Exterior work is continuing on 126 East 57th Street, a 28-story residential tower on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architecture and developed by MRR Development, the 346-foot-tall structure will yield 147 condominium units with an average scope of 1,156 square feet, as well as 5,000 square feet of lower-level retail space. The property is located at the corner of East 56th Street and Lexington Avenue with a narrow panhandle extension to East 57th Street.
The grid of floor-to-ceiling windows has steadily filled in the large square voids across all four sides of the building since our last update in October, when the reinforced concrete superstructure had recently topped out. Nearly all of the windows now appear in place, while orange netting covers the voids that will serve as pocketed terraces until their glass railings are installed. The tower crane finished disassembly since our last update but the construction hoist remains anchored to the eastern elevation. A small amount of scaffolding is also present atop the podium at the southeastern corner.
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.
Photo by Michael Young.
The northern lot line wall is largely blank with small windows flanking the edges of each floor plate. A stack of balconies lines the cutout on the northwestern corner, and the building’s bulkhead features a grid pattern etched into its surface.
Photo by Michael Young.
Photo by Michael Young.
Residential amenities at 126 East 57th Street will include a rooftop terrace with an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness center, and a private indoor basketball court.
The development is located two blocks south of the Lexington Avenue-59th Street subway station, served by the 4, 5, 6, N, R, and W trains, with a connection to the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station to the north, served by the Q and F trains.
YIMBY anticipates 126 East 57th Street will finish construction sometime around the middle of the year.
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More brutalist than jenga.
SPOT ON!
Nice. Should be taller in that location.
Hilarous that this has a 57th street address….you can barely even see it from 57th!
‘Hilarious’ that you missed the second to last image of the building shot from 57th Street…
I wish this was both taller, more sculptural, and didn’t have a flat top. But this is still a nice project
Such a cool building and the photography here makes it look absolutely epic!
I love this building. Not a lot of doo-dads. Very calming.
This building will not be accused of not being built according to the renderings, cause it’s not leftover material with its progress: Thanks.