I used to walk through that area quite a bit. There is nothing inspiring about it, and it needs a good shot in the arm. I agree the neighborhood needs something done that would incentivize further construction. After all, it is right on the edge of the tourist district, so there is much potential there I would guess.
I used to walk through that area quite a bit. There is nothing inspiring about it, and it needs a good shot in the arm. I agree the neighborhood needs something done that would incentivize further construction. After all, it is right on the edge of the tourist district, so there is much potential there I would guess.
It's a surprisingly boring and ugly neighborhood by NYC standards.
Do we know anything about the restaurant at the pinnacle of this building?
I just finished watching the new Gordon Ramsay documentary series on Netflix. It's about him opening up a new restaurant at the pinnacle of 22 Bishopsgate in London (~900ft tall building). Great short series btw.
At the end of the series, he teases that he's going to be traveling to NYC for his next big project. I instantly thought of 740 Eighth Ave.
Who knows, but figured it was worth mentioning here
Do we know anything about the restaurant at the pinnacle of this building?
I just finished watching the new Gordon Ramsay documentary series on Netflix. It's about him opening up a new restaurant at the pinnacle of 22 Bishopsgate in London (~900ft tall building). Great short series btw.
At the end of the series, he teases that he's going to be traveling to NYC for his next big project. I instantly thought of 740 Eighth Ave.
So many details about this building that we don't know. I feel that's the way Gary Barnett likes it, even at this point in construction. And then, boom! Everything at once.
MARCH 28, 2026
Surprisingly busy site for a Saturday. The weekends are usually dormant on most construction sites in the city.
if anybody can grab a current view i’d like to see the work going on at the top of this because the building will stop after around the 40th floor and the neck up to the observation area crown will begin and it looks like we are about at that juncture now.
Projects like this are why New York high-rise work is still interesting. This is not just a matter of stacking floors. You have Extell pushing a skyline-level statement, ODA shaping the design, SLCE carrying the architect-of-record role, WSP on structure, Ancora on foundations, and TEI handling a major elevator package, all on one of the most constrained, high-visibility sites in Midtown.
Whatever people think of the design, this is a serious coordination job. Hotel program, public observatory, entertainment component, theater-district site pressure, and a tower that has to read from both the street and the skyline. That is a very specific kind of New York project.
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