53 West 53rd Street (4 of 9)
Jean Nouvel for Hines ANNOUNCED: November 2007 PLAN: A 75-story tower containing luxury apartments, a hotel, and three floors of MoMA exhibition space. STATUS: MoMA sold the lot to Hines in 2007 in exchange for $125 million and approximately 40,000 square feet of additional gallery space. The project is now awaiting planning approval, but according to a New York Times article in December, the project "has been delayed indefinitely." A Hines representative says things are "status quo" but that the project is going forward. 28/04/09
