NEW YORK | Bank Of America Tower | 1,200' Pinnacle / 945' Roof | 53 FLOORS

[Fabb]

What about the larger one though? I dont believe that it will be used for communications, thus it will just be like the NYTimes mast.

It doesn't look purely ornamental. I bet that it'll have a function.

[NYguy]

It doesn't look purely ornamental. I bet that it'll have a function.

Probably will, but its hard to say from looking at this:

http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/41675885/large.jpg

[antinimby]

It even says "ARCHITECTURAL SPIRE!!"

Doesn't that answer your questions?

[NYguy]

It even says "ARCHITECTURAL SPIRE!!"

Doesn't that answer your questions?

It should answer most, but you never know with Durst....

[Fabb]

I bet it's called "architectural spire" so that it's included in the official height. I still think it'll be functional.

[STERNyc]

If it serves as an antennae than it wont matter what they call it, it won't be included in the official height.

[JACKinBeantown]

November 1, 2006 - Not as good as my last photo, but you can see it starting to overtake the base of the Empire State Building just to its left.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f117/JACKinNYC/20061101.jpg

[Fabb]

November 1, 2006 - Not as good as my last photo, but

Don't say that. Your photos are equally good, and we love them.
This angle will be very interesting with the sheathing adding some substance.

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: I agree - amazing shot! :tup:

[Nowhereman1280]

If it serves as an antennae than it wont matter what they call it, it won't be included in the official height.

Thats not true, I bet it will be included in the height because its clearly an important part of the design. I mean BofA just wouldn't be as dramtic if it didn't look as if the building were melting away towards the top to reveal that giant spire! Wasn't/isn't the ESB spire use(d) to house antenae? That's always been included in ESB's height because its clearly an important part of ESB's design!

[CHAPINM1]

Even if it serves partially for comminications, it will still be included in the height. Just like Freedom Tower, inside part of the spire there is an antennia. That might just be the case for the Bank of America Tower. Either way, the official height will be 1,200 feet.

[JACKinBeantown]

Thanks Fabb and fish.

[NYguy]

blurb from banktechnews...November 2006

Facilities: Building 'Green' Saves Banks Green
Using environmentally friendly building materials saves money and builds goodwill. PNC, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo are taking notice of the trend.

By Karen Krebsbach

Bankers are all about the money-and saving money can be just as good as earning it. That's why banks like PNC Financial Services and Bank of America are at the forefront of the green-building construction craze, which proponents claim can save up to 9 percent in overall building operating costs, increase building values by up to 7.5 percent, boost occupancy ratios by up to 3.5 percent-and improve return on investment by up to 6.6 percent. Other players include Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo.

In 2008, Bank of America expects to open its green Bank of America Tower in Midtown Manhattan, which houses its global corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management and consumer and commercial-banking businesses, including six trading floors. The bank says the tower will be the world's most environmentally responsible high-rise office building and the first to strive for LEED platinum designation.

Constructed largely of recycled and recyclable materials, the building features filtered under-floor displacement ventilation, double-wall technology and translucent insulating glass in floor-to-ceiling windows for maximum light. It also will include an onsite 4.6-megawatt cogeneration plant, providing a clean, efficient source for the building's energy requirements. Its gray-water system is expected to capture and reuse all rain and wastewater, while planted roofs will reduce the urban heat island effect. Architect Robert Fox has said "greening" the 2.2 million-square-foot building will add 2 percent to the $1.3 billion projected cost. "This is a competitive advantage," explains Mark Nicholls, Corporate Workplace Executive at BofA, who says the bank expects "substantial savings," particularly in water and electricity usage, though he declined to provide specific figures. "We're very serious about our core values, which is doing the right thing."

A unique under-the-floor air-filtration system will allow employees to individually control the temperature of their workstations. "Fifty to 60 percent of people are either too hot or too cold," he says. "With this, employees will be able to adjust the temperature by five or six degrees. And the filtration system will filter out 95 percent of the particles from New York City air and expel it-it'll be cleaner than the air we brought in."

(c) 2006 Bank Technology News and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.banktechnews.com http://www.sourcemedia.com

[TechTalkGuy]

Update: 11/5/2006
Bank of America
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[Nowhereman1280]

Man BofA is definately getting its money's worth out of advertising the enviromental friendlyness of this building. Great way to give your company a good repuation by building one of the largest and most enviromentally friendly buildings around.

What are those people with the flags (French?!) doing in that one picture?

[Lecom]

That glass looks classy, even though I still think they could have done away with fritting.

[CoolCzech]

What are those people with the flags (French?!) doing in that one picture?

Surrendering?

[TechTalkGuy]

What are those people with the flags (French?!) doing in that one picture?
The NY Marathon :)

[H-man]

Surrendering?

LOL:haha:

[hi123]

^Not funny coolCzech...You should go to France and see what a wonderful country full of intelligent people it is! I went there for a month in 2005 and thought it was fantastic...

[Nowhereman1280]

^Not funny coolCzech...You should go to France and see what a wonderful country full of intelligent people it is! I went there for a month in 2005 and thought it was fantastic...

If they were really intelligent they wouldn't make it illegal to say that the Ottoman empire did not commit genocide of Armenians durring WWI or make religious expression illegal in schools. Or how about the ghettoization of every immigrant that steps in their door? You know the policies that have lead to the constant destitute poverty of 20% of the country and ongoing almost daily riots? I think what Cool said was funny.

To get back on topic, I would agree with lecom that the glass would definately look better without the fritting.

I'm really having fun watching projects like this and NYTT get built through these forums because it seems that there are no steal frame skyscrapers going up here in Chicago, they are almost all reenforced concrete here, its not as much fun to watch and takes longer :( Stupid steal prices going through the roof!

[Fabb]

^People see a flag next to a promising construction site and think of politics. Weird.

My comment is : the smaller floor plates will start to appear soon. That's exciting.

[NYguy]

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The real fun is just beginning with this tower...

[CoolCzech]

Man, when this tower is complete and looms over Bryant Park, Holy SMOKES that will be impressive!

What a wonderful time to be alive in the history of this city.

[CoolCzech]

^Not funny coolCzech...You should go to France and see what a wonderful country full of intelligent people it is! I went there for a month in 2005 and thought it was fantastic...

Oh, don't be so touchy, I have a French cousin I'm quite close to.

[NYguy]

Man, when this tower is complete and looms over Bryant Park, Holy SMOKES that will be impressive!


So true. Not that they could do anything about it, but I wonder how this one flew under the NIMBY radar. Those Bryant Park people are so finicky. Maybe they are just too embroiled in the current Fashion War with the fashion industry over the park.

[TechTalkGuy]

I wonder how this one flew under the NIMBY radar.
Probably because this tower will actually look "hip". :cool:

[TechTalkGuy]

Update: 11/12/2006
Bank of America
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[CGII]

I'm still not sure as to how those windows will look, but I think they'll be either flawless and amazing or really awful. They remind me of some sort of ultra clean 1960's glass treatment.

[Lecom]

^Not funny coolCzech...You should go to France and see what a wonderful country full of intelligent people it is! I went there for a month in 2005 and thought it was fantastic...
Don't worry. Anyone who makes such comments makes fun of himself primarily as well as the nation whose stereotype he repsesents rather than the nation he is making fun of.

Besides, I don't think Chezh's comment was intended to be serious.

[CoolCzech]

^I already said as much, Lecom.
I don't think my French cousin Philippe, representing an entire branch of my family, finds me particularly anti-French.

Now, how many floors are we up to with this tower? What's the rate that need floors are being added?

[laro3]

nice glass

[NYC32]

Looking good

[NYguy]

I'm convinced the Conde Naste antenna will work nicely with the BofA spire.

A few more pics from yesterday...

November 12, 2006

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[TechTalkGuy]

Wow, the weather looked dreadful when you snapped your pix there, nyguy.

We will have to wait and see what the spire will look like in person when it is built. :tup:

[NYguy]

Wow, the weather looked dreadful when you snapped your pix there, nyguy.

We will have to wait and see what the spire will look like in person when it is built. :tup:

Yeah, it was before the rain really kicked in.

It occured to me that along with the Conde Naste, these will be the first 1,000 ft towers (counting the antenna) in NY standing side by side since the Twin Towers.

[NYguy]

Image posted on curbed.com

http://www.curbed.com/2006_11_boanov14.jpg

It's starting to look like New Yorks 2nd tallest (for now). And its just the way I like my towers, rising in the canyons...

[Thskyscraper]

The cladding is looking great.

[NYC2ATX]

quick question. when is this building supposed to start receding? It has been going up straight for 20 floors or so already. :shrug:

[ramvid01]

It is receding already. You can barely see it but the last 5-6 floors have a notch on the corner of 42nd and 6th.

[CarlosV]

:) we are all taking the same shots!! I love it!!

Great shots Mr. Fish and NYguy

a grey and quite mild day in Gotham today.around 65 degrees F. ....November 17, 2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/2006/CIMG0836.jpg

[NYguy]

This is my new favorite in Midtown. At least under construction. 1,200 ft, and its just scratching the surface of the new 1,000 ft towers on the way in New York. Funny how the city is building now taller than ever - post 9/11. Everyone thought it would be the opposite.

[JACKinBeantown]

Image posted on curbed.com

http://www.curbed.com/2006_11_boanov14.jpg

It's starting to look like New Yorks 2nd tallest (for now). And its just the way I like my towers, rising in the canyons...

Hey, someone else has been editing at Crew Cuts. But I contend that the view out the bathroom window (below) is better than from the balcony.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f117/JACKinNYC/BofA102406.jpg

[TechTalkGuy]

Update: 11/19/2006
Bank of America
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[Fabb]

Good photos !
Thanks again.

I don't what to think of the cladding. To me, it looks very conventional, old fashioned.
Once Piano has established new standards, it's not an easy task to be innovative again.

[TechTalkGuy]

The cladding is not the same on every side of the tower.

Only time will tell how this look will develop.

[NYguy]

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How fitting that we see the majestic spire of the Chrysler Building, and the
more recent Conde Naste antenna, both of which will be surpassed by the
spire of this one...

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: 42nd Street will be known as the street of spires.

[NYguy]

:previous: 42nd Street will be known as the street of spires.

Seems all the new tallest in New York now have spires of some sort, a throwback to the classic days.

[Hamilton]

I don't what to think of the cladding. To me, it looks very conventional, old fashioned.
Once Piano has established new standards, it's not an easy task to be innovative again.

It may be "conventional," but it's better than having another super-tall, oppressively "innovative" dull-gray turd forced on New Yorker's views every day, in real life, not just in photos. If there is any chance that the NY Times tower it is to look tolerably non-depressing, they better lock all the fluorescent lights throughout the building on the ON position permanently.

[Hamilton]

dp

[Busy Bee]

I thought for a second that that Citigroup/bank-whatever-they're-calling-themselves-now banner was hanging from the building. Now that would really be a case of ironic advertecture!

[CoolCzech]

It may be "conventional," but it's better than having another super-tall, oppressively "innovative" dull-gray turd forced on New Yorker's views every day, in real life, not just in photos. If there is any chance that the NY Times tower it is to look tolerably non-depressing, they better lock all the fluorescent lights throughout the building on the ON position permanently.

That's a really unfairly accurate assessment, Hamilton. Some people apparantly like huge, dull-gray turds.

[NYguy]

If there is any chance that the NY Times tower it is to look tolerably non-depressing, they better lock all the fluorescent lights throughout the building on the ON position permanently.

LOL... well, at least it will be "lit" sooner in the wintertime. I've never seen a building that cried so much for darkness...

[JACKinBeantown]

While this is not my favorite building going up right now, it's SOOOOOOO much better than Times. This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for this building going up to give my eyes some relief from the eyesore a few blocks away.

[kznyc2k]

My contribution to a great thread.. from 11/20

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a crane extension arriving

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the idea was to get both the NYT and the BOA, but it didn't turn out so well

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[NYguy]

the idea was to get both the NYT and the BOA, but it didn't turn out so well

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/5019/dscf0049ip5.jpg

It turned out well enought, you can see both towers...

[Fabb]

^^Thanks for the update !

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/6389/dscf0036yd3.jpg

^Too glassy, too cold. I wish the cladding was warmer, more textural.

[TechTalkGuy]

Update: 11/25/2006
Bank of America
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[Ghost]

Thanks for update!

[NYguy]

This baby is huge...

[Thskyscraper]

This baby is huge...
Yes it is... I need to go see it in person, I haven't been around Bryant Park for a while.

[TechTalkGuy]

The tower is really starting to take shape as it rises skyward. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/mr-fish/Miscellaneous/BigSmile.gif

[Daquan13]

I think it has reached its point where it is about to start the taper to the top!!

[STERNyc]

Good photos !
Thanks again.

I don't what to think of the cladding. To me, it looks very conventional, old fashioned.
Once Piano has established new standards, it's not an easy task to be innovative again.

We get it by now, we all know you love the NYTIMES building. You stated your opinion, now move on. There's no point in repeating yourself over and over and over and over again. I swear you've made atleast 1000 posts about how you like the NYTimes Building when a couple of posts about your stance on the building would suffice, no one’s going to forget how you feel, its just getting annoying now.

[NYC2ATX]

OMG I see cuts in the floor plates now! It's finally starting to take its shape as it moves to the top! EXCITING!!)

[Fabb]

We get it by now, we all know you love the NYTIMES building. You stated your opinion, now move on. There's no point in repeating yourself over and over and over and over again. I swear you've made atleast 1000 posts about how you like the NYTimes Building when a couple of posts about your stance on the building would suffice, no one’s going to forget how you feel, its just getting annoying now.

Oh, no.
What's really annoying is when forumers keep posting hate and out-of-topic posts ... and lose their sense of humour.

This thread is about BofA. Here's my comment :

Those vertical beams (picture below) are thin. They make the stucture look flimsy. Are they going to be reinforced ?

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3720/boa4ym5.jpg

[Daquan13]

Those aren't the vertical support beams.

They are a little bit further inward on this side of the tower. The "beams" that you see are probably to help support the glass facade.

[pico44]

We get it by now, we all know you love the NYTIMES building. You stated your opinion, now move on. There's no point in repeating yourself over and over and over and over again. I swear you've made atleast 1000 posts about how you like the NYTimes Building when a couple of posts about your stance on the building would suffice, no one’s going to forget how you feel, its just getting annoying now.

Relax kiddo. You're making a fool of yourself. I too think this building looks uninspired when compared to the Times Tower. But then again doesn't everything? If only they could switch places...

[NYguy]

And still it rises...

NOVEMBER 26

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[STERNyc]

Relax kiddo. You're making a fool of yourself. I too think this building looks uninspired when compared to the Times Tower. But then again doesn't everything? If only they could switch places...

And you. All you've done since joining this forum is make threads insulting opinions that are different than yours. Noone is finding your immaturity cute or funny at all. For your information I would have made the same post if the person was creating hundreds of posts against the building, their point having been conveyed, noone wants to hear a broken record. Noone wants to hear your juvenile insults either. Got it.

[CarlosV]

Monday November 27, 2006

Another glorious warm day in Gotham !!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/2006/CIMG0890.jpg




:slob: sick view they'll have....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/2006/CIMG0892.jpg

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: Great shots there, NYguy, Carlos!

[CGII]

Still holding my breath on the windows...

[CoolCzech]

Judging by this rendition, it seems the particular cladding we've seen to date will only cover part of the tower (on the right side of this picture):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/bofaafter.jpg

I have to say I'm not crazy about the entrance as its shown here: looks too Retro 60's.

[NYguy]

Already fits the 42nd streetscape nicely...

November 29, 2006

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[CoolCzech]

Nice pics, NY Guy!

Really capture the feel of being in the City...

[TechTalkGuy]

Update: 12/3/2006
Bank of America
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[Fabb]

By day, by night, at dusk, from many angles... that's a very extensive coverage.
Thanks !

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: Thanks Fabb! :cheers:

[EDDYC]

Wow! Are they working fast or what!!! This thing will be topped out by summer at that rate.

[CGII]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7383/boa4lh9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/bofaafter.jpg

Quite a difference. Reminds me of the cladding on that Gehry thing on the Hudson.

Well it certainly won't be as colourful and transparent as the renderings, unfortunately, and if you ask me it'll end up looking like Libeskind designed something from 1965, but I've still got my hopes up.

[NYguy]

Wow! Are they working fast or what!!! This thing will be topped out by summer at that rate.

Let's hope so...:tup:

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: CGII, the rendering you have provided does not show the shadows from the nearby towers.

[CGII]

No it does not, but both photos show what the glass looks like in sunlight. I'm just hoping it's one of those cases where it's not hitting the glass right.

[NYC32]

FISH your the Man, thank you.

[TechTalkGuy]

FISH your the Man, thank you.
:D :cheers:

[Swede]

Just wanted to third on the "great pics, fish" :)
Something a bit magical about that night-time shot with the Bryant Park ice-skaters.

[Patrick]

Hmm not the first time renderings have lied. The glass looks a lot more shinier in the rednerings. Hope it turns out better, I still love this building!

[TechTalkGuy]

Just wanted to third on the "great pics, fish" :)
Something a bit magical about that night-time shot with the Bryant Park ice-skaters.
Thanks Swede :cheers:

The weather was beatiful this weekend. :cool:

The incredible crowds during the holiday season remind me of how much more normal Manhattan is the rest of the year.

[CarlosV]

Saturday...November 2, 2006

I did not noticed any major changes..pretty much the same as a few days ago..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/2006/CIMG0906.jpg

[TechTalkGuy]

:previous: Thanks for your contribution, Mr. Carlos! :tup:

[ramvid01]

Hard to compare the rendering to the pic. The rendering is a wider pan, and also the glass in the corner is very transparent, theres just nothing to look at (mind you I'm ignoring the fact it does not even look like a hue of green as the rendering shows).

[CoolCzech]

Actually, I think I do detect a faint trace of a greenish hue... but yeah, so far the glass is less than stellar looking. Looks kind of cheap.

[Ktulured55]

Actually, I think I do detect a faint trace of a greenish hue... but I yeah, so far the glass is less than stellar looking. Looks kind of cheap.

It's ok. The height will be the primary attribute of this building. It will look good when done! :D

[Fabb]

It's ok. The height will be the primary attribute of this building. It will look good when done! :D

Height is what counts most, of course.
But I wouldn't mind is the details were appealing. From the sidewalk, this tower will appear barely taller than its neighbours. A nice cladding would help.

[NYguy]

The tower as it is now already appears significantly larger than its neighbors. This one will have that "big" presence.

wired.com

http://www.wired.com/ly/wired/wired/archive/14.12/images/FF_246_building7_f.jpg

[ramvid01]

Just looking that picture just makes me drool. Too bad its still a long ways away from seeing the whole structure done :( .

[Fabb]

of the 20.000 or so glass panels, no two are the same

I find that hard to believe.

[NYguy]

I find that hard to believe.

I find that hard to believe also, though the differences could be very subtle. You know, they say no two snowflakes are alike...:sly:

In either case, who's going to, and how can you prove them wrong (or right)?