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^call gandalf, maybe he'll hurry up the process for us.
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Maybe it won't take as long of you recruit enough of them to speak friend and enter.............
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^ "yes, have hobbitses we must GOLLUM!"
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YIMBY's latest update on 220 CPS also included a sliver of the 225w57 site, where you can see the excavation that has begun.
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Oh yeah, here comes the eternal wait.
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Apparently there's still hope that the cantilever will be shelved
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/ar...rref=arts&_r=0 Seeing a Need for Oversight of New York’s Lordly Towers Quote:
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First month of excavation completed successfully. Barlog has not been awaken. How deep do you think they can dig in 20 months... to the center of the Earth? http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2820/1...a3d8f2ac_b.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/1...8d5267bf_b.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/1...8c18c566_b.jpg |
^yeah by that progress they must be lying.
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I don't see a need for "oversight", because as we've seen, it always comes down to someone else's taste. And in the case of the Tower Verre, we came out on the bad end of that deal. Quote:
It's all summed up right there. Forget about blocking views from Central Park. View almost any photo taken from Central Park, and you will see the sky rising above the towers. That will be true, even when the taller towers are built. These skyscrapers aren't infinitely tall. |
A common sense rebuttal to that last piece...
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmo...rk-skyscraper/ The new era of the New York skyscraper By Felix Salmon December 24, 2013 Quote:
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not going to lie, I like the design .
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nyc midtown: let's knock down a fully, 100% of the year occupied 10 story building to get the same number of people into a building that's occupied at even 30% capactiy no more than 30% of the year. it's great if you're in the industry (like me), but i really don't see how there's any defense of supertalls that black out cp or look like the way 225 w57th does. barnett got so greedy that he may have tipping-pointed another dozen developments into the oubliettes. cheering for a fuck like this is just idiotic. bad architecture, greedy trump-style "grab-it-all/leave-nothing-on-the-table"-ism, just won't work at this point. like watch all the reactionary anti-development stuff come up, almost exclusively because of how bad this tower is. bloomberg should have sat this guy down. bah. |
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Right. So when a tower who's design you do like gets the thumbs down by the "review" board, because they find something not to their particular liking, so be it? I don't think so. The main reason we don't need any type of review board is because taste is so subjective. We didn't need a review board to get the Empire State, Chrysler, or even the Twin Towers of the WTC built. I don't like the design of this tower as has been shown, but I don't think any type of review board is going to make things better for the skyline. I look no further than the Tower Verre, one of my favorite proposals of all time. As far as shadows over Central Park, well this is New York, and Central Park is no less amazing on cloudy days, snowy days, or even rainy days. And as the Central Park Conservancy put it in the post above: Quote:
The headline here itself is contradictory... http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.1557621 Developers are turning Central Park into Central Dark with mega-thin towers A new wave of skyscrapers exceeds current zoning laws thanks to air rights. Shadows will cover the southern part of the park. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...adows25n-5.jpg These before-and-after pictures show the potential skyline over Central Park with the proposed development of 57th St. mega-towers. By Jan Ransom AND Matt Chaban December 25, 2013 Quote:
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...adows-1124.jpg Shadows will go creeping across Central Park as the day drags on, if a slew of mega-towers gets built along Central Park. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...s25n-1-web.jpg Numerous Central Park amenities wouldn't be able to escape the shadows of proposed skyscrapers on and near W. 57th St. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...adows25n-4.jpg 'Accidental Skyline,' published by The Municipal Art Society of New York, outlines issues related to tall buildings and their influence on scarce open spaces in New York City. http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...s25n-3-web.jpg The Muncipal Art Society's report 'Accidental Skyline' reveals how the southern part of Central Park would be almost entirely covered by shadows in winter thanks to new mega-towers. |
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Yes, let's stop the personal insults please. Especially on this day....:order::order::order:
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my question is ,can garry barnett come back to the 1550ft height ??
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