NEW YORK | Brooklyn Tower (9 DeKalb) | 1,073 FT | 73 FLOORS - Page 102

chris08876 · #**2021** Posted **Jun 25, 2022, 11:09 PM**

Credit: the726

UTEPman · #**2022** Posted **Jun 27, 2022, 4:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

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111 W. 57 has been lit up for months. Plenty of pics on NY YIMBY Forums and the like.

Ahh I do see there's a few photos now. Looks like they're just starting to test sections. Still surprised it's taken so long to get this far

MAC123 · #**2023** Posted **Jun 27, 2022, 4:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by UTEPman

Ahh I do see there's a few photos now. Looks like they're just starting to test sections. Still surprised it's taken so long to get this far

Lighting on these buildings always takes forever. It's not until like a year after they open that the lighting even starts to get tested.

bdurk · #**2024** Posted **Jun 27, 2022, 8:26 PM**

Speaking of lighting, does anyone know if Central Park Tower's lighting is finished? It always looks odd to me

NYguy · #**2025** Posted **Jun 28, 2022, 3:22 AM**

^ It has a thread. There may or may not be pics in it.

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

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfM87QPvx46/

mrnyc · #**2026** Posted **Jun 28, 2022, 2:32 PM**

oh muh garsh — the first pic is like a fully cladded, complete view of this at last.

NYguy · #**2027** Posted **Jun 29, 2022, 11:02 PM**

^ This tower is a beauty…

https://mobile.twitter.com/jahorne/status/1540815176085245959

pianowizard · #**2028** Posted **Jun 29, 2022, 11:22 PM**

It looks a bit evil, perhaps because it reminds me of Saruman's Tower in The Lord of the Rings:

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lotr/images/7/77/Isengard_army.jpg

mrnyc · #**2029** Posted **Jun 30, 2022, 3:03 PM**

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chris08876 · #**2030** Posted **Jul 1, 2022, 1:46 AM**

IMG_1800 by Clay Hensley, on Flickr

NYguy · #**2031** Posted **Jul 2, 2022, 2:07 AM**

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

chris08876 · #**2032** Posted **Jul 3, 2022, 12:22 AM**

Credit: FC

NYguy · #**2033** Posted **Jul 7, 2022, 4:02 AM**

https://www.compass.com/for-rent/new-york-ny/

colemonkee · #**2034** Posted **Jul 7, 2022, 5:17 AM**

Agree this is a stunning tower, but have a few nitpicky critiques that bother me (ever-so-slightly), that in my opinion would really bring this from a 10 to an 11.

1. I wish the fins at each setback were twice as tall. This would accentuate the setbacks a bit more without making them wider, which is clearly a constraint of the footprint of the site.

2. Increase the height of the fins on the crown by 50-75% of current height from the parapet. This would accentuate that feature a bit more and make it more visible from further away. I feel like that is such an important feature of the tower's design that gets a bit lost.

3. One side of the tower is lacking some of the thicker copper mullions for about 70% of the tower's height, which causes a bit of color imbalance. I realize the thickness and color of the mullions is supposed to vary on different sides, but this imbalance throws off the overall composition from some angles, especially that last one. Now, that may very well be a factor of how the light is playing within the photo, and may not be like that in real life, so need to see this all cleaned up and in person to fully judge.

Either way, can't wait to see this all cleaned up and in person some day.

PF77 · #**2035** Posted **Jul 7, 2022, 7:57 AM**

This building also has the massive advantage over most Manhattan towers (certainly the ones on the "grid") that the layout of the streets around it give much better sightlines to appreciate the whole tower. That view up Bond Street (with the bank cupola at the tower's base) is stunning.

Zerton · #**2036** Posted **Jul 7, 2022, 6:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Crawford

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111 W. 57 has been lit up for months. Plenty of pics on NY YIMBY Forums and the like.

Can you link to anything? I haven't seen any images of 111w57th's crown lit up except in the renderings released a while back. I'd love to see what it looks like in real life.

This is one of the images I've seen: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7991300&postcount=2056

TKD · #**2037** Posted **Jul 7, 2022, 8:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zerton

Can you link to anything? I haven't seen any images of 111w57th's crown lit up except in the renderings released a while back. I'd love to see what it looks like in real life.

This is one of the images I've seen: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7991300&postcount=2056

It's possible they confused one of the towers for another because 111w 57th has not ever been lit up but for side light testing.

As for the lighting on this tower I hope the latest flood lit appearance on the latest render is the lighting scheme used if at all.

NYguy · #**2038** Posted **Jul 8, 2022, 4:04 PM**

Yeah, the height of the fins at the top of the tower should be higher. That would make the crown stand out more.

I think the proportions are fine, but the crown stood out more when it was narrower.

https://mobile.twitter.com/harlemson2/status/1544487146362380289

chris08876 · #**2039** Posted **Jul 9, 2022, 9:09 PM**

9 DeKalb from a distance.

Credit: The Dronalist

NYguy · #**2040** Posted **Jul 11, 2022, 5:41 AM**

https://mobile.twitter.com/aanand/status/1545870339078602754