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MY guess is that this will be a very shiny building, contrasting with 220 CPS, 432 Park, and even One57. I've come to terms with the "crown", still unhappy that the tallest in Midtown won't have a spire of sorts, but it will be what it will be.
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This building has risen two floors in the last 10 days or so. Finally past the cantilever, so hopefully this starts to really fly.
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Looks Amazing
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Just starting to peak above the forest, this should really start moving now. Cant wait.
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If I may, I'd like to re-introduce myself as the SSP forumer formerly known as JayPro.
It does my heart good to finally contribute to the myriaddiscussions about new construction in the Apple. As for this tower on the rise (finally), a few observations: As for this spire or no spire argument, I've concluded that for where it is, the addition really isn't needed. Its simplistic contours in juxtaposition between One57 and 220CPS easily catch the eye without drawing too much attention to itself, which IMO adding the spire *would* do. (Now if it were part of the MidtownEast rezoning, the spire would be fine....maybe if instead on top of the building it were added to one of the corners like IIRC Moscow's Federation complex's spire in the middle, which I think was scrapped(?) ). Moving right along, the overall facade is moderately complex without leaving viewers scratching their heads. Lastly, the height of the cantilever from street level (How tall?) is impressive to an almost daunting level, giving the tower a further sense of awesome presence. What we have here is the tallest of NYC's new crop of giants striking an incredibly difficult, yet IMO seamless balance between profound subtlety and sheer verticality. I say top-out by Memorial Day at the latest. |
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Have to say that the progress since August September is very very small. Have a look at page 211 of this thread to see the progress from September. I gotta go by the site a see how much activity is going on. The latest pictures show almost no one on the roof. Painfully slow. j |
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As far as how slow the progress is here, it's slow, but it's not like we're waiting for the most dynamic tower to get built. If this were the only game in town, I might be more concerned with the pace, due to the excitement. But there is simply way too much going on in New York to get concerned about it. Barnett could put this on ice for a couple of years, and I wouldn't be bothered. This just happens to be the tallest of the new supertall towers being built in New York. It's hardly the most exciting. It will dominate from sheer size of course. Quote:
This tower will be the tallest in Midtown, with or without the spire. It will stand above the Empire State, One Vanderbilt, 111 W. 57th, 30 Hudson, the Chrysler, 53W53, BofA, all towers that have an apex with variations on the New York spire/crown that the skyline is known for, all standing above row after row of boxes (people don't generally think of buildings like the GE, Met Life, Chase, as skyline defining towers). The New York skyline is seen from a number of angles, most often not the ones we generally think of. This building will matter more than others because it will be the most visible. As is currently planned, the apex doesn't do this city or it's skyline justice. But it will be what it will be. It will be thrown into the mix same as the others. It just should have been a better representation of a skyline defining tower in New York. |
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Amazing photo.
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For the people worrying about the lack of sun in the park, the shadows these towers will bring...
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Looks like the core is about 5 floors above the cantilever...
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I still predict that blank wall will be covered, similar to what was done with 3 Manhattan West.
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https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2451/3...76de49f6_o.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/296/33...5c283bf8_o.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/601/32...587ac8f6_o.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2861/3...789c6151_o.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/390/32...4b1345ab_o.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2709/3...1acc91fc_o.jpg December 10 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/318/30...db7bce3e_o.jpg February 20, one floor in over two months. We are watching snail race between 1CP and 111 W 57th. https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3753/3...d2453dda_o.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2761/3...cf82e074_o.jpg |
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It looks like there's a lot more yellow formwork up top now, right?
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Finally it looks like there's some progress, not a ton, but better than nothing.
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And to think that in some time, we'll look back at these pictures of this building as a small slab of concrete while we look at it as part of the skyline as a greater hole... time flies...
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Okay glass is there, now it's officially really exciting :)
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can't wait to see cpt joint the skyline
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Central Park Tower to be dethroned by - The Big Bend. ;)
Just a concept, see more here.... http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=1#post7744003 https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2880/3...1d93a110_k.jpg oiiostudio |
With the right design, and maybe facade, hell, it would be a cool experiment. Its always cool when cities experiment, and that gamble might turn out in the end to be great.
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^ It makes the Central Park Tower look decent in that rendering.
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Excuse me, what is number#7 Big Bend Tower? Is going to be build a super tallest tower? On what floors is it?
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I agreed but one thing SF building would be 750 feet tall. But Central park tower!! we know the height of it.
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In this rendering the cpt look has a spire ,wish it will have one's
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As of now, it won't. But it does look better with it, even though the building is boxy.
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1. http://m4.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...ic0321172b.JPG 2. http://m5.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...ic0321173b.JPG 3. http://m7.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...ic0321179b.JPG 4. http://m8.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...c03211710b.JPG 5. http://m9.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...c03211711b.JPG 6. http://m0.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...c03211713b.JPG 7. http://m1.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...c03211714b.JPG 8. http://m2.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...c03211716b.JPG 9. http://m8.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...321_213538.jpg 10. http://m0.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...321_213601.jpg 11. http://m3.i.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/...321_213633.jpg 58th and 57th facades again: http://m0.i.pbase.com/o9/06/102706/1...dE4zg7.n5b.JPG http://m1.i.pbase.com/o9/06/102706/1...ndC6b2.n6b.JPG |
Great updates!.. I'm guessing there's a film for the cladding that leaves it so opaque for now?
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Nice updates, where is tower entrance? |
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Snippet fron Barnett interview.
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Still no really good renders for this...
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I wonder how many New Yorkers are even aware of what kind of monster this will be.
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