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The face of Manhattan is constantly changing. In recent years, many towers and other photogenic buildings have sprung up on the island. And the metamorphosis is far from over. Take a look at what’s new to add to your itinerary.
The 4 billion bird
PATH subway station
In front of the work of the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, tourists try as best they can to take a successful photo. It is not easy to fit into their frame the two white wings of the World Trade Center station – the modern and exploded construction represents a bird taking flight – with the Freedom Tower, which points behind. Nearly 15 years after 9/11 and some $ 4 billion later, the PATH station, which connects Manhattan to New Jersey, finally opened in early April. The building leaves no one indifferent. Applauded by some who appreciate its forms; criticized by many who see it as an empty shell and who wonder about its cost. Under the station, be sure to stroll through the immaculate white corridors reminiscent of a science fiction movie.
To do around: Collect yourself around the 9/11 commemorative pools.
Jenga Tower
56 Leonard Street
A 15-minute walk from the World Trade Center, you can’t miss 56 Leonard Street. Just finished, it’s Tribeca’s tallest condo tower. With its floors and projecting balconies, the media quickly dubbed it the Jenga Tower. From the small cobbled streets of the district which have kept their industrial look, the glance at modern construction both detonates and seduces.
To do around: Around a corner, try the lemon square or the brownie at Baked (279 Church Street)
The new neighbor of the High Line
Whitney Museum
We couldn’t have chosen a better location for the Whitney’s move. Right at the entrance to one of the city’s most popular attractions, the High Line Linear Park, the museum that showcases American art opened its new quarters in 2015. Signed Renzo Piano, who is behind the London Shard, the building provides immense exhibition space for the cultural establishment.
Things to do around: Walk along the Hudson River Park, whose redevelopment is continuing so that New Yorkers regain possession of the banks.
The new kind of pyramid
57th Street West
It is one of the most original buildings to have grown in Manhattan in recent years. Designed by the Danish-American architecture firm BIG, the pyramid of Via 57 West – corner of the 57e Street and 12e Avenue – has a view of the Hudson and is a few blocks from Central Park. Thanks to its side cut at an angle and its opening in the center, the construction allows each tenant to have a sunny apartment and balcony.
What to do around: Stroll Lincoln Square and the Upper West Side before stopping at the magnificent Museum of Natural History.
Photo Vincent Fortier, special collaboration
The Whitney Museum is now located next to the High Line Linear Park, one of New York’s top attractions.
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Living in the heights
432 Park Avenue
In Manhattan, residential buildings are on a slimming diet. If structures reach new heights, the fashion is for tapered towers. Looking up at the top of 432 Park Avenue is almost painful in the neck. The skyscraper may be 88 stories tall and reach 426 meters – making it the tallest residential building in the world and the second tower in New York City – its narrow facades have only six windows! The giantess is so imposing that it casts an unwanted shadow in Central Park, located two blocks away.
To do around: Stop by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Always higher
What the future holds
Cranes have not finished shaping the panorama of the city. At the north end of the High Line Park, two glass behemoths are under construction. 10 Hudson Yards is slated to open this year, while 15 Hudson Yards will be completed in two years. At 1 World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower – the highest in the country – already attracts many tourists.
In 2018, 3 WTC will be ready and 2 WTC, made up of stacked blocks, will follow in 2020. The magnificent Brooklyn Bridge Park, already three quarters complete, continues its development, with a long footbridge that will jut out towards the East River. Finally, in 2019, the Central Park Tower will become, with its 472 meters, the tallest residential tower in the world.
Photo Vincent Fortier, special collaboration
This tapered tower is the tallest residential building in the world and the second tower in New York City.
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