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Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Approved by City Council at 100 East 77th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
The New York City Council unanimously approved plans for the expansion and modernization of Lenox Hill Hospital at 100 East 77th Street in the Lenox Hill district of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Ennead Architects and Ewing Cole and developed by Northwell Health, the new $2 billion structure is expected to rise 370 feet tall along the eastern half of the city block. The existing 160-foot-tall medical complex is more than 150 years old and is bounded by Lexington and Park Avenues and East 76th and East 77th Streets.
The above rendering looks south from the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 79th Street showing a bulky massing clad in light-gray stone paneling and floor-to-ceiling glass. A setback is located around the midpoint of the tower, and a mechanical bulkhead caps the structure above its flat roof.
According to Northwell Health, the modernization will be the campus’ first in more than 50 years, and will address its issues of undersized rooms, inefficient layouts, and aging infrastructure. The planned modifications and expansion will yield 475 single-occupancy patient rooms, 30 new operating rooms, an expanded emergency department, and a new off-street ambulance bay to prevent traffic congestion. The project will also include a $7.5 million investment in the surrounding community.
Plans also call for a $20 million revamped subway entrance for the 77th Street station on the northeastern corner of the city block, complete with a new elevator for improved ADA accessibility. The following rendering depicts this located within a perimeter of steel columns clad in reflective aluminum paneling, alongside the double-height ground-floor frontage.
