Sky

605 West 42nd Street | also 600 West 43rd Street, 563 11th Avenue, 636 West 43rd Street | Hell's Kitchen | built 2016

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  1. 2005

    The Moinian Group buys a gas station and parking site on 42nd Street for Sky

    The Moinian Group bought the site at 42nd Street and 11th Avenue in 2005, when it held a gas station and a parking facility. The company first broke ground in 2008, with a design by Costas Kondylis that was later replaced by one from David Rockwell.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2013

    A stalled tower on West 42nd Street resumes construction as Sky

    The Moinian Group's tower at 605 West 42nd Street breaks ground in 2008 but stalls from 2009 to 2012 during the recession, earning the label 'zombie project'. Construction resumes in 2013 with a redesign by David Rockwell that replaces Costas Kondylis's original design. Goldstein, Hill & West are the architects, and the building is completed in 2016.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2016

    Yayoi Kusama's bronze pumpkin and two Infinite Nets go on permanent display at Sky

    In 2016 Sky announced that works by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama would stay permanently in the building. A monumental bronze pumpkin stands in the motor court, and two of her Infinite Nets hang in the David Rockwell-designed lobby. Kusama's bronze pumpkins had been shown publicly for the first time in London in 2014.

    Source: downtownmagazinenyc.com

  4. 2016

    October 6

    Knicks players Sasha Vujacic and Kristaps Porzingis shoot hoops at Sky

    Knicks guard Sasha Vujacic rented a two-bedroom at Sky that was listed at $8,200 a month, the New York Post reported on October 6, 2016. His neighbor and teammate Kristaps Porzingis also lived there with his brothers. The two played on the building's basketball court, which Carmelo Anthony designed with the architect David Rockwell.

    Source: nypost.com

  5. 2016

    Sky opens with more rental units than any other building in New York

    Sky is a 70-story, 676-foot tower with 1,175 rental units, the most rentals of any building in the city's five boroughs. The project costs about $850 million. Its amenities include a basketball court designed by Carmelo Anthony, and its art includes works by Yayoi Kusama and Günther Förg.

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2017

    June

    SKY ART opens with an Ugo Rondinone exhibition titled I <3 John Giorno

    In June 2017 a temporary nonprofit art center called SKY ART NY opened at the tower. Frahm & Frahm and the Moinian Group produced its exhibition, Ugo Rondinone: I <3 John Giorno. By February 2018 the space was being marketed for retail.

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2020

    September

    Residents complain that staff cuts at Sky leave one front desk worker for 1,175 apartments

    In September 2020 the news site W42ST reported that residents of Sky, New York's largest rental apartment building, had accused owner Moinian Group of slumlord behavior. Layoffs left a single front desk worker covering all 1,175 apartments plus door and security duties. One resident, Whitney Richardson, worked to form a tenant organization in response.

    Source: w42st.com

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