Local architecture studio Mancini Duffy has led the completion of a Times Square skyscraper, which included lifting a historic Broadway theatre and integrating a giant LED screen that opens onto an outdoor stage.
Mancini Duffy, Perkins Eastman, and PBDW Architects led the demolition, restoration and design of TSX Broadway, a 47-storey skyscraper that now hosts retail space, a bar and lounge, a 661-room Hilton hotel, a Broadway theatre and an elevated outdoor performance stage.
Mancini Duffy has completed a skyscraper in Times Square. Top photo is by Mia McDonald
Developed by L&L Holding Company and Fortress Investment Group, the project included a number of engineering and structural feats, most notably lifting Broadway's 111-year-old, 14-million-pound Palace Theatre 30 feet (9 metres) above grade to create space for ground-level retail. The project also included the restoration of the theatre, led by PBDW Architects ? which also worked on the building's masterplan starting in 2016 ? and the creation of a performance stage, which is hidden behind an 18,000-square-foot (1,672 square metre) LED screen affixed to the building's facade.
The TSX Broadway project included the integration of an outdoor stage and lifting a historic Broadway theatre
"We hit the ground running and never let up," said Mancini Duffy senior associate John McCampbell. "While we were building one part of the building, we were demolishing another part. While we were doing the topping off...