The next supertall
Per: NYguy SSP
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https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/11/demolition-prep-underway-for-extell-supertall-at-871-seventh-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan.html A new article has been released on New York Yimby. Demolition has started on the existing building.
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It’s finally being torn down.
We need more of these supertalls.
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I’d love to see it rendered in context with the rest of Billionaires Row. I’d like to see more 1000-footers around here to “raise the floor” from which the truly tall towers like CPT and Steinway are poking out.
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Me too. Whenever there’s a new tower announced around that area I smile ear to ear 
But hey, that area has the potential to be NYC’s Dubai Marina cluster, full of supertalls everywhere you look.
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Great updates
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I’ve been here too long. I’m missing old NY.
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Yeah, I’m with you.
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Me three. As I said once in another thread, pre-war masonry buildings are as much a part of the city’s magic and romance as its soaring towers. At least to me. I’m sure the “bigger is better” crowd will disagree.
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Could it be that history is repeating itself when it comes to historic buildings in New York?
Someone once remarked that the New York skyline in the 1960s was a diverse assemblage of different styles. But many of these striking spires and rooftop structures have been demolished or concealed. Mostly, new glass boxes are still shooting up higher and higher, with no reference to their surroundings.
Of course, this can still be applied today: this building, the Hotel Pennsylvania, which later became the Roosevelt, was (or is being) demolished to make way for new “supertalls.” However, in today’s postmodern architecture, architects can imitate historical facades.
From the Book:
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I never went inside that hotel but I went to the diner a fair amount and of course walked by it thousands of times. Oh well -
That’s the end of the history.
The 1960s are long gone.
Are there any free air rights left here?
Do you like living in the past?
Why? ULURP has already started for this project, Extell can add some more sqft if they want but the building will still be restricted to 1130’.
What’s wrong with history? Why do you always target @Mackensen
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They are the heart and soul @HerrDavid. Tear them down and you will never be able to replace them. One day this city will be all Smith and no Wollensky.
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