NY Skyline-West Side 57th Street
Day 362: NY Skyline-West Side 57th Street - Dec 28. A view from New Jersey, across the Hudson River, of skyscrapers under construction on the west side of midtown Manhattan with the dominant building being the new Durst building. Designed by the Danish Architecture firm of Bjarke Ingels Group NA, VIA 57 West (Durst Building) is the core structure of the 57WEST residential block across the street from the banks of the Hudson River. The building includes over 700 rental residences, a large variety of resident amenities and retail space. A garden courtyard, VIA Garden, is the centerpiece of the structure with the opening facing the Hudson River and open to the afternoon sun. The complex is scheduled to open in 2016.