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Yes, yes lovely rooftop garden, now what we want to see grow is the G-D tower! "Finish 'em!"
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The location of two great never builts....
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this video veers off topic pretty quickly but it does feature this proposal at the beginning.
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Goddamn sucker was gonna be fucking HUGE!
One of the greatest shames in architecture it wasn't built right up there with Penn's destruction. |
Hi there!
That skyscraper always caught my attention. One day I decided to finish it with the 3D visualization tools that I use. I share one of the renders I did. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. :tu p: Sorry for the use of Google Translate. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...77ca764c_k.jpgmetlife north-escena 3 copy-9-logo-2 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr Image by 90-Grados.com |
Absolutely beautiful, nmolina83! This is by far the best rendering of this building I've seen.
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I share another image that was very nice. Greetings! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1edb9e38_k.jpgmetlife north-escena 5-2 logo by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr https://www.90-grados.com/ https://www.instagram.com/90grados_renderings/ |
Beautiful building. One thing about the taller version, some of the features would have been different from the tower that eventually got built. But the massing is pretty much the same.
By the way, I like these as well.... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ef0ea372_h.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...495b10fd_h.jpg |
Hello,
The design is very tentative. I did not find any plans. I just relied on the guidelines of the constructed building and the setback from the original design. Although the latter was designed with a facade in steel and glass. The following are all the designs that I found that helped me decide some doubts that appeared: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8371c6de_h.jpgdiseños metlife by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr When I was building it, it gave me the impression of being very wide on one side. But in the end I followed the vertical guidelines of the constructed building. I think that would have been the architect's idea. We will never know... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...de5379ee_k.jpgMetLife North-006-g copy by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr Image by https://www.90-grados.com/ |
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I tried to imitate the details as best I could.
Most of the time it would be seen from afar. So they didn't need to be identical. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2d9f7e90_k.jpgCaptura-11 copy by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr |
^ Excellent work.
A little more on the original design: "The American Skyscraper" Roberta Moudry Quote:
This version of the tower had the major entrances in the center, rather than the eventual corners... http://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/upl...rett-Waid-.jpg Anyway, this is probably the favorite of my small collection of models... https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...k.IMG_3285.JPG https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...v.IMG_3286.JPG https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...E.IMG_3287.JPG https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...h.IMG_3288.JPG https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...0.IMG_3289.JPG |
Thank you very much!
Great 3D model. It would have been very helpful to have those photos of the details first! At the top is where I had the most doubts. Because I didn't have good quality photos of that 3D model. I decided to be guided by other buildings that the Architect made. And above all with the Rockefeller Center, in which he participated: "Later, in the 1920s, Harvey Wiley Corbett was part of one of the three firms that designed Rockefeller Center in New York. [5] Corbett, however, left the Rockefeller Center project in 1928, so was able to work on the plans for the Metropolitan Life North Building, designed as a 100-story skyscraper and the tallest building in the world. " So the top is a mix of Rockefeller Center style and original volumetry. The antennas is a separate issue. The original design surely did not include a Chrysler Building-style spire. But in 1950 with the advent of television they needed an antenna for coverage of Manhattan Island. At that time the highest point was the Empire State Building, but MetLife North would have been the chosen one. I tried with a central antenna but it did not fit well with the design. It seemed more harmonious that they are two symmetrical antennas in the style of some Chicago skyscrapers. In the photomontage of the old photo it does not have them. Just my assumptions, of course. ;) |
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...03f7a896_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam25100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c4065f06_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam26100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9162eb03_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam27100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aa8897f5_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam29100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr Turbosuid.com https://www.90-grados.com/ |
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Yeah, MetLife would have been the tallest tower, and when we look at the configuration of the roof, there probably would have been two. On the other hand, when we look at the skyscraper race, the Empire State didn't originally have it's spire, it was added once the Chrysler kept getting close. You have to wonder if MetLife would have considered something to distance itself more from the Empire State. We'll never know. But this tower has always fascinated me. ESB https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...R.IMG_1276.JPG https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...N.IMG_1279.JPG https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...g.IMG_1277.JPG Another MetLife alternate.... http://a4.pbase.com/o10/06/102706/1/...ticleLarge.jpg__http://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/upl...rett-Waid-.jpg |
I agree.
I particularly like Art Deco buildings that end in spiers much more. It would have been glorious! Greetings! |
More high resolution renders ...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...92ba95c9_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam05100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1dce1518_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam10100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ce314a0b_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam22100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...198b005b_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam23100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6ab596e4_k.jpgmetlifenorthcam20100 by Nicolás Molina, en Flickr |
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