Next up on our Turkey Week countdown of stalled projects in New York City is 41-47 West 57th Street, a proposed 1,100-foot mixed-use supertall skyscraper on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by OMA and developed by Sedesco, the 63-story structure is slated to yield 119 condominium units with an average scope of 1,992 square feet, as well as a 158-room hotel spanning 205,100 square feet from floors two through 20, and a 10,212-square-foot restaurant. The property is situated an interior plot between Fifth and Sixth Avenues with frontage on both West 57th and West 58th Streets.
No progress has occurred at the site since our last update in December 2022. Demolition concluded on the three low-rise former occupants of the parcel in 2021, and recent photos show the plot cleared and overgrown with weeds among some light masonry rubble. Crews were in the process of replacing a section of the wooden sidewalk fencing during our visit, but no hints of impending work were otherwise noted.
41-47 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The rendering in the main photo depicts 41-47 West 57th Street from the northeast, showcasing its position among the line of supertalls on Billionaires’ Row. The skyscraper’s northern elevation features a straight, gradual taper from its base to its flat parapet, creating a complementary impression to the curving setbacks on the southern face of its adjacent supertall neighbor at 111 West 57th Street. The tower is shown enclosed in a glass curtain wall on its Central Park-facing northern profile, while the eastern side is composed of concrete with a recessed glass cutout at its center that follows the building’s angular form to a sharp point just below its summit.
If built as proposed, 41-47 West 57th Street would stand as the fourth-tallest skyscraper on 57th Street after the Central Park Tower, 111 West 57th Street, and 432 Park Avenue.
Under the Zoning For Accessibility program, Sedesco would build two new ADA-accessible elevators to the nearby 57th Street subway station along Sixth Avenue in exchange for a 20-percent increase in the scope of the building. For 41-47 West 57th Street, this equates to 53,029 additional square feet. One elevator would be located at the southwestern corner of West 56th Street and Sixth Avenue, and the second would connect the underground mezzanine to the platform. The allowance was approved by the City Planning Commission on December 1, 2021.
The location of 41-47 West 57th Street and the 57th Street subway stop.
Below is a street-level rendering of the proposed transit accessibility improvements at the corner of West 56th Street and Sixth Avenue. The public initiative will also include the construction of an elevator machine room, new communications equipment, a reconfiguration of the turnstiles to accommodate the second elevator below street level, and $9.83 million to cover future maintenance costs.
Rendering by Sedesco.
Construction on 41 West 57th Street is planned to occur in single phase over a period of roughly 45 to 48 months, though it remains to be seen if and when construction will get underway.
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What are the reasons these projects are stalled?
What are the cumulative impact of shadows on Central Park? Environmental impact statement for this project?
Maybe skyscrapers should be built on the north end of the park rather than the south so as not to cast shadows on the park.
What about stalled Times Square Theater project on 42 St? Is it true that this property is owned by NY city and state?
Maybes the developing peoples runded out of the money to make the place?
Oh, this won’t ruin the fun in Central Park. How many studies have to be done before everyone is happy? This is bureaucracy in NYC. JUST BUILD IT ALREADY!
NY is such a great ‘skyscraper’ city, cause these buildings look like they belong here..except for ‘billionaires row’, 57th street, where the few widely spaced, skinny supertalls stick out like a sore thumb. Maybe it would seem counter intuitive, but a few more supertalls on 57th might improve the look..
This whole “shadows on the park” argument is bogus. Shadows move all day—ever seen a sundial?—due to the earth’s rotation. And shadows move seasonally as well, due to the earth’s tilt on its axis. And we’re talking about shade—it’s still daylight, not some sort of manmade eclipse. Just absurd.