking twat 🖕
Evan
Your grammar could use some work, you write like a 10 year old. Did you graduate high school?
BTW try jerking off to suppress some of the anger you have.
It always helps to clean the pipes every now and then
Evan when’s the last time you got laid?
That might help relieve your anxiety and anger
Just a helpful hint
Try the Karen woman you’re referring to she might help you with your anger, maybe a hand job is in order?
Really? My grammar is worse than yours? Give me a break Arnelo (I still know it’s you Guesser) and something else to laugh at, aside from the hole you dug yourself deeper into with the cheap shots of repetitive vulgar masturbatory comments since I last visited this web page.
Nobody should listen to a delusional, demented, and sexist pervert like you after seeing all the comments you’ve made here and in the past; it’s all just crap, crap, crap 🖕🖕🖕
Nahhh Arnelo is working for the rage bait, or he’s just a malfunctioning retrd
PXM,
It’s not polite to use the word retard or “retrd”.
Try mentally challenged.
For your case, that vulgar word is more than acceptable to use toward you as an insult. It’s not anyone’s fault that you deserve it.
Just love seeing strangers coming together here to call you out on your sexism, racism, bias toward individuals that do better than you, and uncontrollable rage bait
PXM maybe a hand job might help you out,
me luv you long time!
PXM you’re assuming i’m a man very sexist on your part
Oh gee you think? 🙄 (That’s a rhetorical question in case you don’t get it, which you probably won’t lol)
Arnelo, Do you really think that high of yourself to the point where you’re surprised people are calling you out for your bullsh1t comment and reaction, or are you doing all this for kicks? Either way, you’re still an A$$hole
Conner MG
try jerking off it will heal the pain and relive the stress and anger you have
“try anger management classes, it might help”
“I luv you, will you be my friend?”
Sounds like you’re desperate and scared by throwing weak insults to sound like a tough guy. You’re nothing more than the biggest c.unt on newyorkyimby.com
OttoFW
try jerking off its a good way to let off steam and it’s always good to clean your pipes to relive your stress and anger
So unoriginal with your copy + paste comments Arnelo. Telling people to get laid, get a hand job, and to jerk off is perverted and cringy of your batsh*t nature.
No critical thinking ever comes from you; no wonder you can’t figure out what to say anymore…
I’ll back off once I see the sh*t you say on YIMBY actually produces some credible results Hopefully, results that see you being banned from this site for being an unhinged, delusional & sociopathic motherf*cker that constantly attacks random people & the staff of YIMBY for no good reason.
OttoFW
“unhinged, delusional & sociopathic motherf*cker that constantly attacks random people & the staff of YIMBY ”
WOW ! What Anger
Dude you better get a life , instead of being a keyboard warrior and get off the internet
Wow
you really need to get a life and get off the internet once in awhile
Seems like you’re the one the needs a life, and mental help, Arnelo.
Why should someone of your juvenile and volatile mental stability deserve to talk down to OttoFW, and to the staff of YIMBY for that matter, doing the very thing that you are angrily yelling at toward people who can see the bulls*t you started? You should’ve just kept your mouth shut from and never have written that false and bias claim (Why is that such an extremely hard concept for you to grasp??).
You’ve never created a worthy conversation on YIMBY and always start a sh*tshow with everyone; I guess that’s what happens when dealing with a bratty child like yourself that never learned to grow up being told no or receiving criticism. Classic trait of a full-blown narcissist
I agree with Brian. The audacity for you Arnelo to act like you’ve said nothing wrong, while continuing your uncontrollable level of reckless slander, cyberbullying, and pursuit to insult strangers “in need of a life” while throwing in explicit sexual innuendos, is complete insanity on your part.
It’s so easy to see who’s on the right and wrong side of this sh*tstorm that you created. And it’s no longer a secret to see how terrible of a person you are for attempting to insinuate baseless claims against the YIMBY staff with no means of rational thinking and purposely misleading statements. I hope the day comes you completely lose your sh*t and can no longer contain your rage in your mind and heart before they give out…for good.
Brian Watson,
I’m so glad you’re a trained psychologist who can diagnose people on a message board while sitting behind your keyboard
Random question, why do those mid century red brick buildings (such as the one in the first photo) have brickwork that is so much cheaper looking than even slightly prewar buildings?
because ppl care more and more about efficiency while prewar bldgs tended to spend $$$ for “unnecessary” details such as some statues or entrance ornaments/sculpture etc. Sad. We can no longer build those. Just look at sculpture/statues in Europe
Midcentury architecture really emphasized on functionality more than how pretty a building looks. Think of One Penn Plaza for example
This one went up quite fast. Still remember it being a large hole in the ground when they were excavating and doing the foundations
The church dates from 1906 and seems to be the formulaic iron “marble” columns and plaster “stone” vaulting—a very common design. The facade is brick with terra cotta gothic “carvings.” I am not certain this merits landmark status.
The white medical building might be improved with a large nurse’s cap on the roof.
It’s a beautiful church – doors (in daytime) are usually open to show the gorgeous interior (visible from sidewalk as you pass by). Also, the church added (a couple of years back) very good exterior lighting that makes it the highlight (IMO) of the block at night. (Colors change – tastefully – for various holidays, etc.) I don’t see it as in any way formulaic – that’s like saying Marilyn Monroe was formulaic, because she had eyes and a nose. Also, it does double duty (triple?) having absorbed two different neighborhood churches that were raised for development purposes – so, it’s all the more important (and notable/un-formulaic) in that regard.
“Let all shams be spurned and such materials be openly used as there is money to pay for. Honest stone columns were considered sufficient by the greatest ecclesiastics and church builders the world has known; and they are sufficient, when properly treated, for the grandest church we can conceive now; and they cost little if anything more than the modern abortions of wooden posts or iron columns, cased with imitation marbles, and finished with poverty-stricken, cast stucco capitals and bases…It must be acknowledged that the stone vaults of the great medieval churches are, in some respects, their most characteristic and impressive features. It seems little short of a crime to parody such noble works of Catholic inspiration, in miserable, inch-thick plaster.” — G. A. Audsley 1903
There’s no need to enlarge your phone’s screen before taking a photo, the large industrial-style windows allow for full viewing: Thanks.