NEW YORK | 375 Pearl St (Verizon) | Renovation
Looks like it will get done this time...
http://commercialobserver.com/2014/0...-pearl-street/ Sabey to Renovate Office Floors at 375 Pearl Street http://nyocommercialobserver.files.w...pg?w=230&h=300 By Gus Delaporte 5/14/14 Quote:
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Interesting but c'mon just clad it in all glass....
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Still ugly, but anything would be an improvement. I agree that they should just do the whole thing in glass.
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I have a strange attachment to the current cladding, so I'm glad to see that most of it will survive the renovation.
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I would prefer they not alter the facade design at all, but if they're still keeping the some of the integrity of the original design, then I'm all for it! I'm so happy they're not covering it in plain green glass like the original plan suggested.. Architecture from that era needs to be more respected, and in my opinion, this is an impressive building. It just needed a clean.
It'll be funny when one day we will be kicking ourselves for hating buildings like these, just as the architects from the 20s hated Victorian buildings, and architects from the 60s hated early century buildings.:haha: |
that rendering makes it look more like Frankenstein's monster. A bad mish-mash of opaque and transparent.
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Ugh. This building is still a giant slab of concrete.
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They left the worst part of this building (windowless concrete tumor with the verizon signage) unchaged, but I do like the X-bracing. Based on this render it's too hard for me to tell wether this is a significant improvement over the current structure, I'll have to wait until it gets renovated so that I can form a better opinion.
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Wow, it honestly looks worse.
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It's an odd design choice. Looks like something a hotel renovation company is being involved with, based on the render. I've been involved in smaller projects using companies like http://digneyyork.com/ and this render looks like it would fit better in the hospitality industry.
Sabey seems to be better suited for interior and low rise projects: http://sabey.com/commercial/. Will be interesting to see how this turns out. |
Total travesty. This will be remembered as a great blunder in the future if they go through with it. It is quite clear that Modernism is now where the neoclassical, Chicago School, and Victorian styles were when buildings such as this were being built in the first place. No respect.
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I don't really like this at all. It's like the just cut open holes in the building and filled them with clear plate glass... It really breaks the clean moderns facade. You might not like the building's original design, but everyone should agree that this is a really poor idea. They might as well re-clad the whole building (reflective glass and cover that cement block in aluminum and it'll fit in nicely...)
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I have to say, this looks pretty half assed.
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I know people hate this building, but I don't see an issue with it as it sits. It's not particularly pretty but it's fine for what it is. It's not practical for some office tenants to have huge windows.
I bet it will age better as it sits than it will with any modernization. |
As ugly as the building is, it served its purpose. People with offices tend to like windows ... equipment that needs to be operational at all times does not. Most switching buildings were built without windows. I imagine the needs for a data center are not all that different.
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You can put icing on dog shit, but it is still nothing but a frosted dog turd.
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