505 West 37th Street & 455 West 37th Street @ Tenth Avenue - by Handel Architects

**sfenn1117** · August 2nd, 2007, 01:08 AM

This development has been hinted at for a while and is certainly a big one, well over a thousand units.

505 WEST 37TH STREET
Location: 505 West 37th Street
Developer: Rockrose Development
Architect: Handel Architects
Size: 860,000 sq. ft.
Completion (est.): 2009

http://www.archpaper.com/features/2007_13_grid.htm

I wish those thumbnails could be viewed larger. Here's the building permits:

453 west 37th
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...28&requestid=1

505 west 37th
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...03&requestid=1

**antinimby** · August 2nd, 2007, 10:14 PM

How 'bout that? A residential proposed in this city that actually looks promising (although I'm not too fond of what appears to be a plaza in the middle there).

Naturally, the permits would be disapproved.

Anyway, I decided to magnify the thumbnail a little...

**NoyokA** · August 3rd, 2007, 04:20 PM

Im not as excited about this project.

It looks like his Millennium Place in Boston.

**infoshare** · August 4th, 2007, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by antinimby

Anyway, I decided to magnify the thumbnail a little...

Thanks: even if it is a bit blurry it's an improvement over the standard (postage stamp) thumbnail image.

**BrooklynRider** · August 11th, 2007, 09:34 AM

What park is that to the left? A new public space?

**Derek2k3** · August 11th, 2007, 06:55 PM

It's that new mid block boulevard, park and garage. Didn't realize this development consisted of 3 towers until now. The sites are all well excavated.

**antinimby** · August 15th, 2007, 04:11 AM

Here you go infoshare. No more eye strain.

View of the entire site looking north/northeast

Site 'A' (453 W. 37 St.)

CLIENT: Rockrose Development
FACILITY: Residential, Retail, Parking
SIZE: 1.1 Million SF (Total)
STATUS: Site A: Under Construction, Site B: Design Development

Situated between 37th and 38th Streets along Tenth Avenue in the new Hudson Yards District, the West 37th Street sites provide residential, retail, and parking uses to this quickly growing neighborhood.

Site A, at 453 W. 37th Street, which just began construction, will total 335,385 square feet and feature rental units ranging from 400 to 1400 square feet. Across the street from Mikhail Baryshnikov’s new arts center, the project rises 25 floors with approximately 400 units, 80 of which will be low income units. In this strategically zoned residential portion of the West Side City Planning initiative, W. 37th Street recaptures the grandeur of New York's great boulevards with the Tenth Avenue facade rising to a uniform height of 100 feet. The 37th Street facade is 147-feet and 38th Street rises to 122 feet.

Amenities include a fitness center, laundry, valet, a public rooftop garden, as well as ample storage space - including approximately 150 automobiles and bicycles. Its exterior is sensitively composed of brick, metal panel, and glass, carefully yet modernly echoing its 100-year-old neighborhood fabric.

Across Tenth Avenue at 505 W. 37th Street, Site B will total 860,000 square feet and feature two towers: the East Tower is 43 stories tall with 463 rental residential units and the West Tower is 34 stories with 373 units. The ground floor has gardens, 22,000 square feet of retail space, and a 14,000 square foot residential lobby and amenity space. The Residents’ Club includes a gym, club rooms with access to the garden, and second floor terraces. It is organized around a grand stair (and dedicated elevator) connecting the three amenity levels. The West Tower roof will a club room and landscaped roof terrace. The project will also include two levels of below grade parking.

Above images and project information taken from Handel Architects' website.

**sfenn1117** · August 15th, 2007, 04:31 PM

Boring!

**antinimby** · August 15th, 2007, 07:15 PM

But...but...it's beautiful. In fact, they're all beautiful!

We don't want anyone here to accuse us of being NIMBYs, right?

**lofter1** · August 15th, 2007, 08:19 PM

That design ^^^ is somewhat reminiscent of the Archstone Clinton (formerly Mosaic, formerly Clinton Green) - Hell's Kitchen

Pics HERE

**Derek2k3** · August 15th, 2007, 08:39 PM

Reminds me of a couple of our new ho-hum buildings.

The east site already has its foundation dug.

**scumonkey** · November 1st, 2007, 06:20 PM

Today 11/01/07
east site crane

SW corner

NE view

West Site: center of the block looking west (through a tight hole in the wall)

**sfenn1117** · November 1st, 2007, 07:41 PM

Thanks for the update!

**econ_tim** · December 2nd, 2007, 01:55 AM

site a:

**antinimby** · December 3rd, 2007, 04:52 AM

This building's construction really impresses me a lot. Look how much more thicker the floorplates are compared to most other constructions around the city.

Compare that with the paper-thin plates over at River Place II for example:

Even the columns look more robust and thicker than most elsewhere.