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NEW YORK | CitySpire Center | 814 FT / 248 M | 75 FLOORS | 1987
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Doesn't seem to have much of a spire.
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If you look at it from the side, its really narrow for its height. it looks like an 800 foot spire
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Considering its height, you'd think you'd notice it more often. The location[generally] is awesome, however.
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Exquisitely proportioned...seems this building gets lost in the skyline. Hard to believe it's actually taller than Chase Manhattan or PanAm. It might be the most obscure 800'+ tower in the city.
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Ah, one of my favorite New York Buildings, really dose get lost in the skyline, but makes an impressive cluster with The Metropolitan and Caranagie Hall Tower.
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i remember 4 years back when i first visited manhattan i had never heard of this building and was amazed by how tall it was. I kept thinking, 'it can't be so damn tall if i've never heard of it'
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probably the most obscure unknown in the US. I like it.
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its ok. But im in love with the Carnegie Hall Tower across the street
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I think they are on the same block actually. But I may be wrong...
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Actually Cityspire is on the southside of 56th street and right across from it is Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan Towers on the northside of 56th thus the close cluster we've all grown to know and love.
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Looking up between Cityspire, Carnegie hall Tower and Metropolitan tower is one of the most exhilirating experiences New York can provide, and that's saying a lot.
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Interesting shape. Nice top. I like this one :tup:
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Looks very stately. It's always nice to see something decent and tall that came out of the 80s; it kind of restores my faith a little.
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it really dose get lost in the skyline for something thats a little over 800 ft anyway heres a shot i took back in april that i just really love
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Nice!!!
i love this tower. one of the best in NYC |
There's something about this tower that makes it feel about 100 feet taller than it is. The massing is like some kind of crazy cross between Art Deco and "futuristic space ship."
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Only The Chrysler Building makes my loins quiver with such fervor. I'm channeling STLGasm on this one - one of my favorite buildings on the planet. (I'm really liking BofA too).
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Once the city's tallest residential tower. Never quite knew what to make of it though, don't hate it, but don't exactly love it either...
Jack Crossen http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/...01ebc185_b.jpg l1mey http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/...b10e87f0_o.jpg mattlehrer http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/4...3e243678_b.jpg Martyn http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/...b3ef3719_b.jpg Looks good in the photos though. |
I’m sure you wouldn’t mind it if you lived in one of the top floors.;)
It’s a quintessential 80’s residential tower; but I’ve never had a problem with it. It actually blends in quite well; nothing about it despite its height really jumps out at you. I do think that the trio was made for one another. |
It's kind of a tacky design...it's strange that it's so tall. I don't know if I like black glass and white stone...
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This building is so unapologetic unique and bold. It clearly states that it has no desire to channel other buildings around it, simply presenting itself in terms of its own appearance.
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I've known of this building since it was built. (I've been a Helmut Jahn fan for a long time) I remember it standing out, because for a while there, it was the tallest new building built in NYC. IIRC, it's still the tallest mixed-use building in the city.
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I to am a fan of this building. It rather obscure due to its location and being hidden by two over 700 foot buildings. You really have to walk almost right under it to full appreciate it height. It was interesting building to draw.
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I recall there being some problem with a "whistling" sound from the roof when it was first bult. I agree that it works well as part of the "trio", though all are about to be eclipsed by a taller tower (or become a quartet of one taller an 3 shorter towers).
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i like the design alot would be so cool to have an apartment on the top there
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I recall the tower going up during my first visit to the big apple in 1986. There were few big buildings going up at that time. Times Square was still full of porno cinemas and stank of piss. The grit and the shit.
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Not sure why, but I wasn't real big on it when I first saw it in pictures. It's really grown on me, though, and I find it quite nice now.
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Soon to end its reign as the taller tower in the "Carnegie cluster" ...
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I've always thought Citispire was an incredible building. The central octagonal form is very unique. The form is so slender when viewed from the side as you're walking across 55th or 56th... and then massively wide with hulking sturdiness with its rising tiers as you pass at its base.
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@SONY: i think you need to link the pics properly, i.e. not only post .jpg but the actual source.
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^^^I love the view from above.
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^I better get my bid in early.
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This was Manhattan's 9th tallest when built, tallest built in the 80s in the city and second tallest concrete skyscraper in the world @ the time. It is still NYC's tallest mixed use (4 now). According 2 wic-e-p-d-uh it was supposed to b 800 feet but was "accidently" built as 814 feet. Sureeeeeeeee, I think that 14 feet was added 2 surpass Chase Manhattan & PanAm! Also as pointed out by others it made "noise". The fines 4 breaking all the codes must of bin expensive. Its a "don't love it don't hate it" building 2 me.
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