Faade installation has resumed at611 West 56th Street, aka823 Eleventh Avenue, a 450-foot-tall condominium tower in Hells Kitchen. Designed by Portuguese architectAlvaro SizawithSLCEas the architect of record, and developed bySumaida + KhuranaandLENY, the 37-story tower will yield 80 units designed byGabellini Sheppard Associates.

Recent photos show the bright limestone curtain wall surpassing the halfway point of the slender tower. At the time of our last update in late August, the faade only covered the seven-story podium and work appeared stalled.

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

Scaffolding rigs on the wide southern elevation mark the transition point of the different layers of the exterior assembly.

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

The rear northern wall is largely blank, but retains the same pattern of a parquet floor tiling depicted in previous renderings that show the extended mechanical portion above the last habitable floor. This can be seen in the next several images below.

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

611 West 56th Street, designed by Alvaro Siza

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

The concrete and cinder block walls have been painted black and await the rest of the metal framework that will hold up the limestone.

611 West 56th Street. Photo by Michael Young

A formal completion date for 611 West 56th Street has not been announced, though sometime in the second half of 2021 is possible.

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