NEW YORK | InterContinental Times Square Hotel | 307 FT / 94 M | 34 FLOORS | T/O - Page 3

THE BIG APPLE · #41 Posted **Sep 23, 2009, 8:53 PM**

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paoloma...lo/3942919100/

tommaso · #42 Posted **Nov 28, 2009, 3:38 AM**

This project deserves another update.

NYguy · #43 Posted **Dec 30, 2009, 1:14 AM**

Tecttonic

NYC2ATX · #44 Posted **Dec 30, 2009, 10:30 AM**

That's stunning! It looks like a rendering!!!!

colemonkee · #45 Posted **Dec 30, 2009, 5:58 PM**

The base notwithstanding, this building came out better than I imagined it would.

scalziand · #46 Posted **Dec 30, 2009, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

The base notwithstanding, this building came out better than I imagined it would.

That pretty much sums up my opinion of this building too.

Dac150 · #47 Posted **Dec 30, 2009, 8:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by scalziand

That pretty much sums up my opinion of this building too.

As does mine.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #48 Posted **Jan 17, 2010, 5:32 PM**

please tell me there going to hide those water towers

Thymant · #49 Posted **Jan 17, 2010, 10:23 PM**

This turned out very decent!

Lecom · #50 Posted **Jan 19, 2010, 8:36 PM**

The tower's nice, no doubt, but it does not make up for the monstrosity that is the base.

TheCity · #51 Posted **Jun 3, 2010, 3:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by antinimby

Zoning wouldn't even allow it to rise to what they are building it to now, which is 34 floors. They had to buy, transfer, and get special approvals for air rights from various theatres in the area to even get it to 34 stories.

Do you know the exact height restrictions for this area? I would assume anything below 400 feet is allowed.

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Originally Posted by JACKinNYC

What a piece of crap.

Agreed, this is an eye sore.

Swede · #52 Posted **Jun 3, 2010, 9:02 AM**

The base is indeed a bad one, but I do find the tower slightly interesting in that they've managed to make it look so bulky. In that last photo by Tecttonic the base looks unfinished but the tower gives me a sense of being way bulkier and bigger than it actually is at 94m.

Chad · #53 Posted **Jun 3, 2010, 12:37 PM**

Somehow the podium does the trick even better than the tower part it's self, that ramdom-pattern brown stone really catches the eyes....

eman · #54 Posted **Jul 3, 2010, 4:16 AM**

Can someone post current pictures?

There are some pictures on the hotels Facebook page here:

http://www.facebook.com/InterContine...mesSquareHotel

NYguy · #55 Posted **Jul 8, 2010, 6:47 PM**

Just realized yesterday that they're opening a "Shake Shack" here.

NYguy · #56 Posted **Jul 12, 2010, 2:30 PM**

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...%28NY+Local%29

Burger lovers rejoice! Minichain Shake Shack opens in Times Square

By Sam Levin
July 12th 2010

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Burger lovers are salivating over Monday's grand opening of the Shake Shack in Times Square.

The latest patty-flipping outpost of veteran New York restaurateur Danny Meyer's minichain will begin serving up its famed Shakeburger at W. 44th St. and Eighth Ave.

"I'm stoked about it," said Broadway actress Lindsay Mendez, 27. "It's nice to have places other than porn shops. We're so excited about it."

The string of burger joints that Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group first launched in 2004 in Madison Square Park is also known for its hot dogs, fries, frozen custard - and long lines.

UrbaniDesDev · #57 Posted **Jul 12, 2010, 7:11 PM**

I'm sorry
That is a hideous building
Tower and base
Adds nothing. They should cover it with neon signage

NYguy · #58 Posted **Aug 15, 2010, 8:27 PM**

August 14, 2010

I think we can wrap this one up.

Closing remarks?

Troubadour · #59 Posted **Aug 16, 2010, 5:04 AM**

I like the corner view, but the face-on view is pretty bland.

Rizzo · #60 Posted **Aug 17, 2010, 2:53 AM**

I dig the materials, especially the white and brown panels, but the execution is just awful. To bland and blocky.