I have to say I officially love this tower!

This is going to be incredible. WOW!

Very elegant design. Wish this would be there in November during my trip. Beautiful tower and original too. :worship:

OK, now this together with the Tower Verre...:cheers:

It looks just like the plot diagram indicated, the tower integrated with Steinway Hall, and the main shaft in the center of the lot. I also think the crown
complements the crown on One57.


More looks from JDS Development...
http://jdsdevelopmentgroup.com/portf...t-57th-street/


http://jdsdevelopmentgroup.com/wp-co...5-983x1024.jpg



http://jdsdevelopmentgroup.com/wp-co...4-1024x693.jpg



Resized...


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152655079/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152655101/original.jpg

WOW, this will looks so classy. 57th is on a roll! :tup:

I wish they could turn this tower 180 degrees and have the stepped back side facing the park.

I noticed that like One57, the park facing side is different. In this case, it's most likely for the panoramic views.

True. Itll be a pretty nice view from the back as well, getting better the higher you go.
also, is southern exposure more desirable for terraces?

^ Maybe.


It's closer to officially being a united lot of 111 West 57th Street...
http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/BS...de=ES879363319

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/BS...de=ES386573685




A look at some of the interior landmarking of Steinway Hall...


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152656545/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152656546/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152656547/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152656548/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152656549/original.jpg

If the middle section of Steinway is not landmarked I don't understand the hesitation to make the tower wider, bringing it in line with the western edge of the Steinway lot. This seems a no brainier to me, it makes possible a wider, less scary thin tower and adds units, which means more $.

They could make the tower shorter and wider even without Steinway hall, pulling the tower to 57th Street. But the first five floors or so of the building were already landmarked. The interior landmarking is something different. I think final approval for this new "addition" will be upcoming this week.

BTW, that 9 ft model of the tower will be on display beginning this month at the skyscraper museum downtown.


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152655101/medium.jpg



http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITION...H/sky_high.htm

SKY HIGH & the logic of luxury
Opens October 9th, 2013 through April 19th, 2014

http://skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/SK...wers%20Web.jpg

I absolutely love this design, hope to see it start to rise sooner than later.

This was posted over at the WNY forum by Derek2k3 by way of SHoP Architects: http://www.shoparc.com/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/1...87b037bc_b.jpg

WNY forum by Derek2k3 by way of SHoP Architects: http://www.shoparc.com/.

It gives a good idea of what the side facade will look like. If you look closely to the straight side (right side of the picture) it looks like the glass will be separated at each individual floor. I like that.

I wonder what will be the height of the highest occupied floor?

I was worried because I really liked the original 600ft+ design, but this is definitely better. It's going to look amazing with the other supertalls at from Central Park.

Hopefully they add a nice lighting scheme to this to make it shine...

OMG. This just became my favorite project in NY.

Delicious

What a beauty! :worship: I can't wait 'til it gets built. :slob:



I like how it has a very NYC look to it. Big, Grand and Slightly Art Deco. :)

Best looking building in the world since the early 1930s and a true masterpiece of architecture far as I'm concerned. This tower will be a sight to behold and it could become the 5th main landmark in the city along with the ESB, WTC, Chrysler building and the Statue of Liberty.

:notacrook:

^Agreed. :yes:

Good, more detail, and it confirms what I was thinking about the windows.



I remember when Michael Stern said it would be iconic, classic New York, and we are not being disappointed here.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. I find that SHoP is proving themselves to be the McKim, Mead & White of 21st-Century New York. Both in the sense that the amount of work they're turning out is reaching prolific levels, and in the fact that their style is unique and uniquely New York. The more the merrier.

Stunning indeed! There was a time when Tower Verre was the next greatest skyscraper in NYC by a long shot, but with this one and 56 Leonard, it has some company. TV is still my favorite but the marging is a bit thinner. Kudos to SHOP tho, that's quite a design!

The meeting at LPC was today for the decision about the modifications to Steinway Hall...


http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/152659883/original.jpg

According to DOB permits about 1,200 feet. The fins will then bring the tower to over 1,300 feet.

And I have to agree with the others, what a brillant design / facade.

It looks great, it really does. The new images really give the structure a sense of realism. No clue the facade was going to look like that!

Now we need a closeup of the facade at the CP-facing side.

That facade is impressive!

Well, we did get this bit of info when the design was first revealed:

Still, renderings always give a better clarity.

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/1...reet_tower.php

Landmarks Won't Oppose SHoP's West 57th Street Tower


Tuesday, October 1, 2013, by Jeremiah Budin

Yeah!! :tup::yes:

It's going to look weird seeing this reach 1,350ft but only in a thin flat spire form, while 432 Park is occupied building all the way to the top.

Wow, I love it.

Stupid woman, as if she's going to exchange land with JDS to build the tower. Glad to see enough people had their senses about them.

But I hope they don't change the height of the glass frontange on 57th. It's impressive, and the scale gives a hint of the impressive tower that rises behing it.


http://jdsdevelopmentgroup.com/wp-co...5-983x1024.jpg

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Yeah because if you're at Sheep Meadow you'll have to crank your neck back quite a bit for this one.

Beautiful. I even love this more than Tower Verre

This one won the "day of the supertall" yesterday in New York.

We would have been better of if Adrian Smith never showed up to compete.

It could be worse. Gene Kauffman could be behind this tower.

Me too. There's something about Tower Verre that just doesn't appeal to me, albeit hard to put exactly into words. However, these latest renderings are stunning, and make me very excited to see this constructed.

I, too, would like to see the slope at the top face towards Central Park, but really that is a minor issue with the design. Overall I love it.

Very nice and classy design, in contrary to Nordstrom tower.

True, if there was a 1500 ft Gene Kaufman budget hotel knockoff it would be more dreadful.

That being said, due to the prominence in the skyline of 255 W57th, I find its design more offensive than Kafuman's street killing budget hotels.

Thank you SHoP for salvaging 57th St with your design, as mediocre One 57th and DREADFUL 255 W57th seek to ruin it.

Very nice and original design. The only thing better would be if they increased the height enough to surpass 225 W 57th, say, 1450 ft. :yes:

^YES! they should do that, it is simple and ART DECO-ish. It is definitely the most beautiful NYC tower in decades. #awesome

Looks like a taller somewhat Tower Verre looking clone. Almost like what the height should of been before it was chopped. Well somewhat...... but what I'm wondering is what do those people will think at One57? I wonder if they feel like they should of waited? Seems that tower is just getting it hard from all these new designs and taller behemoths being planned.

It's not that bad. One57 is going to be finished soon, whereas 111W and 217W still have a long way to go. You can live at least 4 or 5 years in One57 before those other towers open. Even 432 PA will be ready in 2015/16.

There won't be that many units here above One57's height. Maybe about five.

crap, i'm blown away. judging by the model alone this might become king of NY scrapers.

No, the question is how many units 111 W 57th will have above One57's top unit. I'd say that's at least 10.

http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original

These will be double floor units (duplexes), with some possibly being three floors. Now that I look closer, there may be no more than 5 at most. I'm not sure what the exact configuration is now, but the older plan called for more duplex units. Including the Steinway Building, there will now be a total of 100 units.

one 57 mediocre???? ? Explain please , i think one 57 is a wonderfull mix classic-contemporay tower ,but not mediocre, may be is not a masterpiece but it is good.
Is there other people here that think one 57 is a mediocre building?