NEW YORK | Clinton Park (770 Eleventh Avenue) | 348 FT | 30 FLOORS - Page 6

jd3189 · #**101** Posted **Feb 19, 2012, 10:01 PM**

There's a high chance that it will be included. Haven't seen any financial problems with this project yet.

THE BIG APPLE · #**102** Posted **Feb 19, 2012, 10:21 PM**

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Will they put trees on it like the rendering shows? This is very important, and I bet they don't do it. Stupid, fooling people into thinking that the tower will be green and eco to get good PR.

If I was a developer I would do ALL of that, if it meant my building being built. Even without the trees the building will look great.

ardecila · #**103** Posted **Feb 19, 2012, 11:35 PM**

I have no doubt there will be trees on the big terraces. There won't be any on the individual terraces that stair-step up the building, though.

It's pretty easy to do rooftop vegetation these days. The key thing is that you need to build pits for the trees' root systems, and the bigger the pit, the bigger the tree can grow. The easiest way is to build planter boxes for the trees, which can also provide seating around the edges. This allows the underground pits to be shallower. You can also do fully-sunken pits like at the WTC Memorial, but this requires a ton of space - you might need to consume the floor beneath.

These are hawthorn trees - ugly as hell, but when Dan Kiley gets his hands on them, they turn into sheer magic. I had the privilege of eating lunch here virtually every day last summer. This is built atop the roof of some underground facilities.

aquablue · #**104** Posted **Feb 20, 2012, 12:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by THE BIG APPLE

If I was a developer I would do ALL of that, if it meant my building being built. Even without the trees the building will look great.

The building looks like something out of Osaka... the city that loves the color grey. I think the trees would really make this building look welcoming.

THE BIG APPLE · #**105** Posted **Feb 20, 2012, 12:43 AM**

^ Who said NYC doesn't welcome grey. Our TWO tallest buildings of all time were grey. II. I never said trees wouldn't look good; they're part of the design. But the building would look just as good if there are no trees. But the trees will give it that bumpy look.

NYguy · #**106** Posted **Mar 9, 2012, 5:48 AM**

roccocell

Stratosphere 2020 · #**107** Posted **Mar 9, 2012, 10:19 AM**

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Jason Pierce Photography

Woh very 🞵🞵🞵🞵 building, makes the skyline a bit playful, nice!

Mike570 · #**108** Posted **Mar 11, 2012, 1:05 AM**

What else is being built there ?

mrnyc · #**109** Posted **Mar 26, 2012, 2:16 AM**

this one is more impressive than i thought!

from today

Kingofthehill · #**110** Posted **Mar 28, 2012, 12:51 AM**

Thanks for the updates!

jd3189 · #**111** Posted **Mar 28, 2012, 1:23 AM**

So this was a car dealership building after all....

Rizzo · #**112** Posted **Mar 28, 2012, 5:29 AM**

Woah... I haven't checked up on this in awhile.

NYguy · #**113** Posted **May 6, 2012, 1:10 PM**

A little older...

barkingduck99

tommaso · #**114** Posted **Jul 19, 2012, 2:01 AM**

Could we get another shot of this thing?

Mike570 · #**115** Posted **Jul 26, 2012, 9:09 PM**

Drove by about a week ago nothing new.

DURKEY427 · #**116** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 11:38 AM**

Is this building finished?

rascacielos · #**117** Posted **Sep 4, 2012, 8:39 PM**

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Is this building finished?

Not yet. They are still finishing the interiors. Last units will be ready to move into around the end of the year.

DURKEY427 · #**118** Posted **Oct 20, 2012, 3:35 PM**

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Not yet. They are still finishing the interiors. Last units will be ready to move into around the end of the year.

How about now?

RoldanTTLB · #**119** Posted **Oct 22, 2012, 6:19 PM**

The building won't be done for a little while because they stopped construction on about the top 10 floors. These apartments were just sold en masse to another development firm, so that Two Trees could "cash" out (presumably so they have money to start work on Domino). Here's the article if you're interested: http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/10/03/two-trees-sells-off-10-floors-of-mercedes-house-for-170m/

DURKEY427 · #**120** Posted **Oct 27, 2012, 4:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by RoldanTTLB

The building won't be done for a little while because they stopped construction on about the top 10 floors. These apartments were just sold en masse to another development firm, so that Two Trees could "cash" out (presumably so they have money to start work on Domino). Here's the article if you're interested: http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/10/03/two-trees-sells-off-10-floors-of-mercedes-house-for-170m/

Thanks