NEW YORK | One Vanderbilt | 1,401 FT | 58 FLOORS - Page 148

NYguy · #**2941** Posted **Jan 7, 2019, 3:37 PM**

Today's cam shot...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQpnWIhraQ/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsPWmP4nCF4/

NYguy · #**2942** Posted **Jan 7, 2019, 4:31 PM**

ClaireDaCunha

photoLith · #**2943** Posted **Jan 7, 2019, 5:03 PM**

I just can't believe how fast this is rising.

NYguy · #**2944** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 3:30 AM**

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I just can't believe how fast this is rising.

Yeah, it's our superfast riser.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsV0EctFvAS/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsWBlnxDacy/

NYC2ATX · #**2945** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 4:02 AM**

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BsV0EctFvAS/

I have this book!

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ClaireDaCunha

In photos like this I'm not sure whether the buildings in the foreground are more impressive and startling...or are the still vaguely unfamiliar skylines in the background.

chris08876 · #**2946** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 4:33 AM**

I have that skyscraper book shown in that image. Chrysler being the front cover. Maybe in time due, Vanderbilt or Verre!

Too many to choose from honestly. 45 Broad , 9 Dekalb... it goes on. Not only is this hyper boom one of the greatest, but one of the best in terms of architecture gems.

NYguy · #**2947** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 4:11 PM**

I think I may have that book as well.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYByexAQOT/

pianowizard · #**2948** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 4:32 PM**

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But One Vanderbilt is designed as the lovechild between the Chrysler and ESB.

Did the architect say that? I am surprised, though I do see a little bit of resemblance between One Vanderbilt and the ESB. Just a little bit.

BTW I just realized that One Vanderbilt's structural height is only 5 ft above 432 Park Ave's. I bet the former added a spire just to beat the latter in official height! But you might argue that the spire is to make One Vanderbilt resemble the Chrysler Building.

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I have this book!

Me too!

NYguy · #**2949** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 4:54 PM**

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Did the architect say that? I am surprised, though I do see a little bit of resemblance between One Vanderbilt and the ESB. Just a little bit.

BTW I just realized that One Vanderbilt's structural height is only 5 ft above 432 Park Ave's. I bet the former added a spire just to beat the latter in official height! But you might argue that the spire is to make One Vanderbilt resemble the Chrysler Building.

One Vanderbilt was supposed to be 1,501 ft, and as high as 1,514 when it was being designed. Some floors were removed as it was being finalized, bringing the height down to 1,401 ft. It's just a coincidence that it just beats out 432 Park.

As for the design, I've always felt if was an homage of sorts to the ESB and the Chrysler, the towers of that era that crowned and defined the city's skyline. So much so that it will be confused by many tourist as possibly the ESB, especially when it's lit at night. Of all the new supertalls going up on the skyline, this is the one that was specifically planned by its developer to be a new, skyline defining icon.

MayDay · #**2950** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 7:10 PM**

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I think I may have that book as well.

I've had that book since 1996, one year before I joined this forum

If someone told me then that a tower like this would be going up so close to the Chrysler, I never would have believed them.

NYguy · #**2951** Posted **Jan 8, 2019, 8:55 PM**

jschumacher

Michael Lee

tjr101 · #**2952** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 2:11 AM**

I've always viewed One Vanderbilt as sort of an ESB 2.0. A bigger more modern version. Its turning out a lot better than the renderings imo.

patriotizzy · #**2953** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 2:13 AM**

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Yeah, it's our superfast riser.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsV0EctFvAS/

Was owning this book a predestine of ending up at this forum together? I also still have this book in my room.

NOPA · #**2954** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 2:22 AM**

Seeing the facade in person also reminds me of 601 Lexington (in a good way) with a modern twist.

Busy Bee · #**2955** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 3:33 AM**

Well since everyone else seems to have that book I might as well declare I do too

chris08876 · #**2956** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 4:00 AM**

This is the kinda literature that is like garlic to the nimby vampires. But to us, the holy scripture.

skyscraperbook by Christopher Estevez, on Flickr

SteveD · #**2957** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 4:04 AM**

I had it too, many years ago, but I don't think I have it in my possession any more. Everyone in my family knew I was (and am) a skyscraper fanatic and if memory serves it was a Christmas gift to me some time in my teens.

CastleScott · #**2958** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 4:22 AM**

Man she's really soaring-great pics!!

pianowizard · #**2959** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 3:42 PM**

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I think I saw this rendering long ago but had forgotten about it. Yes it's an excellent illustration of the developer/architect's intent that, along with 1 WTC and ESB, One Vanderbilt will be a symbol of the city, with the three supertalls' spire tips forming some sort of a constellation. I now see that it's designed to be the lovechild between the ESB and...not the Chrysler, but 1 WTC. It would have played this role even better had it been 1,500+ ft as originally designed, because it's in an area with many other tall buildings, so it's harder to stand above the crowd. It's easier for the ESB and 1 WTC to stand out.

mrnyc · #**2960** Posted **Jan 9, 2019, 4:17 PM**

^ haha -- i'm not sure i'm buying the bold move of tying those three buildings together like that in the bold render. nice pitch though. we'll see.