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9 - 432 Park Ave just lookin like the long brick from tetris
24 -111 W. 57th Street is even more extreme Really nice are 11, 27,29 - Hudson Yards with the highline around. beautiful. The Highline was very nice in summer 14, as I have been there. |
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Just saying...but if the '(Du)Bai and the '(Shang)Hai---amongst others from the Fertile Crescent to the Sea of Japan---had been following the above logic all along, they wouldn't get laughed out of the room by us here and some of the more *sensible European metropolises.
The relevance of the above IMO to this topic is that we're doing it right; and the fact that international financeers will flock stateside in only bigger droves seems to prove that. *Sensible vis a vis reading the appropriate market tea leaves and proceeding accordingly; my "Field of Dreams in Reverse": Come and They Will Build It.". |
With foundation work now being done, can we assume the design is now frozen?
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I guess the only question now is whether the 1490' number is the physical roof height or the parapet/curtain wall height...
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Latest permit...(ignore the 1,550 ft height) http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01 Quote:
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http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/...ordstrom-2.jpg
http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/...ordstrom-1.jpg Credit: 217 West 57th Street, photo by ILNY ; http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/12/cco...-december.html |
^ Looks like excavation is leveling out. You can already feel a difference since these videos were taken...
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^^Whoa, that excavator- top left corner. Pure American ingenuity. :yes:
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The CTBUH has to get their numbers updated, but here's an idea how the tallest rankings here in the US will stand with Nordstrom and some of the others...
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/158416311/original.jpg If you include towers that are proposed, or in site prep status... http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/158416313/original.jpg Nordstrom moves to the top of the list of proposed and under construction projects in the US... http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/158416314/original.jpg |
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Was playing around with the data over there. For structures 150m or greater that are proposed, demo, u/c, topped out and complete. This is what I found. Note: Some are missing as stated by the CTBUH disclaimer but gives us a good idea. ============= Scroll ============> http://virtual-host-discourse.global...3b2acc15a.jpeg We are clearly in an unprecedented time for skyscraper construction in NYC. |
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And everyone can and should take it all in. Twenty years from now, we'll look back and remember when each and everyone of these babies grew out of the ground. |
Does anyone have a proper updated render for this building...I still can't get an idea of what it's actually going to look like..
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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...4,203,200_.jpg Once that is finished, I can recommend a more advanced textbook. Common BrownTown, you're starting to sound like a NIMBY that doesn't understand how cities work. |
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The towers going up in NYC are strictly based on market demand. It has nothing to do with "show"; in fact these buildings are very difficult to build, due to tough zoning, NIMBY opposition, absurd union rules and the nation's highest mansion and transfer taxes. As for "efficient" the most efficient residence is the one most reflective of market demand. Obviously these buildings are being built as efficient as possible, because the developer is strictly motivated by profit. The relative success of the building determines the building's value, and benefit to the city. Quote:
You forgot the little part about not all real estate being created equal. If a ground floor residece is X, A 90th floor residence overlooking Central Park will be sold for 5X or 10X. So obviously the math works out, unless the usable floorspace becomes absurdly tiny. If the math didn't work out, then developers wouldn't be building tall skinny towers, which are much more expensive to build than "regular" highrises. |
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