The Orion
350 West 42nd Street | also 351 West 41st Street | Hell's Kitchen | built 2004
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- 2005
The Orion tops out at 604 feet on West 42nd Street
The Orion, designed by CetraRuddy, topped out in September 2005 at 604 feet. It has 58 floors and 551 residential units between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Wikipedia notes that despite its modest height for a skyscraper, the tower has dominated the skyline of 42nd Street west of Times Square since then.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2006
Extell completes the 58-story Orion tower on West 42nd Street
Extell Development Company builds the Orion at 350 West 42nd Street to designs by the firm CetraRuddy. Construction begins in 2004, and the tower tops out in September 2005. The finished building rises 604 feet over 58 floors and holds 551 residential units.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2022
Miss USA 2019 winner Cheslie Kryst, a resident, dies at the Orion
Cheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA 2019, lived on the ninth floor of the Orion. She died on January 30, 2022, after a fall from the building's 29th floor, and her death was determined to be a suicide.
“…lived on the 9th floor, jumped to her death from the 29th floor on January 30, 2022.”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- The Orion (skyscraper)Wikipedia
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