SkyscraperPage Forum - NEW YORK | Central Park Tower (Nordstrom)| 1,550 FT

Viewing Page 352 of 407

SkyscraperPage Forum (https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/index.php)

- Completed Project Threads Archive (https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=348)

- - NEW YORK | Central Park Tower (Nordstrom)| 1,550 FT | 131 FLOORS (https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=191095)

Sweet lord, these towers are just absolutely massive. Something to see.

Central Park Tower’s Glass Curtain Wall Nears Completion In Midtown

Quote:

Taking the number-one spot in our annual construction countdown is the 1,550-foot-tall Central Park Tower, aka 217 West 57th Street, the tallest building by roof level in New York City and the entire western hemisphere, as well as the tallest residential building in the world. Work on the glass curtain wall is approaching the parapet of the slender reinforced concrete superstructure, which rises 99 stories above 57th Street, aka Billionaires’ Row. The project is designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and developed by Extell, which is expecting a $4 billion sellout on the tower’s 179 residences. A 320,000-square-foot Nordstrom flagship occupies the base of the building.

The final floors sit awaiting installation of the reflective glass curtain wall, while the crown is also in the midst of formation behind the yellow safety cocoon.

The 2010s have witnessed a record number of skyscrapers 1,000 feet high or taller topped out in the city. By next year, nearly all of the residential supertalls that have sprung up along Billionaires’ Row, including Central Park Tower, should be completed. Other parts of the city that are still in the midst of a boom include the Hudson Yards district and other projects near the Jacob K. Javits Center, NoMad, Long Island City, Downtown Brooklyn, and the Financial District. As the decade moves on, the next area primed for vertical expansion is Midtown East, especially along Park Avenue north of 42nd Street, where a challenger to the Central Park Tower’s roof level title has been proposed. Whether any future building will eventually surpass the 1,776-foot architectural height of One World Trade Center to claim the official title of the city’s tallest building remains to be seen.

Central Park Tower is expected to be finished in 2020.

==============
NYY

That last shot is a nice one

Well at least it's tall.

I never thought a building could be both the pinnacle of a skyline and generic filler at the same time.

^Once that 1556 ft eyesore known as Tower Fifth gets built, people will appreciate "generic" more!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rgarri4 (Post 8792011)

I never thought a building could be both the pinnacle of a skyline and generic filler at the same time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pianowizard (Post 8792055)

^Once that 1556 ft eyesore known as Tower Fifth gets built, people will appreciate "generic" more!

That one - if it ever gets built - would at least have a distinctive profile on the skyline, and we'll be able to get up there and enjoy it. I was looking at this tower from Harlem today, and it's very, very tall. But not a pleasing skyline marker.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_VTuUAzCq/

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...e0&oe=5EA067F8

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_lOdanCBX/

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...f8&oe=5E8FF559

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6_eYzql8VD/

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...27&oe=5E9CFB8C

Quote:

Originally Posted by pianowizard (Post 8792055)

^Once that 1556 ft eyesore known as Tower Fifth gets built, people will appreciate "generic" more!

Amen.

I actually appreciate this building quite a lot for its slenderness ratio. That cantilever looks so intriguing and is a mark of the era. The color is sophisticated, or will be once they remove all the wrap. I like that it is form follows function and isn't pretending to be anything other than exactly what it is. I think it's much more successful and elegant than 432 Park, which is truly boring and looks cheap. I find it's an ideal, although unintended, set piece with 111w57. It's not perfect, but it's definitely not boring (to me) thanks to the enormous height and cantilever.

I prefer its silhouette to a somewhat awkward 1 Vanderbilt, an opinion for which I will probably be scorned, but there you have it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boerumer (Post 8797497)

I prefer its silhouette to a somewhat awkward 1 Vanderbilt, an opinion for which I will probably be scorned, but there you have it.

Nothing wrong with having your own opinion. But I have to tell you, as I was looking at this building on the skyline from a distance this morning, and all I could think about was how wrong this building tops out the NY skyline. A plain, nondescript tower would probably be fine for the tallest any other skyline, but not New York's. This building is just too plain. The only think that jumps out about it is the height. A tower this tall should have a better visual payoff at the top.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7O6AOjgqD2/

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...d5&oe=5EA9414D

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...27&oe=5EA5415F

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...eb&oe=5ED78884

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7OjPxMnIZj/

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...46&oe=5EA41453

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PJ0QjJANo/

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...90&oe=5E9F1E69

https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PDyDAFOTE/

https://scontent-ort2-2.cdninstagram...f3&oe=5ED7E093

Suremecourtjester

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...28145885_h.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e35414c5_k.jpg

Viewing Page 352 of 407