Barney's New York is a "fun" place to shop, but I am very excited for Nordstrom! :)

Well I know in Detroit we used to have Hudson's Department Store. That was bought by Marshall Fields from Chicago in 2001, which in turn was sold to Macy's in 2006. (Neither Hudson's nor Marshall Fields exist anymore.) Another major Detroit department store Crowley's closed in 1999. And of course JCpenney has been on the ropes for years now, which is in multiple major malls right now. It's a disaster for shoppers and malls alike. Newer department stores need to hit some homeruns here, Walmart and Amazon shouldn't be allowed to take 100% of the clothing market.

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YIMBY throwing out a tease...

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Is that like Marshalls or Century 21? (which is where I do most of shopping as well it addition to Conway)

Here 'ya go: Bergdorf Goodman.

I expect the Nordstrom Dept. Store in the Tower to be just as awesome, considering the neighborhood they are in (and trust me, they ARE in a wealthy neighborhood)! :runaway:

This tower will probably be known to most as the home of the Nordstrom.

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Excellent update, ILNY. How deep do these rock tendons typically go?

Also, at this stage of construction, Vornado should negotiate a tunnel to Nordstrom to use as another selling point for 220 CPS. Of course, Extell would probably tell them to pound sand. :haha:

That got my attention! Not that we can draw much from it considering how developers market their buildings based on dubious floor counts, but still curious how close to the truth that is.

Moving In, Slowly, to ‘Billionaires’ Row’
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^ Don't read too much into it. This is not going to be 100 floors. It's just the developer cheating, same with TWT and One57. 432 PA has 85 (88) real floors, but is being marketed as an 96-story tower.

When I see the foundations of the Art Student's League building exposed to such a depth, it reminds me of that building that started to tip over because of excavation next door. Anyone remember which building that was? I have photos of it in Picasa, somewhere.

Hopefully we wont run into any obstacles.

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Sure... 100 "stories"

AKA 80 something stories with a bunch of floors missing :haha:

Not saying this building won't be impressive though

The water tunnels are far deeper than this foundation will be ;)

How do they remove the excavators when it becomes too steep to drive out? I'm curious how they remove the final 1/4 of the pit.

They don't.

Anyone who has read Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel knows, that's how these big buildings get their heat:P

It's not really cheating. These towers with extra high ceiling heights are marketed that way because they are basically comparable to other or typical apartment buildings, and indeed some office buildings. (If the original WTC had 110 stories at less than 1,400 ft, why not have a building that rises higher have 100 or more).

It's also a game played in today's office market, where the typical tower in New York now has higher ceilings compared to towers of yesterday. The GE Building, were it built today, would be much taller with it's 70 stories, which is more than some of the new taller towers being built in Manhattan. (3 WTC, 1 Vanderbilt, etc.)

Yea floor count is pretty meaningless these days, but non skyscraper nerds still think floors equal the height of a building so it's better to market it at 100 or so.

I still say this building will be between 1420-1440 feet if we're lucky :)

I say you're crazy. At least 1550 ft., based on NY YIMBY's assurances that we will all be thrilled. And a great design.

NY YIMBY has been a solid source of info, with pretty much a perfect track record.

In YIMBY we trust. :)