You got me excited for a sec.
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:previous: Don't tell me I got excited :hyper: for nothing? :shrug:
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Today is my birthday, and i am receiving this pleasant surprise.
I just can't imagine how involuntary it is to get a gift or any other surprises like this... Though not a New Yorker or even an American, it gives me delight to know America is rocketing. Thanks guys for the news... |
This tower will be pretty epic. It could very well be the tallest building in the Americas right? (depending on the measurement). I would just kill for San Francisco to get more 500 ft + towers.
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^ This tower will be in the top 10 worldwide by roof height (~500m). ;)
Btw I would like to see a design similar to the once proposed 2200 feet tall Cintas Tower (1983, NYC). --> Diagram |
Can anyone possibly shoot one aerial picture of the site before the construction commences?
(not google earth pic) Thanx!!! |
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I was excited for a second there.. |
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Thanks in advance.... |
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Who says there's no humor here on SSP? |
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If that's not enough, this will have to do... jag9889 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8...b29e3f91_z.jpg |
:previous: That's an incredible view you found, NYguy! ;)
The proximity of 225 W 57th Street is going to add some serious density to the Columbus Circle / Central Park South area in a good way. :D |
I certainly would like to see how this tower compliments 432 Park, architecturally at the very least. The proximity of both to each other will strike a new balance to the skyline at its northern fringe (Tower Verre also will contribute).
IOW, this tower--and not just the addition of 432P--will effectively end ESB's sole dominance. The entire West Side to the area from 5th to 8th, as well as the MidTown East project, would be some pretty cool side attractions to keep tabs on, too. |
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The ESB will not lose in any way. We have taller buildings Downtown at the WTC site and taller buildings to the north. The ESB will always dominate that specific section of Midtown, even with all of the other nearby towers planned to rise. I agree that 432 PA is going to make an impact -- but trust me, this is only the beginning! ;) |
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^ Every little bit helps. I would just love to have a collection of all these new skyscrapers in model form.
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I can't believe how much New York City's skyline is going to change in just a few years, no one is going to be able to recognize the city anymore. It's always good to have a spy in the elevator. Someone needs to start taking that elevator more frequently with a camera hidden in their hat! ;)
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^ There's always the possibility of that. The wait for a rendering is killing me ... :mad:
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^ In that case, it could have been a model of 1 Vanderbilt. If the model includes surrounding buildings like many do, it would be clear. It seems a little soon to have a model for either building, but who knows. I demand a quick investigation.
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Any day now, we're going in...
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Are the odds of this tower being built good?
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Yes.
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http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/03/...arew-luncheon/
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^ Hmm, he probably meant it won't exceed 1WTC's pinnacle height because otherwise that would be an unsettling statement...
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I'm assuming that's what he meant. Remember, he said there wouldn't be a spire.
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I'm confused.
Isn't he the guy who would know how it will "turn out". I mean he should be pretty up to speed on the actual height this thing is likely to achieve. |
There's no point in analyzing what he said because it could have meant one of many different things. He surely has insider knowledge of the NYC real estate market that few possess. I would bet that towers taller than this will rise (or will soon be rising) in the Hudson Yards area & Midtown East by 2020.
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Even if he meant it now, maybe that's just a joke or he may want to give us a real surprise like letting down and exalting...
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http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/i...1216171803.jpg Will it be the "tallest" tower? That's still up in the air, even if we knew for sure the building would top out at the given height. |
:previous: It looks taller than the Willis (Sears) Tower -- can't wait to see the renders!
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^^^ Will be about 100 feet taller than Willis to the roof if those end up being the final height.
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I don't want to lose hope, finally.
God please help!! |
i think 1550 feet is a secur enumber for the highest occupied floor, not to the roof of the tower, and since they're still designing i think its going to be quite taller then 1650 ft
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I know the developers said that they are not going for anything gimmicky with a spire,but dam i wish they do so this tower can be a 2000 footer!
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I can't wait to see the renders -- this tower has even more potential if a spire is included. Imagine an enclosed spire like the one that crowns the ESB where you can physically go for an above-the-roof observatory - express elevators - cash registers would be ringing up non-stop to bring the public into the spire and would be a very lucrative non-stop cash cow. :D |
Awkward that 15 Penn Plaza ended with day-dreaming, and this one is chewing terrifyingly long. Shit!
To me it'll mean a massacre if it doesn't even become the tallest roof in the city. |
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:previous: Now that's what I call good designs, NYguy! :)
If we can get something along that architectural style, then we may have a winner here. Taller = Better. |
^ I imagine that the store itself will also be nice, the Nordstrom guys chose the firm to design the building. It will be a high quality design, only in the thicket of the Manhattan canyons...
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Smith is clearly a gifted architect with a lot of international work. Having said that, a common issue with international "statement" architecture is that they can be built or be from anywhere, so they're simultaneously generic and ostentatious. A notable exception is his Jin Mao tower. That's a work of genius that's unmistakably "Shanghai."
I hope he gives NYC its props. |
The old Morton Williams space is now completely board up and the construction (demolition...) equipment that has been parked on site for months has been moved into position to take down the building. Not long now.
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So it will be tallest, (by roof, though, not overall, that goes to 1WTC), but I don't think for very long. There are too many projects planned for Hudson Yards in particular, and there are likely other 432 Park/225 W57 projects percolating in Midtown. Sales prices are so stunningly high that you just know there are some off-the-radar assemblages going on by folks like Barnett (Extell), Zeckendorf and Macklowe. We already know, for example, that Barnett has another big assemblage on 57th Street between 5th and 6th. That location is even better than One57 or 225 W 57, so, who knows, maybe that will be his tallest. We'll see. |
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A design like the Wuhan Greenland Center pictured above is lovely, and will help define the skyline of its city... but New York is defined by hundreds of tall buildings. Plopping in a new tallest that completely disregards any of the hallmarks of classic NYC design runs the risk of (for lack of a better term) mucking it all up. Jin Mao is a fantastic example. It's iconic, impressive and importantly, references the historical architecture of a millennia-old city in a bold modern way. In New York, Tower Verre is probably the best new example: something we've never seen, and yet recognizably New York, as it brings together International and Neo-Gothic, with a silhouette right off of the Chrysler building... in fact, my dream, which was dashed finally when they made the architect announcement, was that they could repurpose Nouvel's old design and stretch it to 1,550ft. But different strokes for different folks. |
That faceted tower proposed for Dubai by smith is outrageous. I love it.
I wouldn't mind a faceted and chiseled angular tower here, however I'm not holding my breath. |
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