At number 19 on our year-end countdown of the tallest projects underway in New York is 12 West 57th Street, a proposed 672-foot-tall residential skyscraper along Billionaires’ Row in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and developed by Stefan Soloviev of Solow Building Co., the 52-story structure will take the place of multiple former low- and mid-rise buildings between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and rise from a through lot spanning West 56th and 57th Streets.
All demolition work has finished at the site since our last update a year ago, when crews were tearing down the last sections of the steel superstructure of 6 West 57th Street at the easternmost end of the assemblage. The sidewalk shed was also removed, accentuating the wide gap in the streetscape that now spans from the Crown Building to 24 West 57th Street. The site sits leveled and devoid of activity, with blue Soloviev fence banners representing the only indication of the development to come.
12 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
12 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
The image below shows the through-lot portion of the site looking north from West 56th Street. This view frames the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street, which was built by the same developer in 1970.
12 West 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
No new renderings have been revealed for the project since 2019. These images, in the header photo and below, depict a monolithic rectangular massing with a dark glass curtain wall, as well as a mid-rise annex offset from the base of the tower clad in a contrasting envelope of white marble and metal paneling. The residential entrance will be located along West 57th Street next to a small pond with a sculpture. A two-story retail space directly to the west will be divided into spaces for multiple tenants.
12 West 57th Street. Rendering by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Rendering of 12 West 57th Street by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Rendering of 12 West 57th Street by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Rendering of 12 West 57th Street by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Rendering of 12 West 57th Street by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Below is a rendering of the annex, which will have a panhandle extension along West 56th Street. This volume will be clad in the same white paneling and floor-to-ceiling windows, and will feature several landscaped setbacks.
Rendering of 12 West 57th Street by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The nearest subways from the site are the F train at the 57th Street station along Sixth Avenue, and the N, R, and W trains to the north at the 5th Avenue–59th Street station.
A construction timeline for 12 West 57th Street has yet to be finalized.
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Soloviev and Grace (on Bryant park) are amongst my all time NY favorites. I hope this one will be an ambitious skyscraper that won’t ruin the landscape !
Although having nothing in front of Soloviev is kinda sad at the moment, so I’m happy they’ll build at that site.
Great design . After losing on casino bid jumped right into a different strategy. To be a legend he should build huge number of middle income and low income units by the UN site It is not all about profit but what one can be remembered for.at that site and on this planet.
The Solow/Soloviev 70s black obelisk design is being inflicted on us again. This is a travesty. Something original and striking belongs there, not this banal crapola. Black glass is a scourge.
What an ugliness black structure. No way, this design should be change. isn’t nothing to look at it. It’s terrible
Absolutely no reason to believe this is what’s actually getting built.
Whatever will replace the beautiful prewar buildings now destroyed, I’m not hopeful.
I love the look of the architecture.material, design.
Not fond of extremely tall bldgs, but
This looks like it will fit right into neighborhood.
SOM proves again that their acronym means Standard Of Mediocrity.
Ouch! Bruce Graham, Fazlur Rahman Khan and others from SOM’s heyday might be rolling in their graves. These rendering have been the same for well over a year so who knows if better renderings will be released. Only time will tell.
Renderings are from 2019..Nothing new since!
the prewar buildings, now destroyed…really . you thinks thats happens?
i dk why this developer has attracted enemies and why yimby allows these repetitive foreign dissention bot comments above?
anyway, this is a decent infill plan, the lower base section is well thought out. plus its good to have retail on the ground, but it should be a lot taller than what is planned.
Foreign bot comments? That is hilarious, Mr. Soloviev!
A replica of the old Merrill Lynch building on Broadway and Liberty Street lower Manhattan nothing new here just mediocrity.
This is in NO WAY THE FINAL DESIGN IN MY OPINION, IT MUST STILL BE “IN UTERO”🤔🤷♂️🧐
9 W 57 is terrible, this looks worse
When I was a kid the Solow was my favorite building. We called it the Avon building because it was the world headquarters for Avon. I hope. this new one compliments it in some way!
Isn’t this where the original Henri Bendel’s was?? Gone butnot forgotten.