NEW YORK | 270 Park Ave | 1,389 FT | 57 FLOORS - Page 191

Zapatan · #**3801** Posted **Jul 23, 2023, 9:04 PM**

Looks like we have our next supertall

NYguy · #**3802** Posted **Jul 24, 2023, 1:48 PM**

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NYguy · #**3803** Posted **Jul 24, 2023, 11:52 PM**

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...?adppopup=true

NYguy · #**3804** Posted **Jul 25, 2023, 1:40 PM**

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...uring-pandemic

jayden · #**3805** Posted **Jul 25, 2023, 1:59 PM**

The facade is just gorgeous.

NYguy · #**3806** Posted **Jul 25, 2023, 6:26 PM**

It's a beautiful thing.

DeSelby · #**3807** Posted **Jul 25, 2023, 8:37 PM**

I love the slightly dark tint of the glass. It works so well with the bronze cladding. Reflective blue glass would have been a bad choice here and I'm glad they went with a slightly darker shade.

A quick question for those of you who regularly see this building: do you ever see people gawking at it? I know New Yorkers are famously jaded, but this is such a dramatic spectacle of a building---a full-block monster that's propped up on stilts. You don't see something like this built very often, which is why I'm curious if pedestrians notice it.

NYguy · #**3808** Posted **Jul 25, 2023, 9:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by DeSelby

A quick question for those of you who regularly see this building: do you ever see people gawking at it? I know New Yorkers are famously jaded, but this is such a dramatic spectacle of a building---a full-block monster that's propped up on stilts. You don't see something like this built very often, which is why I'm curious if pedestrians notice it.

I see people checking it out all the time, even chatted with a couple of older woman who wanted my opinion on what I thought of it (it was a very unusual looking structure at the time). I think for a whole range of reasons, from the enormous size, to the rarity of new construction on Park Avenue. I sometimes think its even people who used to work at the old tower. But you can’t help but notice the building because it’s so massive. The fact that it’s JP Morgan Chase sometimes plays a role.

NYguy · #**3809** Posted **Jul 26, 2023, 12:38 AM**

billie900

Charmy2 · #**3810** Posted **Jul 26, 2023, 1:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

I see people checking it out all the time, even chatted with a couple of older woman who wanted my opinion on what I thought of it (it was a very unusual looking structure at the time). I think for a whole range of reasons, from the enormous size, to the rarity of new construction on Park Avenue. I sometimes think its even people who used to work at the old tower. But you can’t help but notice the building because it’s so massive. The fact that it’s JP Morgan Chase sometimes plays a role.

What do the locals actually think of it though? Like on the design?

SteveD · #**3811** Posted **Jul 26, 2023, 12:58 PM**

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What do the locals actually think of it though? Like on the design?

We gawked like crazy Holiday season of 2021 when this beast was at street level. Skyscraper freak that I am, we happened across it at nighttime and I made our whole group stop and stare. I was trying to explain to them, "damn, I don't know what this is going to be, but it's going to be massive!"

NYguy · #**3812** Posted **Jul 27, 2023, 2:39 PM**

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What do the locals actually think of it though? Like on the design?

I think we’ll have to wait until its mostly completed before people will start to say. As it is now, the average person still has no clue because there are so many buildings on the skyline and there always seems to be construction. I think a visit to Vanderbilt’s deck could lead to more discission, and people wondering what it is.

mrnyc · #**3813** Posted **Jul 27, 2023, 3:17 PM**

hopefully they put the hamilton-burr duel guns out on display in the lobby.

apparantly they have them because burr>chase.

or i read that somewhere.

if so, that will attract hamilton musical fans.

NYguy · #**3814** Posted **Jul 28, 2023, 12:56 AM**

^ I don't think they'll allow "riff raff" into that heavenly lobby to gawk, lol

Though in the rendering above, there does appear to be someone trying to get a peak on the left...

Cam view from today...

NewYorker2009 · #**3815** Posted **Jul 28, 2023, 1:33 AM**

Looks like 270 Park Avenue is now a supertall with the erecting of the next two floors. It's about 998' to the top of the floor and over 1,000' to the top of the column splices. Can't wait for it to top out later this year or early next year. Less than 400' to go now.

Dylan Dude · #**3816** Posted **Jul 28, 2023, 5:54 AM**

Holy shit it looks like the John Hancock Center in Chicago! How did I not realize this till now? Obviously it's got differences, but it looks like a slightly fancier version of it. Looks like a similar era building, very cool facade. A throwback look. Definitely cool it's not just bright blue glass

NYguy · #**3817** Posted **Jul 28, 2023, 5:01 PM**

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Holy shit it looks like the John Hancock Center in Chicago! How did I not realize this till now? Obviously it's got differences, but it looks like a slightly fancier version of it.
Looks like a similar era building, very cool facade. A throwback look. Definitely cool it's not just bright blue glass

One of the best things about all of the new buildings going up on the east side is the lack of blue glass towers. We're getting good, quality towers.

This tower will be one of those you see in composites of the NY skyline.

Cam views...

Hiding behind Vanderbilt...

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...?adppopup=true

NYguy · #**3818** Posted **Jul 28, 2023, 7:33 PM**

A little older, but a clearer view of this tower changing the cityscape...

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Manhattan Man · #**3819** Posted **Jul 29, 2023, 1:24 AM**

Friday, July 28th, 2023.

The steel has now reached higher than the Summit and more of my coworkers are beginning to notice as it eclipses 432 Park Ave.

270 Park Avenue Construction Update by Xzeyvion Aryee, on Flickr

NYguy · #**3820** Posted **Jul 29, 2023, 2:03 AM**

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270 Park Avenue Construction Update by Xzeyvion Aryee, on Flickr

Yes! That's one of the things I've been thinking about. The last occupied floors of 270 will be higher than the deck at Vandy, but it's more of an event type of space there, almost like a deck.
You'll be able to see that from One Vanderbilt. Also, I like that the defined shape of the tower is becoming more visible. That glass is looking sharp.

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail...oto/1551657305