NEW YORK | Bank Of America Tower | 1,200' Pinnacle / 945' Roof | 53 FLOORS - Page 98

CarlosV · #**1941** Posted **Jul 27, 2007, 6:10 PM**

July 27, 2007

sharp dressed tower

and the beat goes on...lobby

CGII · #**1942** Posted **Jul 28, 2007, 1:00 AM**

The chiseled section looks a LOT more like the second facade version in that first pic. We might be all right after all.

Daquan13 · #**1943** Posted **Jul 28, 2007, 1:22 AM**

Looks liked it's about to be topped out soon!

CoolCzech · #**1944** Posted **Jul 28, 2007, 1:31 AM**

^Someone else posted the habitable roof height is now topped out; all that remains is the crown and spire.

CarlosV · #**1945** Posted **Jul 30, 2007, 8:03 PM**

July 30, 2007

Bonus

100 Park Ave getting a make over .....

Patrick · #**1946** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 8:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by PUSSY WILLOW

July 30, 2007

100 Park Ave getting a make over .....

This cant be happening

Dac150 · #**1947** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 1:20 PM**

That is absolute crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CarlosV · #**1948** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 1:56 PM**

I love those 1950's towers...why can't they restore the interiors only???

kznyc2k · #**1949** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:15 PM**

D'oh.. 100 Park Ave is a handsome tower, and is easily one of the best looking buildings of its era. I guess the silver lining here is that the old facade isn't getting stripped off, and perhaps once the now-new skin becomes obsolete they can take that off and maybe restore the original..?

Thskyscraper · #**1950** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:19 PM**

You've got to be kidding me... Why are they recladding 100 Park Ave?

Antares41 · #**1951** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:22 PM**

The new cladding on 100 Park looks cheap and uninteresting. Should have cleaned the existing facade and restore it to its original glory. Really is a significant bldg given it style and the time it was build. Now I'm afraid it will slide further into undeserving obscurity.

Dac150 · #**1952** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by kznyc2k

I guess the silver lining here is that the old facade isn't getting stripped off, and perhaps once the now-new skin becomes obsolete they can take that off and maybe restore the original..?

Thats a good way to look at it. I am going to look at it as the old facade is taking a vacation or something.

CarlosV · #**1953** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by kznyc2k

D'oh.. 100 Park Ave is a handsome tower, and is easily one of the best looking buildings of its era. I guess the silver lining here is that the old facade isn't getting stripped off, and perhaps once the now-new skin becomes obsolete they can take that off and maybe restore the original..?

I doubt it....this is it for this buildinng...this is exactly what they did to "Hippodrome" last year.

Dac150 · #**1954** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:28 PM**

As long as they don't strip and reclad Astor, that would piss me off to no end.

CarlosV · #**1955** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dac150

As long as they don't strip and reclad Astor, that would piss me off to no end.

"Astor" with the 1960's fins a top its crown???

Dac150 · #**1956** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by PUSSY WILLOW

"Astor" with the 1960's fins a top its crown???

Thats the one, "One Astor Plaza" in Times Square. I heard a while back they they are considering reclading it. What a sin that would be.

CarlosV · #**1957** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 2:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dac150

Thats the one, "One Astor Plaza" in Times Square. I heard a while back they they are considering reclading it. What a sin that would be.

MAn, i love that tower!!! but it is not considered a NYC "landmark" so the owners pretty much can do as they please..but if the plans go further, inst something we the public can do????

This is OFF-TOPIC so I should start a new 100 PArk Ave thread

Dac150 · #**1958** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by PUSSY WILLOW

MAn, i love that tower!!! but it is not considered a NYC "landmark" so the owners pretty much can do as they please..but if the plans go further, inst something we the public can do????

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I think the public can sign petitions in order to have the building preserved. But for something like that, you would need the whole population of Manhattan Island. There's much more to it, i'm just not sure though.

CarlosV · #**1959** Posted **Jul 31, 2007, 3:22 PM**

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135649

CarlosV · #**1960** Posted **Aug 1, 2007, 2:39 AM**

jULY 31, 2007

from this vantage point high a top 60 Wall Street you can see how much taller The Bank Of America tower will be than its neighbors......