Equitable Center West / AXA Equitable Center — 787 Seventh Avenue
Joseph's 1983 date matches the year Equitable formally approved its new Seventh Avenue tower.
7th Avenue facade of Axa Equitable Center in Manhattan, New York, seen in August 2021. Photographed in 2021; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
Current view · 2021 · Photo: Epicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Strong
Rita’s list
Transcription: Equitable Tower West — 1983
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-168
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“Equitable Tower West — 1983”
Equitable Center West opened in 1986 after a difficult, space-constrained Midtown construction campaign.
An exact year match — and one of the clearest examples of 1980s Midtown redevelopment on the list.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Strong
Likely CMU/block shafts, service cores, fire-rated partitions and masonry backup. The exterior's extensive stone cladding should be treated as a separate specialty-stone/cladding package unless period subcontract records show Kelly involvement.
This scope is recorded as strong, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.
The construction team
- 01Architect
Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates
- 02GC / construction manager
Turner Construction Company
What happened to it
Still standing
Sources
3 citedOpen →
- 01
- 02commonwealth-partners.com
787 seventh avenue
- 03commons.wikimedia.org
File:Axa Equitable Center Aug 2021 24.jpg
- Epicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2021-08-26
7th Avenue facade of Axa Equitable Center in Manhattan, New York, seen in August 2021. Photographed in 2021; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
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