I agree, something more ethereal and transparent like the Shard would work better at that height at that site.
What we have now is very monolithic and stark.
Not that I'm against that, but it is imposing in a way.
This is considered monolithic? This is clad all in glass, it is as transparent as it gets. You want monolithic, go look at the giant 60s and 70s slabs in midtown
It’s not that close to the bridge. There is a wide road that separates this site from the bridge and then the tower is further set back from the lot line.
It's a matter of scale and proximity. It just looks awkward to me, personally.
It's a matter of scale and proximity. It just looks awkward to me, personally.
Only because it’s the first. Once the area around it gets built up, it would look natural and then the opposite would occur, i.e. any shorter buildings left, you’d say those shorter buildings are out-of-scale.
I wish that facade facing east? was a bit closer to the renderings. That coppery colour would have looked great. Or is there still protective film on the glass?
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^I always love seeing a new angle of the skyline, one I have never seen before.
It's like seeing the city for the first time
You see more of the "real" city in a photo like that.
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“Office buildings are our factories – whether for tech, creative or traditional industries we must continue to grow our modern factories to create new jobs,” said United States Senator Chuck Schumer.
People keep saying this will look better once the neighborhood fills in with towers, serous question, are there actual proposals to build more? What's going to be torn down over there?
This thing looks awkward (the placement) from all kinds of angles, but none moreso than from Governor's Island, it just killed the view of the bridges. I'm okay with progress though. I'm often in DT Brooklyn and on several occasions I thought it had to be something going up on the Brooklyn waterfront, it's just so "present" when looking down Brooklyn Bridge Blvd.
At least this turd is south of the Williamsburg Bridge, and therefore doesn’t spoil my favorite view coming into the city from the airports or Long Island.
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Other cities can learn from this development & copy it.
I mean, who wouldn't want to own a multi-million dollar apartment completely isolated from the rest of the city, and surrounded by a big complex of low income government housing?
As an added bonus, you'll be despised by every person living within a mile radius!
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