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It appears they all have permits for renovation, so nothing coming down just yet. |
^Phew! That's a bit of relief
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A note on progress: the ornamentation off of 33 has been stripped, making one believe that there may be an interim phase for these buildings before total demolition.
Also there is a petition to landmark 31, with a side note to landmark 29, since it is also owned by the Vornado Real Estate Trust. http://saverizzoli.org |
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Awesome write-up from New York YIMBY, but I'm truly perturbed:
In the Works: 27-33 West 57th Street BY: NIKOLAI FEDAK ON JANUARY 24TH 2014 AT 6:00 AM http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/.../01/29w571.jpg 29 West 57th Street & neighbors this past October Quote:
29 West 57th Street and the black netting of doom http://www.yimbynews.com/wp-content/...9west57th2.jpg 29 West 57th Street & neighbors, the low-rise without shrouding is 35 West 57th Street |
Great news, and I expect a skinny residential supertall.
The buildings that may be demolished are pleasant, but not landmark-worthy. "Old and nice" is not a worthy criteria, IMO. |
Is there an overhead showing the totality of the sites that could make up this tower?
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No, this is not good. Save 29 W 57th st!
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Here's 27-33 West-- you can see where 35 West and Park Lane would overlap: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/1...62ee98f7_b.jpg |
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This is going by very fast. Those prewar beauties are coming down. :(
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It would have a very small footprint, about the size of the 111 W. 57th St site...
http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/154141785/original.jpg Likely to be a very slim, very tall "needle" tower with great views, and only the Solow Building blocking immediate views east, until (or if) it rises above. http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/154277584/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/154277628/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/154277629/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/154277630/original.jpg Also, in some of those aerials, you will notice the very small 22 CPS (next to the Plaza) which itself has undergone conversion to a luxury building.... http://www.rew-online.com/2013/10/31...al-park-south/ http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content.../nov3elad2.jpg http://www.rew-online.com/wp-content...0/Nov6elad.jpg |
huh?? 29 w57th is set to come down?? man, that's horrible. the bookstore, whatever, this one is old gotham, a real loss.
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Don't understand why there's no love for the bookstore.. its not just that its a handsome building with an intact historic interior, its that its an amenity that gives normal people a reason to go to the 57th street corridor. It's a great bookstore that showcases Rizzoli publishing (and happens to have a strong architecture publishing sector). As amazing and fantastic as the 57th street projects are, there needs to be places like this that aren't catering directly to the tourist or millionaire crowd.
I feel the sentiment on this forum tends towards the proliferation of skyscrapers no matter the cost or impact, but here's a real example of where buildings that clearly advance the New York narrative are in threat of demolition. --And to clarify the building behind these 4 structures in threat of demolition is not the ugly hadassah building, but another (more modest) prewar building. I don't see how this will benefit the neighborhood. |
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Manhattan will still be dominated overwhelmingly by prewars, and NYC is given a chance to grow, and have some architectural variety, and not become a New World version of Venice. If you say "don't demolish prewars in Manhattan" then you mean "don't build anything in Manhattan", so there has to be some mechanism to allow some development on these sites. Quote:
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Red is the Park Lane, and maroon is 29-35 w57th. There's only 2 other buildings separating the two parcels, so its possible that they could be joined up. http://imageshack.com/a/img843/4032/dvvh.jpg property data: http://www.city-data.com/ny-properti...-Street-3.html http://www.city-data.com/ny-properti...-Street-2.html |
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It will be relocated, and anyone wants to visit will continue to do so. It's an experience that can be created anywhere, frankly. Of concern to the people who really matter is that the store stay open. |
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/art...ome-demolition
Rizzoli searches for new home before demolition http://www.columbiaspectator.com/sit...rs_rizzoli.jpg By Abby Mitchell February 6, 2014 Quote:
http://nycitylens.com/2014/02/an-ico...ts-to-survive/ An Iconic Bookstore Facing Demolition Fights to Survive Rizzoli could be torn down for a luxury high-rise. Signers of an online petition are howling in protest February 6, 2014 by Lucia De Stefani Quote:
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“This is one of New York’s very beautiful buildings,” writes a woman from Sidney, Australia.
Thanks. I'll be sure to start protesting construction that goes on in your country from now on. “Its goal seems to be to preserve anything that will maintain the streetscape, whether or not the individual structures have significance. Entire blocks are frozen on the logic that the first buildings ever put there are also the best that could ever be imagined there.” Does anyone have this guys number? I'd like to buy him a drink. |
^I agree, he's a true skyscraper bro. :)
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