About the Building

9 West 57th Street
14-40 West 58th Street

As Billionaires’ Row on Manhattan’s West 57th Street continues to grow with supertall towers.

A renowned building in Manhattan’s commercial real estate landscape and one of the most expensive office properties in the city.

The Solow Building is an iconic 50-story Manhattan Office skyscraper designed by Gordon Bunshaft situated in Midtown Manhattan by Carnegie Hall just west of Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Streets. The property stands within the Madison / Fifth Avenue submarket which in this section of the city is known as Billionaire’s Row. This singular white and black office tower is known for its particular rectangular shape and property position which boasts unencumbered views of Central Park to the North of the site.

The building property’s sloping facade is a world renown feature which is an implementation of concrete and glass blended together to form a curtain wall that together help to convey purpose and functionality in the design of this luxury commercial center. The skyscraper’s north and southern concave exterior gradually bend outward and broaden as they extend lower to the ground level.

This strategic choice allowed the property plan to adhere to New York City’s exacting setback laws.

The 1.4 million square foot trophy building consists of a steel structure with double end travertine-clad walls that bind the formative steel wind-bracing and mechanical infrastructure. The utilization of black anodized aluminum cladding covers those exposed portions of the wind bracing construction. The forward facing exteriors on both 57th and 59th streets are adorned in solar bronze glass throughout (a gray-hued tinted glass). The exact shape of these facades curve inward up from ground level to the 18th floor, from which the building ascends vertically straight upward to the 50th floor. At the ground level – the design encompasses columns above the public plaza, which has established the impression of an arcade.

The remaining end walls to the east and west faces are clad in brushed travertine; from the upper floors the property does feature additional windows rising to the top – which these tenants enjoying views from all sides of the building. Entering in the building lobby is clad with marble and is designed to continue the entire width of the block between 57th and 58th Streets. Additionally the lobby is always manned by a staffed attendant and offers (24) high-speed elevators subdivided into sets of floors.

The property’s typical floor plate is rectangular in shape and features a central service core – the middle to each floor being dedicated to both the elevator and stairs.

1,440,120 SF Class A Office Building
Found Between Fifth & Sixth Avenues

This distinctive black and white tower, completed in 1974 for the Solow Development Corporation, rises 49 stories above one of Midtown Manhattan’s busiest streets. The tower’s north and south elevations gradually slope outward and widen as they approach ground level. This innovative strategy enabled the design to comply with New York City’s strict setback rules, which are intended to break up building massing so that natural light can reach the street.

The 1.4-million-square-foot building features a steel structure with two travertine-clad end walls that contain the structural steel wind-bracing and mechanical systems. The exposed portion of the wind bracing is covered with black duranodic aluminum. The north and south facades are clad in solor bronze glass. Each typical floor is rectangular in plan and has a central service core.