NEW YORK | One Madison Park (The Saya) | 617 FT / 188 M | 51 FLOORS | T/O
One Madison Park
617 ft/188 m 51 floors Construction: 2006 through 2008 Cetra Ruddy Architects and Slazer Enterprises http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...nders/1mpa.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...nders/1mpb.jpg This was designed by Cetra Ruddy and Slazer Enterprises. Its official address is 20 East 23rd Street. They later named it The Saya and then renamed it a more upscale 1 Madison Park. It sits directly at the mouth of Madison Ave visually terminating the street. It is caddy corner to Madison Square Park and caddy corner to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Clock Tower, once the world's tallest building. 1 Madison Park will have 90 units including 18 full floor units and 1 triplex. The tower is as of 8/25/08 virtually sold out and such a success that an accompanying tower is planned for an adjacent lot at 23 west 22nd street that is being designed by Rem Koolhaas. This is the 2nd tallest building south of the Empire State Building but north of downtown. Only the clocktower is taller. 8/24/08 http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04943.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04967.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04971.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04972.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04973.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04979.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04990.jpg With the Met Life Clocktower http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04980.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...a/DSC04997.jpg |
Thanks for the thread and update Scruffy. I polished up the title/format and added it to the compilation thread.
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This sprout is a lovely addition to the midtown-downtown scraper doldrums.:tup:
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I love that last shot of OMP and MetLife. It's a perfect mix of old and new.
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Wow, it's that tall already? The last photo I saw had it barely out of the ground.
It's pretty cool how the footprint of the tower is almost the same as the Clocktower. It compliments nicely and doesn't overpower. |
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Thanks for recreating a bunch of the lost NY threads Scruffy.:cheers: |
What an incredible building! I really like it, I would have thought it may have impacted the Met Life building but it really hasnt. Its awesome to see such retro modern buildings next to old masterpieces.
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Dizzying Heights !!! September 21, 2008
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Nearing completion, I see. When's move-in supposed to start?
/thanx for the update Carlos :) |
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Very close to topping out.
By: lofter1 - Wired New York http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p.../1MadP_384.jpg http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p.../1MadP_389.jpg From the Brooklyn Bridge http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p.../1MadP_392.jpg |
I hate them for permitting this box of crap right next to the MetLife Tower and Flatiron Building.
Totally spoiling the historical ensemble surrounding it. NYC loses more and more of its once unique character! Just due to a blind urban development. (Btw, I know NYC is a city of contrasts, blah blubb... It may be so, but this place was just a great unspoiled area of the very first record highrises and skyscraper developments of the world. Why afflict it with such a random, plain ugly glass box? :no:) |
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You think this is an "ugly box" but there are some that think the Metlife is an old POS. I certainly don't think so, but we all have different tastes. I (and most) think One Madison Park is beautiful and it would terrible if NYC was nothing but old buildings. |
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Remember there's that black box next to Credit Suisse already that's been there for decades. This is a pretty skinny building with light glass, and Metlife and Flatiron were never really in the same vista to the observer on the ground anyway. I don't think the city should approve or disapprove buildings because of how it will look to somebody walking over the Brooklyn Bridge... |
Many say that this tower is the shot of life that Madison Square truly needed. This, along with One Madison Avenue and the recent realigning of avenues surrounding the park, is bringing this part of the city full-force into the 21st Century.
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Here's one I took from the Manhattan Bridge last month; this building has a fair impact on that part of the skyline:
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This building is just amazing, I have never seen anything like it. Its like someone just erected a glass pillar in the middle of the city. Is each floor just one apartment? It seems that if it were more than one apartment per floor they wouldnt be very big, but than again thats Manhattan and 6 square feet go for 5000 dollars a month lol.
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This tower is nothin but a disgrace to the most historical skyscraper ensemble of the world. They could have build it elsewhere and spoil some 70s-apartment blocks - but why here? |
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