NEW YORK | 685 First Ave (Con Ed dev) | 459 FT | 42 FLOORS
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Per DOB http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01 Architect - Richard Meier 459 Feet 42 Floors 770,812 SqFt ______________________________________________________________________ UPDATED RENDERINGS http://www.dezeen.com/2016/11/07/ric...iver-new-york/ https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/20...2364_col_4.jpg https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/20...2364_col_0.jpg https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/20...2364_col_1.jpg |
Nice! The architect is Richard Meier & Partners. We can expect something very contemporary, which should compliment the UN Headquarters.
Residential projects: http://www.richardmeier.com/?page_id=200 |
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I would expect something similar to what Meier had presented as the master architect years ago for Mr. Solow before he sold off a couple of plots. Now that it appears he's only doing 1 tower, I hope for something more daring like its twin neighbors designed by SHoP.
Below, are his preliminary designs which had called for 4-5 towers: http://www.richardmeier.com/wp-conte...e-1024x672.jpg http://www.richardmeier.com/wp-conte...r-1024x764.jpg http://www.richardmeier.com/wp-conte...e-1024x512.jpg http://www.richardmeier.com/wp-conte...Ave_LOWRES.jpg |
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While not a particularly tall tower, I'm still excited because I'm a big Richard Meier fan and he has built some of the best residential buildings in the city.
And it's a big tower, if not a soaring one. Over 800,000 square feet. And at 460 ft. it will at least have a neighborhood presence (unfortunately crazy local NIMBYs cut the height of all these planned towers on the former ConEd sites; otherwise these would have been all near-supertalls). |
It's about time something happened here and hopefully it's a sign that the UN expansion and the former factory are about to see some activity!
--EDIT-- Is it just me or did a bunch of NY threads in the proposed Highrises & Supertall section go down the memory hole? If there's a reason I don't mind, but I'd really appreciate it if anyone could send me the addresses of the buildings in a PM or post them in Hunser's NYC supertalls thread. Thanks in advance! |
^Not sure what you're talking about. There's still like 4 pages of NYC proposals if you sort them alphabetically.
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nvm, I just wasn't looking hard enough. Found the threads that I thought had gone missing. |
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http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...51&postcount=1 I have to update it as some threads where moved to u/c, but a good deal of the threads for NYC on SSP are there. Along with a compilation, its other purpose is to make it easy to find threads without browsing through tons of pages. Likewise for the recent Texas one I did. |
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The thread I was looking for isn't there, but I do appreciate the directory. :yes: This is the thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218529 |
Richard Meier-Designed Tower Finally Begins Construction at Turtle Bay South Complex
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From the article...
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Because we don't have enough monotonous black glass boxes in Manhattan already.
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Gotta match the ones going up on the west side I guess.
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I actually like black "boxes". And I don't think we have enough, certainly not prominently enough on the skyline.
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We'll just have to wait and see how that could turn out. |
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