# NEW YORK | 145-155 E .42nd ST | 1152 FT? | FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [March 10, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332 "2025-03-10T23:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/1 "2025-03-10T23:42:41Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/5/e56247a88ec6d04d97f33a41c7b066b060ac9111.jpeg) This conceptual image shows the largest tower that could replace the Chrysler Trylons. „ His options are open depending on market demand. The new building could be as relatively small as 100,000 square feet, for which he’d ask $10 million in annual rent on a triple-net-lease basis (tenant pays rent, utilities and operating/maintenance costs). He said an office or hotel tower, or a project combining uses, could be as large as 600,000 square feet and rise “up to the level of the Chrysler gargoyles” at the tower’s 52nd floor.“ > **[Aby Rosen has big plans for Trylons after boot from Chrysler Building](https://nypost.com/2025/03/10/business/aby-rosen-has-big-plans-for-trylons-after-boot-from-chrysler-building-2/)** > > Aby Rosen is done with the Chrysler Building, but not with its little sister — the triangular-topped Trylons next door at 145-155 E. 42nd Street. Rosen’s RFR owns the now-vacant property outr… ---
**Author:** ![s2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/s2000/32/176736_2.png) [@s2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/s2000)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/2 "2025-03-11T00:25:29Z")
Rosen’s son goes around the city saying slurs to black people, he’s a class act. ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/4 "2025-03-11T00:33:31Z")
build a twin ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/5/759528aaa23345bb6b791e57f6a7f73abddb3098.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/5 "2025-03-11T01:40:22Z")
I don’t think “twins” is a possibility here, unless you mean it in a cinematic sense. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/f/afab2a07ed8e321f1c6004f57e06d6f5c41a627d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/6 "2025-05-02T18:26:15Z")
A other vision ![155_East_42_HERO](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/4/547b41752c0ec6e6efdb08c24eb84b4d99f33764.jpeg) > **[HOME | 155E42](https://www.155e42.com/)** > > A Unique 100,000 SF Opportunity For Visionary Development. 155E42 by RFR. and: ![175418175.emfH3UM5.d11](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/e/ae3e5e668d1b723f0d19c5f270a58dade57230e4.jpeg) ![175418164.FB0TzRG8.d1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/3/83c7cb9a5739f583da58ba1f0227637f4f8d72dc.jpeg) ![175418167.SJZlUnXi.d4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/0/80ed21f65af0538054255951d1a9cc98cf5139a5.jpeg) ![175418168.Xaw49DYs.d5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/8/68f2476fe68041d56ed5bb083a78c338e01678d9.jpeg) [NYguy](https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10420683&postcount=13) ---
**Author:** ![ophizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@ophizer](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ophizer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/7 "2025-05-02T18:59:41Z")
is there nothing sacred anymore in this city? ---
**Author:** ![yesinmybackyard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yesinmybackyard](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/yesinmybackyard)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/9 "2025-05-03T05:38:24Z")
there’s only one thing sacred in new york, same as it ever was: money, baby ---
**Author:** ![Dior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/dior/32/164097_2.png) [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/10 "2025-05-03T15:08:59Z")
hellllll no. im all pro development but there’s gotta be a line drawn ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/11 "2025-05-03T22:35:19Z")
No, there doesn’t ---
**Author:** ![NeverForgiveAction](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/neverforgiveaction/32/181835_2.png) [@NeverForgiveAction](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NeverForgiveAction)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/13 "2026-05-05T22:52:17Z")
Something no more than ~300 feet seems ideal here to preserve views of Chrysler from the east. A new structure topping out at or near the second setback of Chrysler at the 23rd floor would leave the entirety of the main shaft visible from all the best perspectives. ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/14 "2026-05-05T21:53:36Z")
> **[Aby Rosen has big plans for Trylons after boot from Chrysler Building](https://nypost.com/2025/03/10/business/aby-rosen-has-big-plans-for-trylons-after-boot-from-chrysler-building-2/)** > > Aby Rosen is done with the Chrysler Building, but not with its little sister — the triangular-topped Trylons next door at 145-155 E. 42nd Street. Rosen’s RFR owns the now-vacant property outr… [https://www.pincusco.com/rfr-files-to-demolish-retail-next-to-chrysler-building-to-make-way-for-new-development/](https://www.pincusco.com/rfr-files-to-demolish-retail-next-to-chrysler-building-to-make-way-for-new-development/) ---
**Author:** ![Whathewhy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/whathewhy/32/173238_2.png) [@Whathewhy](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Whathewhy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/15 "2026-05-05T22:13:06Z")
There’s already a thread on this > [@NEW YORK | 145-155 E .42nd ST | 1152 FT? | FLOORS](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332): > > This conceptual image shows the largest tower that could replace the Chrysler Trylons. „ His options are open depending on market demand. The new building could be as relatively small as 100,000 square feet, for which he’d ask $10 million in annual rent on a triple-net-lease basis (tenant pays rent, utilities and operating/maintenance costs). He said an office or hotel tower, or a project combining uses, could be as large as 600,000 square feet and rise “up to the level of the Chrys… ---
**Author:** ![NeverForgiveAction](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/neverforgiveaction/32/181835_2.png) [@NeverForgiveAction](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NeverForgiveAction)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/16 "2026-05-05T22:50:09Z")
Something no more than ~300 feet seems ideal here to preserve views of Chrysler from the east. A new structure topping out at or near the second setback of Chrysler at the 23rd floor would leave the entirety of the main shaft visible from all the best perspectives. ---
**Author:** ![DocOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@DocOne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/DocOne)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-145-155-e-42nd-st-1152-ft-floors/24332/17 "2026-05-06T02:37:59Z")
Can you cite any evidence of any developer with racist sons? I know what you’re getting at. Please provide evidence.