NEW YORK | 740 Eighth Ave (Extell) | 1,029 FT | 60 FLOORS

[NYguy]

Challenge denied!

[Zapatan]

I actually think this will be cool, despite the hate

[chris08876]

Credit: JC_Heights

[Charmy2]

Originally Posted by Zapatan

I actually think this will be cool, despite the hate

Exactly!!! I personally am pumped for this building, I just wanna see its official renders tho.

[mrnyc]

i think the observation level will have pretty cool views --

but they should give these out after you take the amusement ride back down --

[BuildThemTaller]

Here's the official renders, courtesy of YIMBY.

https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2024/03/ren...-eighth-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan.html

[NYguy]

Beautiful. And that drop tower will be awesome for those that ride it. (Location is slightly off in one of the renders, but that doesn't matter).

[BuildThemTaller]

I thought it was ridiculous when the massing diagrams were released. It's a lot classier than I had expected at that time. It's Times Square, so you have to be extravagant to stand out. I think they did that in an interesting way.

[NYguy]

My only complaint now is that I have to wait for it to get built. They were still in the pit when I went by the other day. Can't wait to get up there.

[Busy Bee]

[HyperPower]

This may be the most awkwardly massed, hideous skyscraper in the world, only fitting that outside of Chicago it's being built in New York... This will be loathed by New Yorkers more than Hudson Yards which is seen as nothing but a tall, architecturally devoid, postmodern blue-glass blob on the West Side devoid of character, soul or an actual neighborhood.

One thing it will have is endless screams from the drop ride reminding us all of the monstrosity towering above dystopic times square.

[rgarri4]

Pretty much what we expected this to look like.
Only think not accurate is the paper thin mullions holding parts of this thing together.

[colemonkee]

Much better than I expected, and I think the staircase will be its best feature, though it's hard to tell if it's open air or not. I think they did the best they could with the massing given its programming, and it looks passable from the straight on view across the Hudson. But it still will never get over the fact that it is a thrill ride plopped on top of a hotel, with the thrill ride making up about half its total height. When you look at it from that perspective, it's not too different from having a giant Ferris wheel on the skyline (like in London - not necessarily a good or bad thing), but thinly veiled as a more traditional-use building, not an attraction. Like HyperPower, I fully expect most New Yorkers to revile it at first, but if it's successful, and they find the staircase a nice place to visit to get above the City, it could with time become something like the London Eye that is accepted as part of the City's identity and its international allure. I really think they should make the two lowest tiers of diagonal setback just above the roof of the hotel to be a second open air staircase with a separate entry - and entry fee. That could be something that would double or triple the capacity of the non-thrill ride portion of the attraction, and potentially create an elevated outdoor space with slightly more sparce crowds, which could incent New Yorkers to go up there from time to time to get up above it all and take in the views. If they sold discounted annual passes to local NY and NJ residents, that would be even better.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Location is slightly off in one of the renders, but that doesn't matter.

This actually isn't true. I've looked again, and resized some of the YIMBY images.



Though 4 TS is missing in this one...






The indoor drop tower will allow it to be operational year 'round






The elevators will take you to the top, and from there you work your way down (at least that's what was said)






Extell has 3 supertalls in this rendering, and possibly a fourth in the works no too far from this one.

[DZH22]

Off the top of my head I can't think of an uglier supertall. The only saving grace is that it will be the city's 11th tallest building (10th to the roof) and hopefully fade away from most angles as more taller ones continue to be built. This design is truly revolting.

[Busy Bee]

Looks like it would be right at home in theme park Pudong.

[ArchGuy1]

Originally Posted by NYguy

This actually isn't true. I've looked again, and resized some of the YIMBY images.



Though 4 TS is missing in this one...





The indoor drop tower will allow it to be operational year 'round



The elevators will take you to the top, and from there you work your way down (at least that's what was said)





Extell has 3 supertalls in this rendering, and possibly a fourth in the works no too far from this one.


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What other buildings besides 740 8th Avenue will have an observation deck open to the public at the top.

[Crawford]

This looks a hell of a lot better than I expected. It's still weird, but it fits in the Midtown skyline.

Also, the visuals are a bit misleading, in that there are major development sites in the foreground and background, so it won't look quite so ungainly from most angles. You aren't going to see the entire tower anyways.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by ArchGuy1

What other buildings besides 740 8th Avenue will have an observation deck open to the public at the top.

Let me stop you right there.

Originally Posted by Crawford

This looks a hell of a lot better than I expected. It's still weird, but it fits in the Midtown skyline.

Looks pretty much like I always expected it would, like a glass chandelier.

People complain if you present something that looks like everything else. Provide something original, and there is shock! This tower will be fine on this skyline, with it's multiple supertalls from every skyscraper era giving us a skyline unlike any other.







https://darocha.co.za/product/smoke-tier-crystal-chandelier/

[The North One]

Why didn't they just make a really tall hotel tower with the spiral stairs at the top? Or condos? Do they not think it could fill the rooms? I don't get why it has to look like this.