The 21st-tallest building on YIMBY’s year-end construction countdown is the Xadia Hotel, a 475-foot-tall hotel tower at 58 West 39th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Marin Architects and developed by Wei Hong Hu under the H Hotel LLC, the 42-story structure will yield 173 guest rooms and amenities including a restaurant, an arcade, and a rooftop bar. The project is located on a narrow interior plot between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, one block south of Bryant Park.
Installation of the glass façade has begun on the lower levels since our last update in October, when the reinforced concrete superstructure had just finished topping out. Recent photos show the system of floor-to-ceiling windows, ventilation grilles, and thin metal spandrels beginning to cover the eastern edge of the main northern elevation, while the bulk of the tower above the dramatic cantilever remains exposed. Work has yet to commence on the steel framework for the crown, which the rendering shows extending above the currently built levels to enclose the concrete bulkhead.
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 underside of the cantilever features two parallel columns oriented at an angle for increased rigidity. As depicted in the main rendering, this surface and the adjacent western wall below will be clad in gray paneling, similar in style to the cantilever of the Central Park Tower.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The following renderings of 58 West 39th Street preview its reflective glass exterior and multifaceted crown from multiple street-level and aerial perspectives, as well as the look of its interiors including the lobby and hotel bedroom and bathrooms.
The northern elevation of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
The northern elevation of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
The western elevation of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
The southwestern corner of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
Looking up the northern elevation of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
Looking south at Xadia Hotel (right). Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
The crown of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
The entrance of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
The entrance of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
The lobby of Xadia Hotel. Rendering courtesy of Marin Architects
Rendering by DHT Design.
Rendering by DHT Design.
Rendering by DHT Design.
Rendering by DHT Design.
The nearest subways from the site are the B, D, F, M, and 7 trains at the 42nd Street-Bryant Park station to the north.
58 West 39th Street is scheduled to complete construction around mid-2025.
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Forgive them father, for they know not what they do
Amen.
Thank you! My thought exactly.
They know exactly what they do.
I do have what I’d call righteous anger towards this thing.
This looks like something made with missing pieces of Lego by a child.
The glass looks value-engineered (i.e., cheap). I love the interior renders, though.
Another episode of
“Just because you can,
doesn’t mean you should.”
WHY?
Horrid. But in all fairness not THAT MUCH MORE horrid than a lot of the setback econoboxes that have risen in the last 10-20 years. This would be a solid 3 without the stupid cantilever. With the stupid cantilever it’s a solid 2. A solid number 2.
The ‘drama’ of the superstructure is muted by the facade.. unfortunate.
I’m exhausted with getting lost in forests of international style boxes. At last, something unusual, a true landmark. Complain all you like, tourists will point and take pictures. I’m for ANYTHING besides soulless SOM boxes.
What a sad reason to tale a photo of a building. “Look at that bizarre ugly building kids! Take a picture of how awkward and stupid it looks! Yeah!”
Can anything be done to ban the proliferation of these cantilevered buildings?? Seriously.
An absolute travesty in every way imaginable. Shameful developing, shameful architecture, but most of all shameful city planning
What city planning. The nutball zoning formula that allows such an abomination to take form has absolutely nothing to do with planning the city beautiful.
I get that engineering wise, the darn thing is safe. Still you couldn’t pay me to sleep there, let alone get me to pay for it. Just looking at it makes my stomach churn.
Insane air right regulations are causing ludicrous building design.
When this falls down in the next unexpected earthquake or hurricane, they will say “Who could have known?”.
YIKES!…. Seriously? Understandably, Change and Innovation is constant and often controversial but nevertheless happens as part of life and evolution. However, NYC continues to find more ways to ruin Its formerly epic skyline. In the words of an old saying…. ‘ Just because We can, doesn’t mean that We should. ’
Looks like the perfect setting for a DISASTER MOVIE ala Irwin Allen, with a large cast of
“stars” in supporting roles… ie. Earthquake, Poseidon Adventure or Towering Inferno!
Imagine all the drama, and intrigue, as this building starts collapsing into the neighboring streets below during a Christmas dinner?
This is just perfect for streaming on Net Flix or Apple!
I’ve got my popcorn ready!
This is art and should be appreciated just so, which is in the eye of the beholder.
These very naysayers of this design have no problem waxing eloquently about a splash of paint onto a canvas, yet feel the need to prove their superiority by trashing this very unique structure. Hypocrites.
I acually like it very cool project.