Construction Update: 136 West 42nd Street
The Poon-designed 136 West 42nd Street has been topped-out for over a month, so it’s no surprise that cladding has finally begun to rise. What is unexpected is the quality of the facade – and not…
The Poon-designed 136 West 42nd Street has been topped-out for over a month, so it’s no surprise that cladding has finally begun to rise. What is unexpected is the quality of the facade – and not…
If the renderings are any guide, the Peter Poon-designed building rising at 136 West 42nd street will be aesthetically superior to the eighteen other hotels listed on the architect’s website. Commentators here and elsewhere seem…
The new Peter Poon-designed hotel at 136 West 42nd Street has topped-out at 37 stories. Construction on the 405-foot tower began in late 2012, so the building progressed at the rate of one floor per…
The Peter Poon-designed hotel at 136 West 42nd Street continues its upwards climb, and is edging towards surpassing the neighboring Bush Tower. None of the facade has been installed, but the inevitably semi-adequate glass won’t…
Construction on the new Hilton Garden Inn at 136 West 42nd is progressing rapidly, and the building is already taller than its western neighbor, the old Knickerbocker Hotel. The tower has nearly twenty floors to…