NEW YORK | 55 Hudson Yards | 780 FT | 51 FLOORS

[McSky]

Seeing the views out of those windows towards the Hudson makes me imagine that with the unbelievable amount of construction planned for the west side, it's only a matter of time before a new park is built on landfill in the river. Or, rather, a series of parks going out 500-600 feet, interrupted where necessary for docks and marinas. So "park views" will probably be part of the description for a much greater swath of real estate in the future.

The construction of extensive parkland in the Hudson would also provide a chance to fortify Manhattan's west coast against high water.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by McSky

Seeing the views out of those windows towards the Hudson makes me imagine that with the unbelievable amount of construction planned for the west side, it's only a matter of time before a new park is built on landfill in the river. Or, rather, a series of parks going out 500-600 feet, interrupted where necessary for docks and marinas. So "park views" will probably be part of the description for a much greater swath of real estate in the future.

The construction of extensive parkland in the Hudson would also provide a chance to fortify Manhattan's west coast against high water.

One word. "Westway". You're talking about the mother of all development battles.

[skunkachunks]

This kind of seems like the 4WTC of HY for me. One of the shorter buildings, but still standing out despite being so restrained. Its simple features make it so much more distinct without making it tacky.

[NYguy]

It's distinctive enough to stand on its own, not for its height, but as a new office tower in a new business district. I think I like the more distinctive top of an earlier version, but this fills the job.


Drone views...
http://www.skycamusa.com/hudson_yards_360_pano/aerial_virtual_tour_360_panorama.html

[amor de cosmos]

some more pics

Fifty Five Hudson Yards, New York, United States

Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group unveil latest addition to Hudson Yards

5,000 residential units, 14 acres of public space, 100 shops, 20 restaurants, 5 office towers, a 75-seat public school and a ‘world class’ cultural centre. This is the promise of Hudson Yards, a 28-acre private real estate development in New York by Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group.

The partnership has now unveiled the latest addition to its glittering new development: a 51-storey commercial tower designed by A. Eugene Kohn of Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kevin Roche. KPF served as the design architect for the tower.

In a press release from Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group, the façade design is said to have been inspired by ‘the revitalised High Line district, the manufactured cast iron façade of SoHo commercial buildings and the best of early modernism’.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=24392

[Skyguy_7]

"75-seat public school" ...Is that a typo?

[Rbsanford]

When were those renders rendered? I still see the crane and construction lift on 1 WTC. Other than that it looks amazing!

[McSky]

Originally Posted by NYguy

One word. "Westway". You're talking about the mother of all development battles.

It will happen, though. Despite the crustaceans or whatnot that might be inconvenienced.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by McSky

It will happen, though. Despite the crustaceans or whatnot that might be inconvenienced.

That won't happen. Hudson River Park, and everything centered around it (it's still evolving) is as close as you will get.

[vkristof]

Originally Posted by NYguy

That won't happen. Hudson River Park, and everything centered around it (it's still evolving) is as close as you will get.

Yeah, I also doubt we'll have any significant landfilling of the Hudson River in this area in the foreseeable future. The Hudson Yards/LIRR WSSY DOES need flood protection improvements since that was the path for the Hudson River flooding the Penn Station Hudson River tunnels

However, the NYC Seaport City proposal to landfill on the East River in Lower Manhattan for "self-financing" flood protection/RE development MIGHT happen..


NYC EDC via www.yimbynews.com

[NYguy]

^ I'd still call that a longshot.


Old and New...I think the newer version is better here.



http://www.hudsonyardsnewyork.com/the-story/gallery

[ILNY]

[RobEss]

Originally Posted by ILNY

I've walked past this site several times and always take notice of the brickwork - the lay seems to end rather shoddily into the flowerbeds and doesn't look very professional at all. Is there anyone with experience regarding brickwork that could explain this?

[Yo Na]

I had high hopes for "Hudson Boulevard" what I see is disappointing both in the landscaping and finishes.

It feels like there were too many voices in one room and the result is a incoherent mix of aesthetics and design.

Notice the lack of consistency with regard to the traditional and modern. The lampposts are of a traditional ornamental style [Much like the feel of West Street nearby], while the benches and furnishings take on a sleek and modern design. There are ways to blend old and new into a design or master plan, this is not an example of such work, this looks haphazard and sloppy.

Regarding the overall landscape design I feel there was a missed opportunity for a grand boulevard scheme. I am referring to the decision to go the route of a more abstract design with organic shapes and patterns to the layout. It seems to me that one loses the sense of ones presence in a grand space, one that extends beyond the park/landscaped sections that one is in. There is nothing drawing your eyes North and South, there is no opportunity to take advantage of this unique space. Rather, it feels like a bunch of adjacent smaller sectioned spaces.

Curious what others think...

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Yo Na

I had high hopes for "Hudson Boulevard" what I see is disappointing both in the landscaping and finishes.

Well, I would say don't throw your eggs out before they're cooked. There is hardly enough of this grand blvd and park visible to pass such a judgment.

I think it will be quite nice when completed, a welcome respite from the towering monsters overhead. But we have years to go before we reach that point.

Meanwhile, station opening has been pushed back to next year, not that any tenants will be dropping in before then...



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/nyregion/mta-says-transit-plans-are-facing-new-delays.html

Elevator troubles and other problems have also slowed construction at the new subway station at 34th Street and 11th Avenue, which is the linchpin of the planned extension of the No. 7 train to the Far West Side of Manhattan.

That project, which had been scheduled to open by the end of this year, will not be completed before February 2015, even on a newly accelerated timeline, an engineering consultant, Darlene Rivera, told board members. If contractors cannot meet the new timeline, the project could drag on until spring 2015.

[vkristof]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Well, I would say don't throw your eggs out before they're cooked. There is hardly enough of this grand blvd and park visible to pass such a judgment.

I think it will be quite nice when completed, a welcome respite from the towering monsters overhead. But we have years to go before we reach that point.

Meanwhile, station opening has been pushed back to next year, not that any tenants will be dropping in before then...



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/nyregion/mta-says-transit-plans-are-facing-new-delays.html

Yeah...MTA Capital Construction has a recent history of slippage after slippage on their various projects. NEARBY tenants, for example, Related/Abington Abington House (SW corner of 10th & 30th) residents might want to use the Real-Soon-Now #7 34th street station...

[NYguy]

http://commercialobserver.com/2014/06/inside-the-10th-floor-of-55-hudson-yards/

Inside the 10th Floor of 55 Hudson Yards





By Tobias Salinger
6/26/16

The Related Companies’ 55 Hudson Yards, a 51-story, 1.4 million-square-foot office tower rising from 11th Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets, will offer a terrace overlooking the adjacent Hudson River Park and its surroundings to whoever snaps up the 28,000-square-foot 10th floor.

Related and its partner, Oxford Properties Group, tapped master architects Eugene Kohn, of Kohn Pederson Fox, and Kevin Roche, of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, to design the tower, slated to be standing by the end of 2017; and the two veterans arranged it with a 10-floor base that opens into a prime tier where the building sets back. “We think it’s a spectacular floor,” said Andrew Cantor, a Related vice president who is on the firm’s Hudson Yards team. “We would expect a larger user might want to take it as part of a bigger occupation.”

The outdoor wooden deck on the floor’s terrace will wrap all the way around the building, giving tenants 5,000 square feet for installing green features however they want. “Because we have extra volume in the slats, you can actually fit trees into the space instead of putting them in planters,” said Mr. Cantor. “It’s your private park in the sky.”

Once completed, the building will sit adjacent to the new 7 train subway station, the extension of the High Line and Hudson River Park, which snakes up Manhattan’s West Side. “The front door opens literally into the park,” Mr. Cantor says. “We’re racking our brains trying to think of another building that has that.”

The 12-foot ceilings have no corner columns, allowing natural light to seep in throughout the space through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. It’s an arrangement that can fit creative companies, law firms and finance tenants and make for possible conference rooms and executive offices that “will feel really open-air,” Mr. Cantor noted.

Mr. Cantor said Related is seeking “market rents” for the space but declined to give specific figures. Earlier this year, fashion retailer Coach purchased an office condo at another upcoming building nearby, 10 Hudson Yards, for a reported $70 per square foot.

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[NYC2ATX]

What I see of the new park already, I really like actually! The renderings were gorgeous but I wondered how "New York" the finished product would wind up being...compared to the old glory of Central Park, Prospect Park, and the numerous older squares of Manhattan, our newer parks, though beautiful, often appear to follow a very modern and different design dialogue. This seems to marry them both, the overall planning style of the newer parks and the details and touches of the older parks. I think this will grow to be as beloved by New Yorkers as all the greenspaces we already have and adore.

[NYguy]

This tower has grown on me. It's not my favorite in the city, but I like it. I want more cubed openings in the façade though.

[NYguy]

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