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Originally Posted by Crawford
Those previous renderings are just architectural fantasy. When they built the Grand Hyatt they stripped the previous facade (and added some floors), so there is nothing remaining. It's basically a 1970's building.
I'm excited to see how this relates to Grand Central. This will basically be an extension of Grand Central.
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Not quite, what they did is more akin to 3 Columbus circle. They chiseled off any protruding stonework and gutted the base, then covered the whole thing in glass. At night you can see the same punch window locations through the glass and get a little bit of the feel of the old building.
I'm sure the thing will look like a wreck when they remove the glass (hopefully we get to see some of it as they demo).
Re: the renderings, the renderings show the building covered in a new stone/concrete skin installed on top of the original brick.