Renderings have been released for 515 Seventh Avenue, a 38-story office skyscraper in the Garment District of Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Blenheim Realty, the structure is expected to span nearly 355,000 square feet and rise from a 19,750-square-foot plot at the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 38th Street. The project recently gained City Council approval.
The above rendering showcases the main western elevation. The building begins with a tall podium standing the same height as its adjacent neighbor to the west. After a setback topped with a landscaped terrace, the tower rises uninterrupted to a flat roof. The façade is shown composed of a glass curtain wall framed by a grid of protruding gold-hued brick in a tiled pattern that tightens as the building rises, creating a greater sense of verticality.
The below image looks up at the wide northern elevation along West 38th Street, showing the stepped setbacks on the podium levels, as well as an additional setback higher up on the eastern face. This rendering also offers a closer look at the geometry of its elaborate brick façade grid, which incorporates interstitial spandrels. The staggered arrangement of the fenestration is a subtle nod to the Garment District and the interwoven structure of fabrics.
515 7th Avenue. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Rendering by ATCHAIN.
Another rendering depicts an aerial perspective of 515 Seventh Avenue against the Midtown skyline. An exact height was not specified, but it appears to hover around 600 feet tall.
515 7th Avenue. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Rendering by ATCHAIN.
The below rendering offers a street-level perspective of the western elevation facing Seventh Avenue.
515 7th Avenue. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Rendering by ATCHAIN.
Finally, an interior rendering shows the main lobby to the skyscraper with the brickwork seamlessly flowing into the ground-floor space.
515 7th Avenue. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Rendering by ATCHAIN.
The site is currently home to a four-story commercial building topped with rooftop parking spaces, as seen in the below Google Street View image.
515 Seventh Avenue. Image: Google
The development site is a short walk from the Times Square–42nd Street station to the north, served by the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, and Shuttle to Grand Central, with additional underground connection to the 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station the west, and the 42nd Street–Bryant Park station to the east.
A construction timeline for 515 Seventh Avenue has yet to be announced.
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A major plus compared to the existing building-neighborhood coming along
“The staggered arraignment of the fenestration is a subtle nod to the Garmet District and the interwoven structure of fabrics”..wow, now that’s a press release if there ever was one..
WoOoOW!! I cant believe they would do that!! Im so angry!
Real nice
Stunning building and well proportioned at street level and within the skyline. Love it.
I agree and love the color of the brickwork between the glass along the skyline.
This is excellent.
Beautiful new build replacing something lousy and underutilized. Hopefully will spur renovation of some of the gems nearby.
Great design. Should be resi, zero need for more office right there when the Times Square towers are basically empty.
Always a need for new, first-class office space.
Class A office space is flying off the shelves im afraid and nobody wants to live in Times Square
It’s a basic infill glass box with some extra deep window frames here and there. It’s better than bad. It is surprising that new office space keeps getting built.
I’m surprised offices on 38th and 7th are being built, but the office market for new construction is quite healthy right now
I love the proportion with the double floor height windows. Make the building less messy looking. Beautiful colors!
That looks good on the skyline and has a nice textural pattern to the facade. Can’t wait to see that old short structure torn down!
The narrow piles of golden brick is a bit surprising.
I always hated the two northern corners of 56th & Lex because the buildings were little and crummy, and I’ve been waiting 50 years for them to be torn down. But now that they’ve been replaced (almost), the corner is boring. Everything reads the same. Diversity of building sizes on the street makes the streetscape interesting. We’re losing that on every avenue.
Ug more office buildings?
The existing building housed Dubrows, a favorite eatery of audiences at tge Metropolitan Opera house across the street.
every time i go by this i think when am i going to read this site is getting redeveloped and at long last here we are.