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Feb 17, 2016 8:53 PM |
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Originally Posted by RobEss
(Post 7332937)
Is that a blank wall I spy? I'm worried the entire area beneath the cantilever and the Art Student's League will be completely devoid of windows.
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Originally Posted by ILNY
(Post 7332963)
Not even that, looks like it will be just concrete, no glass ?. I am surprised they could not come up with better transition from store to the tower.
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I don't think it will be exposed concrete but it will have some sort of cladding, as seen for the lines in the wall, but still a huge blank wall indeed...
That I think is unforgivable, because they know the Students League building will remain, it is landmarked, they bought air rights from it and even they are building a cantilever above it. They should've made the design more suited to that, if it were a random building that could be demolished in the future, nobody can blame them for doing the blank wall, but that is not the case here.
They could at least make a small setback at about the height of the Students League cornice, not more than 2 meters retracted, where they can put maybe the same ondulating facade, so they don't have a just a blank wall, improving the view from the street. I made a rough photoshop of that. They can do many other things, but they should not left just an ugly blank wall there.
The blank wall of the tower is less visible from the street, there they can use a high quality clading, ideally, some terracota material, ala Steinway.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...psfsm2o9bn.jpg
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Originally Posted by chris08876
(Post 7338977)
I'd say so. 3 floors a month if they go slow, and it will still top out by late 2018. But it should move quicker then that. Its interiors that will probably push it an extra year, kinda like 432.
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I think it will top out by late 2017 or early 2018.
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