Exterior work is progressing on 200 West 88th Street, an 18-story residential tower on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects and developed by Nortco Development, the 215-foot-tall structure will span 114,000 square feet and yield 36 condominium units in three- to five-bedroom layouts. The project will also contain ground-floor retail space and enclosed parking spaces on the second level. The property is alternately addressed as 568-574 Amsterdam Avenue and located at the southwest corner of West 88th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
The façade of tan brick and gray stone has continued to rise up the reinforced concrete superstructure since our last update in early June, when progress was hovering just below the midpoint. Additional windows have also been installed in the voids, including the curved bay windows on the sides of the fenestration. Scaffolding and netting remain shrouding the upper levels where crews are still working on the inner layers of the walls.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The first two levels remain exposed behind the sidewalk shed.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
200 West 88th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The following renderings preview the street frontage and motor courtyard, the entry to which is depicted crowned with a row of blue glazed bricks. New tree-lined sidewalks with garden beds will sit in front of the property.
200 West 88th Street. Rendering courtesy of Alden Studios.
The motor courtyard at 200 West 88th Street. Rendering courtesy of Alden Studios.
The upper levels will feature numerous terraces atop the building’s stepped setbacks, and the tower will culminate in a bulkhead with ornamental appointments that will be illuminated at night.
The upper levels and crown of 200 West 88th Street. Rendering courtesy of Alden Studios.
The property was formerly occupied by a series of low-rise structures. Nortco Development purchased the four abutting lots in 2018 for $46 million, and demolition permits were first filed in the summer of 2024.
The former Mermaid Inn and several abutting low-rise structures before demolition for 200 West 88th Street. Image via Google Maps.
Residential amenities will include bicycle storage, a fitness room, a yoga studio, and a music room. Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing will be handling sales and marketing for the homes, which will come in half- and full-floor layouts.
The nearest subway from the development is the 1 train at the 86th Street station to the west along Broadway.
200 West 88th Street is slated to become the first all-electric residential building by Robert A. M. Stern Architects in New York City. Completion is expected in spring 2027, as noted on site.
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Another bland limestone infill. Why can’t they design more modern glass curtain wall buildings instead of these lazy stone and brick buildings?
Hand-laid bricks, carved stonework, and elegant proportions are bland and lazy?!?! That better be rage bait and not a real opinion because that shows we failed as a human society.
I bet you are one of those people that like Cybertrucks and would demolish a Victorian house to replace it with a tacky McMansion with no soul.
Agree with Kevin….this is one of the finer RAMSA buildings and, for Amsterdam Avenue, it sets a new standard. The variety of materials and details speaks to the historic architecture of the neighborhood and the mix of shapes and forms is modern. Waiting for the floor plans to be revealed. It is most appropriate for the Upper West Side.
Brickwork is lazier than a glass box? That better be a joke, albeit a distasteful one. Otherwise, the world has gone completely beserk.
Cheesemaster200, you are part of a community of soulless people who cannot see beauty in anything but the things you frame within your very narrow vision.
I certainly hope this is made in sarcasm and if so, it should have been followed by /s.
You’d love living in downtown Long Island City, Cheesemaster200. Nothing but monotonous glass boxes and perfect reflections to show how ugly you are.
What an ignorant cunt you are, Cheesemaster200.
Y’all falling for the most obvious rage bait in the world…
Oh Jon you sound so innocent. There are individuals like him that really believe that sentiment as much as people think Trump is making America great again.
Will be nice to see the arched windows get installed soon. Lovely shots Michael!
Because this “ain’t” an office building but an ultra luxury hi-rise apartment building in a residentially zoned area. I was 16-years old when the PanAm building opened; that’s MetLife to you. It destroyed the open big sky view of Park Ave and destroyed one’s ability to “breathe”; i.e., not the air, but a release from the pressure of skyscrapers that one feels in the “canyons” below Wall St. How remarkable it is that the City in 1811 (New York County (Manhattan) and an annexed area in the Bronx, which didn’t become a county until 1914) had the foresight to create the grid pattern and open view from Houston St. north. Although destroyed with the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 9th Ave Els during the late 19th Century until they were taken down in the 20th (even I remember when the 3d Ave El came down in ’55), each avenue came back to life once the Els were gone, until the PanAm building opened to close off the view of Park.
Great improvement and addition to the neighborhood!! Don’t know what cheesemaster200 is talking about though.
Come on, I assume cheesemaster is being facetious
Nothing sounds humorous or remotely witty about what he said.
Only a true cheesemaster would be facetious.
Sounded very incel of him
It’s obviously satire and made a total fool out of all those who were enraged.
Maybe so, but making brainless remarks like what cheesemaster said, and people like you siding with his ragebaiting, perfectly embodies the enablement of men provoking others with a lack of accountability, and giving men a pass to make desperate attempts to feel the slightest sense of validation for being a life failure. It’s no different than the way rapists like Andrew Tate, the Cornell 7, and Trump act and talk to people they’ve taken advantage of. Next time, don’t take sides with a cunt.
Cheesmaster200 has a humiliation kink.
Plain and simple
TRES ELEGANT!
Still somewhat under wraps but based upon the rendering and the rather excellent photography of Mike Young and my own personal and slightly professional standing in the community that we all call architectural criticism and just plain criticism, both good and bad, of many items in my realm of influence I can question the architectural stability of a structure that tucks in here and hangs out there and wow what if there is a loose brick but like many Manhattan structures that may not be a problem with the sidewalk bridging surrounding the building for virtually forever whether it be summer or winter and regarding winter I wonder if they will put in heated sidewalks to melt the snow because the salt that is used in NYC is quite corrosive but anyway the parking on the second floor is quite unique for NYC though it does appear in other cities and even in some books and movies, not Tolstoy or anything high brow like that but things that are actually popular but back to architectural stability I wonder why they hired violinist Isaac Stern to design a building especially a big building on the quite crowded west side but at least there should be parking for residents but hopefully they will leave some open spaces for guests so they don’t have to cruise around when they come down from westchester or the hamptons – east or west – whichever is more in fashion right now.
We need more of these on the UWS.
Bring some to Hell’s Kitchen and the Lower East Side too for that matter! They could use some love.
No. This is not appropriate for Hell’s Kitchen or the Lower East Side. It’s being built where it is contextual. And yes, we need more of these on the UWS.