1 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
A new series of diagrams has been revealed for 1 East 57th Street, the site of Louis Vuitton’s temporarily closed flagship store in Midtown, Manhattan. Developed by parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the project involves a vertical expansion of the current occupant into a 25-story, 485-foot-tall tower. The new building will rise from the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street along Billionaires’ Row.
The below diagrams show the proposed building surpassing the height of 745 Fifth Avenue, the current tallest structure on the western edge of the city block, as well as a larger contextual overview of the new flagship with the broader Billionaires’ Row corridor between One57 and the Four Seasons hotel.
1 East 57th Street and Fifth Avenue.
1 East 57th Street and Billionaire’s Row.
1 East 57th Street floor diagram.
Additional diagrams give a rudimentary glimpse at the façade, which appears to feature a curtain wall with a twisting grid of mullions across four segments. The second top-down diagram reveals that the main southern face will have a gently curved geometry, with rounded corners wrapping around the eastern and western ends of the building. A bulkhead will cap the structure on the northern side of the property.
1 East 57th Street building massing diagram.
1 East 57th Street overhead diagram.
The existing structure has received a striking exterior treatment since our last update almost exactly one year ago, when demolition work was progressing behind scaffolding. The building’s exterior has been covered with a temporary façade that gives it the appearance of a stack of the company’s signature luggage trunks. Over last holiday season this effect was further supplemented with a colorful lighting display.
Interiors should be largely gutted by this point, and it remains to be seen when the structure will start to come down behind the scaffolding.
1 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
1 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
1 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
1 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
Louis Vuitton continues to operate their flagship under a seven-year lease at 6 East 57th Street. This space, which also served as a temporary home for Tiffany & Co. during its overhaul, opened for business in November 2024 and includes an LV Cafe, the only one in North America.
6 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
6 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
6 East 57th Street. Photo by Michael Young.
Timetables for demolition and construction at 1 East 57th Street have not been revealed. An architect has also yet to be announced.
