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Looks nice. It makes for a good contrast with all of the other glass towers. I can't wait to go to New York once all of this is done,
Good to hear!

The NYC area would love to see you and your "economic stimulation".
     
     
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It adds a little variety, as most of the towers are now taking on individual personalities.

To the left would be the 3 Hudson and the Tishman/Hudson Spire development.






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Getting closer and closer to that station opening. This should all be open when that happens, and from the looks of it, it will be.



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the blimp in that rendering looks more like a UFO.
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From YIMBY. The renderings have been seen before, but a perspective of opinion from YIMBY:
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Revealed: 55 Hudson Yards



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New renderings are up for 55 Hudson Yards, which will become one of the major office towers along the future Hudson Boulevard. The design replaced Extell’s former World Product Center after a land-swap deal, and the building will be entirely office; Related is the developer.

The architect of 55 Hudson Yards is Kohn Pederson Fox, which is also the firm designing 10 and 30 Hudson Yards; the plan for 55 Hudson Yards has seen refinements in recent months, and its appearance has undergone a distinctive shift. Old images were likely placeholders, as Related’s acquisition of the site was relatively recent, and the latest depiction reveals a metallic overlay that will likely distinguish the building from its glassier neighbors.

While 55 Hudson Yards will share the modern feel of surrounding buildings, the skyscraper’s exterior may present a contrast to the general aesthetic along Hudson Boulevard. Metalwork will dominate the skin, presenting a decided departure from larger towers nearby; given the relatively short height of 55 Hudson Yards, an iconic facade will be necessary if Related intends for the structure to be noticed.


Schematics indicate that 55 Hudson Yards will total 1.3 million square feet, and the building will be located on the southeast corner of 10th Avenue and 34th Street. Like the other towers rising as part of the new business district, the site enjoys proximity to the new 7-line stop at 34th Street.


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Ooops, they forgot to include the vent in the building render.




     
     
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Ooops, they forgot to include the vent in the building render.

I was dondering about the vent, it were just concealed somehow. We'll see. Anyway, the larger cubes in the façade are interesting. It would probably be better if they were placed in a regular pattern up the building.
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I was dondering about the vent, it were just concealed somehow. We'll see. Anyway, the larger cubes in the façade are interesting. It would probably be better if they were placed in a regular pattern up the building.
Good point about the 11th Ave-facing vents in the MTA's vent building vs. the rendering.

I also wonder what the northern terminus of the "High Line at the Rail Yards" (someplace in the midground of render below) will REALLY look like. AFAIK the lot where the HL returns to ground is NY state owned and used for Javits-related truck trailer storage:

     
     
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I also wonder what the northern terminus of the "High Line at the Rail Yards" (someplace in the midground of render below) will REALLY look like. AFAIK the lot where the HL returns to ground is NY state owned and used for Javits-related truck trailer storage:
There will likely be more development there. The state was considering issuing RFPs before, and will likely do so again. The High Line itself will remain.



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/ny...&rref=nyregion

Trouble With Diagonal Elevator Held Up No. 7 Subway Expansion





By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
MAY 29, 2014


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The fate of the newest addition to the New York City subway system could be traced last summer to the foothills of Appiano Gentile, at a work site beneath the northern Italian sun.

After six years of construction, the No. 7 train extension to the Far West Side of Manhattan was to open before the end of 2013, in time for the departing mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, whose administration paid for the project, to take a ceremonial ride. But there was a problem: A custom-designed, diagonal elevator for the new No. 7 train station at 34th Street and 11th Avenue had unexpectedly failed its factory test at the manufacturer’s headquarters in the province of Como.

Transit officials peppered the company, Maspero Elevatori, with questions. Could the issues be resolved quickly? Would they have to adjust the station’s opening date? Answers were elusive.

“It failed in July,” said Michael Horodniceanu, the president of capital construction at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “What happens in August in Europe? They said, ‘O.K., we’ll see you after vacation.' ”

.....the station, and its unusual elevator, provide a useful case study in the difficulties of capital construction in the city.

The idea for a diagonal elevator — two, actually, to go with the station’s escalators and vertical elevators — dates to the project’s genesis more than 10 years ago, the authority said. Angling the structures at an incline was thought to be less expensive than tunneling in relatively straight lines, down and across.

It would also prove a boon to wheelchair users, officials said. A traditional vertical elevator from the upper to the lower mezzanine would have left such passengers about 150 feet from a second elevator that could take them to the platform. But because the incline elevators run parallel to the escalators, Mr. Horodniceanu said, “you are providing a similar experience, irrespective of your handicap.”

.....The controller was made on Long Island. The speed governors, or limiters, came from Ohio. Other pieces, like buttons and speakers, were manufactured in Queens.

“It’s like if Ferrari would be instructed to put in a Chevy engine and a Ford transmission,” said Charley Hart, the project manager for Kone, the company overseeing the elevator and escalator installation. “Yes, it can be done. But it’s a challenge.”

There was also little precedent for such a structure in the American transportation system, and none in New York City’s. The authority has cited stations in Dallas and suburban Washington as predecessors, though the rationales for those projects do not appear to mirror New York’s.

.....Transit officials said they were content with the pace of the work, noting that it was not the only hiccup on the project, which the Bloomberg administration agreed to finance as part of the Hudson Yards development. The atypical funding model means that the station will be the first subway extension paid for by the city in more than 60 years.

But this, too, brought complications. Because of delays in negotiations between the city and the developer, the transportation authority was initially prevented from building auxiliary facilities on time, said Mysore L. Nagaraja, the agency’s president of capital construction from 2003 to 2008.

Escalator work has also dragged, and tests for tunnel ventilation fans have been delayed.

Mr. Horodniceanu said a final hurdle for the project would be completing “integrated testing for fire protection,” which requires all structures, including the escalators and incline elevators, to be ready.

It seems quite likely that, even with perfect elevator performance, the project would not have been free of delays.

Yet the authority has taken a longer view. Officials say that by the end of the year, some 27,000 daily riders will use the station, redefining a long-sleepy neighborhood and providing the only true subway link to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.


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Disappointing. We already have lots of similar looking buildings on Park Avenue.

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Yeah. Related is doing a push for 55 HY on the NHY NY FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...0638417&type=1

Renders are nice and all, but I decided to throw in a recent photo of the #7 subway extension for comparison, especially for those people who haven't spent time in the NYC subways. This April photo is from a NYC Transit museum tour and it shows the connection between the existing #7 western terminus (under NYC's Timse Square "The Crossroads of the World") & the #7 extension. The extension was one of the enablers for this entire Hudson Yards project AND had an intermediate station (42nd & 10th) dropped to meet budget constraints/escalating costs:



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The (Former) Final Frontier: A Walking Tour of The Far West Side - April 27th, 2014

Peering down the subway tunnel from Times Square looking west towards the new (7) line extension.

Transportation historian Andrew Sparberg takes us on the (7) line in a tour that brought guests from Queens to the Hudson Yards. Guests learned how plans to extend the line are transforming what were once manufacturing neighborhoods on Manhattan's far west side; exploring the rail history of the Hudson Yards dating back to the 1850's; uncovering the industrial heritage of once active freight yards and Amtrak lines, and learning about the line's varied infrastructure.

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Curbed NY:

55 Hudson Yards Designed As 'A Basic, Fundamental Sculpture'
Wednesday, June 4, 2014, by Jessica Dailey

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Partial renderings of Related Companies' west side tower at 55 Hudson Yards were revealed a few weeks ago, but now more images give us the first full look at the 51-story tower, as well as a peek inside. Designed by Eugene Kohn of Kohn Pedersen Fox and Kevin Roche of Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC—ages 83 and 92 (!), respectively—the building is a result of Related's desire to "cultivate a range of aesthetics" for the multi-tower megaproject. Related papa bear Stephen Ross told Kohn, whose firm has the lead on several towers in the development, to bring in an outside architect, and this was the first time the two industry veterans worked together.

The LEED Gold-seeking building's 10-story base holds floorplates of 44,000 square feet, while the floors in the 41-story tower measure 28,000. A press release says that the tower's design is "defined by its indoor-outdoor spaces, SoHo, and early modernism." Roche told the Journal, "The thing I wanted to avoid was another twisted building. Surely there's a way to design a building that's simple and straightforward, that meets the needs of the developers and occupants—a basic, fundamental sculpture." The tower has a terrace on the 10th floor, and private, double-height terraces were "carved" into the building in various locations.

Related plans to start construction of 55 Hudson Yards, which will be located beside the new pedestrian greenway Hudson Boulevard on the block north of the platform over the railyards, once the space is 30 to 40 percent pre-leased, which should be by next January. If all goes as planned, it will be ready for occupancy by the end of 2017.










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It's both futuristic and traditional. A nice design for an area soon to be dominated by blue glass.
     
     
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55 Hudson Yards is alive... we got a height increase too.

Website: http://hudsonyardsnewyork.com/office...availabilities

Brochure: http://content.related.com/Lists/HYN...it-6.04.14.pdf


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