10 Hudson Yards facts for kids
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10 Hudson Yards, also known as the South Tower, is a tall office building in Manhattan, New York City. It was finished in 2016. This building is part of a huge city project called Hudson Yards. This project is turning an old train yard into a brand new neighborhood.
10 Hudson Yards is located near areas like Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea. It was the first building to be completed in the Hudson Yards area. During its planning, it was known as Tower C. A fashion company called Coach, Inc. is the main company that uses a lot of space in the building.
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Building 10 Hudson Yards
How the Project Started
The entire Hudson Yards project was designed by a company called Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. The plan is to build 16 skyscrapers! These buildings will have offices, homes, and shops. The project will also include a hotel, a cultural center, about 5,000 apartments, a school, and 14 acres of public parks. 10 Hudson Yards was the first building to be finished. It was built to help bring people and businesses to this new area.
Construction Milestones
Work on 10 Hudson Yards began on December 4, 2012. The goal was to finish it by 2016. Workers dug out a lot of soil, about 70,000 cubic yards (54,000 m3), and poured a lot of concrete, about 11,000 cubic yards (8,400 m3), for the foundation. A company called Tutor Perini was in charge of building the tower.
10 Hudson Yards was the first building in the Hudson Yards complex to be completed. This is because it was not built on a special platform over the train tracks, unlike many other buildings in the project.
The building grew quickly:
- By March 2014, it was over 100 feet (30 m) tall.
- By February 2015, it had reached 27 stories.
- By April 2015, 32 of its 52 floors were done.
- By November 2015, the building reached its full height.
The tower officially opened on May 31, 2016. The first 300 employees from Coach, Inc. moved in on that day.
Special Design Features
The southern side of 10 Hudson Yards hangs over a part of the High Line. The High Line is a popular park built on old elevated train tracks. One of the building's entrances is even located right on the High Line! The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. In 2019, a large sculpture by artist Jonathan Borofsky was placed in the building's west lobby.
Who Works There?
Main Companies
The building was designed to hold over 7,000 employees. The main company in 10 Hudson Yards is Tapestry, Inc., which owns Coach. Their global headquarters takes up many floors, from the 9th to the 24th. Coach's space includes a tall, open area called an atrium, meeting rooms with views of the High Line, a private cafeteria, and a large outdoor terrace looking out at the Hudson River.
Other big companies that have offices in 10 Hudson Yards include:
- L'Oreal USA (a beauty company)
- Boston Consulting Group (a business consulting firm)
- SAP (a software company)
- Intersection (a technology company)
- VaynerMedia (a media company)
Shops and Restaurants
There are also shops and restaurants at the bottom of 10 Hudson Yards. A grocery store called Fairway was planned for the lower floors. Famous Spanish chef José Andrés opened a large food hall called Mercado Little Spain. It has a wine bar, a cocktail bar, and 15 small food stands serving different kinds of Spanish food. A salad restaurant called Sweetgreen also opened there in 2018.
Building Ownership
10 Hudson Yards was first owned by the companies developing Hudson Yards, Related Companies and Oxford Properties, along with the Kuwait Investment Authority. Some parts of the building were sold to companies as their own office spaces. For example, Coach bought their space before the building was even finished.
Later, in 2016, Coach sold its share of the building to a company called Allianz. This deal meant Allianz owned 44% of the building. In 2018, the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio bought about 20% of the tower.
Gallery
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May 2013
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June 2014; close-up of 10 Hudson Yards columns on eastern facade
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September 2014; Abington House is to the right
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September 2014, from 30th Street
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September 2014, from far west side of the site
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December 2014
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October 2015
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April 2016
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The completed 10 Hudson Yards (on the right) with 30 Hudson Yards still under construction (on the left) as of May 2017
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February 2019
See also
In Spanish: 10 Hudson Yards para niños
