53W53

53W53 ; Tower Verre
	The tower on August 09, 2019
Basic data
Place:	New York , United States
Construction time :	2015-2019
Opening:	2019
Status :	Under construction
Architectural style :	Postmodern
Architect :	Jean Nouvel
Use / legal
Usage :	Offices, hotel, museum
Apartments :	139
Owner :	Hines Interests Limited Partnership, MoMa Group
Technical specifications
Height :	320 m
Height to the roof:	320 m
Top floor:	290 m
Floors :	82
Usable area :	70,000 m²
Building material :	Steel , glass , concrete
Building-costs:	941 million euros

The 53W53 (also known as Tower Verre and its address at 53 West 53rd Street ) is a super- skyscraper under construction in New York City , Manhattan . The pointed building planned by Jean Nouvel is 320 meters high and has 82 floors. This makes it slightly higher than the Chrysler Building (as of 2019 New York's seventh-tallest building at 319 meters). Construction of the building was approved in autumn 2009. Originally the building was supposed to be 381 meters high, the same height as the Empire State Building . The structure was built between 52nd and 53rd West Streets and is expected to cost around € 941 million.

At the beginning of January 2013, DOB ( Department of Buildings - NYC) documents were submitted that enable the tower to be built immediately. On October 29, 2013 it was announced that funding for the tower has been secured. Construction of the tower began in February 2015 and the final height was reached in August 2018.