Cool- thanks!
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Is that blank wall really necessary?
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Needs at least a curvy top...some 9 DeKalb type spires would look great here also.
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This is why I think CPT needs some sort of distinctive top...
Denise Aerielle https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7486/2...1e07786a_k.jpg |
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Man, this thing needs the spire back :( |
About that blank wal, if I'm remembering correctly, that's basically the core. Barnett said without the cantilever, the entire eastern side would have been a blank wall.
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^ 1550 ft blank wall? That would have been a disaster.
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That long shot of the skyline brings to mind the elevation differences between building plots for the tallest buildings in Manhattan.
1 WTC and 80 South Street are very close to sea level. 30 Hudson Yards is at about 25 feet above sea level. Empire State Building and 432 Park are at a bit under 50 feet ASL. One Vanderbilt is at about 58 feet ASL. 111 W 57th is at 60 feet ASL. 217 W 57th is at 80 feet ASL. |
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Ground elevations don't count when you compare buildings across cities, but in the same skyline, it can definitely have an impact on which buildings loom the highest. |
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From those distances, the elevations won't make a difference at all. Anyway, looking closer at this photo, we can get a better sense of where the height currently is... Ruben Perez https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7409/2...67d9c37d_b.jpg |
http://therealdeal.com/issues_articl...ack-to-retail/
Bringing romance back to retail Nordstrom’s planned flagship at Central Park Tower recalls the golden age of consumerism http://therealdeal.com/wp-content/up...hattan-Day.jpg July 01, 2016 By James Gardner Quote:
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I still want to see how this one will look from a street level view before I make up my mind on its bland design. Between the department store and the cantilever, it might be pretty impressive to see it from sidewalk level. Of course, this means it will have to be completed, and, snooze, it's taking a long time for it to rise. Guess it will be a while before one can see the view from the sidewalk.
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"This is why I think CPT needs some sort of distinctive top..."
- text above picture showing the entire distant NYC skyline silhouette . . (in NYguy's 1st June 30th post above) . . Precisely and Amen ! . . . |
On this most pleasant sunday afternoon . .
I do not apologize for proselytizing . . this featurelessly substandard heavenly perch . . is flagrantly unworthy . . |
Looks to be about 200' at the most right now. Hope they pick up the pace soon...
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For what it is worth:
New York Times article July 12 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/re...m-fizzles.html "While prices at the high end continue to set records, that’s largely because many of the deals that are closing now involve contracts that were signed as long as 18 months ago, when many of the buildings were still under construction and the market was stronger. Developers insist that sales at the top are continuing, just at a slower pace than in recent years. “There is still very good activity,” said Gary Barnett, the president of Extell, “but it’s hard to close deals because people are not in a rush.” To help attract buyers to an unsold $20.1 million, three-bedroom apartment on the 45th floor of One57, Extell hired the designer Jennifer Post to decorate it at an estimated cost of $1 million. “Unless you give them a real imperative to buy,” Mr. Barnett said, “they think, ‘I can come back in a month and it will still be there or maybe the price will be lower.’ That’s why we’re doing these things, to get these deals closed.” Mr. Miller of Miller Samuel was less optimistic. “It takes a while for sellers, whether in new development or resales, to capitulate to sudden changes in the market,” he said. “It’s not that there aren’t any buyers at this level. It’s that there aren’t buyers willing to pay 2014 prices.” " |
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