NEW YORK | 432 Park Avenue (Drake Hotel dev.) | (1,396) FT / 432 M | 89 FLOORS - Page 115

NewYorkDominates · #**2281** Posted **Sep 18, 2012, 12:22 PM**

One lucky person,couple or family will see Manhattan like no other.

Ed007Toronto · #**2282** Posted **Sep 18, 2012, 1:06 PM**

^ Make it me please

JACKinBeantown · #**2283** Posted **Sep 18, 2012, 3:06 PM**

They seem to be marking the foundation for the next phase of construction.

http://www.432park.com/

Guiltyspark · #**2284** Posted **Sep 18, 2012, 6:21 PM**

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Surrealplaces · #**2285** Posted **Sep 18, 2012, 7:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by NewYorkDominates

One lucky person,couple or family will see Manhattan like no other.

Please if there is a god...let that person be good with a camera!

JACKinBeantown · #**2286** Posted **Sep 18, 2012, 8:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Please if there is a god...let that person be good with a camera!

Let that person be good with a camera whether or not there's a god.

NYguy · #**2287** Posted **Sep 19, 2012, 12:35 PM**

Cam shot

www.432park.com

Brian Dino Vabec · #**2288** Posted **Sep 19, 2012, 2:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

Cam shot

They removed toilets today and started with the digger. Now we are waiting for the next move. We heard from the inside that they should be above the ground till the end of the year. Looks like things should move fast.

MrSlippery519 · #**2289** Posted **Sep 19, 2012, 5:44 PM**

Cant tell exactly what is going on however you can see a small crane of somekind on 56th doing something against the foundation wall. Again impossible to really see but things are still progressing.

Hopefully next week we might start to see some new materials.

MrSlippery519 · #**2290** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 2:02 PM**

Some more stuff going on today on 56th...crane going in potentially??

ATLksuGUY · #**2291** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by MrSlippery519

Some more stuff going on today on 56th...crane going in potentially??

Yeah, that's a new small crane I believe. Also, it appears that something is going on where the tower crane will be placed. Prob just preparations. Maybe next week?

www.432Parkavenue.com

NYguy · #**2292** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 4:24 PM**

A few more from the cam...

www.432park.com

rack776 · #**2293** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 4:43 PM**

Has anyone discussed the stability of the building due to the effects of the wind through the open balconys? I'm assuming a Tuned Mass Damper of some sort would be needed. Would the openings cause some unwanted vibration or wind sounds in a building this tall & skinny?

I was also wondering if the open space would be usable or very windy/drafty,
How were the conditions on top of the old WTC open observation deck? I'm guessing this would be simmilar.

If money was no object, I'd buy the top floor and make some money back by putting in an observation deck complete with the coin-op binoculars

SSP members would get in free, all others could pay what the ESB charges. LOL!

AlphaCentauri · #**2294** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 5:16 PM**

Several crates have been placed in the western corner of the site.

marcatio · #**2295** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 5:17 PM**

After what seemed like a long time since the foundation had been completed, activity resumes. (The final slab section was poured on 9-11-12, eleven days ago.) The big Hitachi ZX800 has departed today, marking the end of Mayrich Construction Company's role in the construction process.

Considering the scope of work required for demolition, excavating, pouring concrete for walls, footings and slabs, the foundation work has progressed at a brisk pace.

A rough-terrain hydraulic crane arrived today (I believe owned by Bay Crane) and takes up a position on E.56 St, crab-steering into position on the timber planking set yesterday. Building supplies are being unloaded, including 2 containers, a forklift, a rebar bending table and rebar supports, an air compressor, a Jobbox, etc.etc. in preparation for the next phase of construction.

hunser · #**2296** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 5:32 PM**

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The penthouse floor would be called the 95th but is actually on the 78th floor because the building will skip some floor numbers.

Alright, I know the advertised floor number always differs from the actual one (same goes for Trump World Tower btw). But the tower is going to have 89 floors, so how come the arcticle says that the 78th is the last floor?

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The highest occupied floor at One World Trade Center—which would be 1,776 feet tall but with a 408-foot antenna—would be the visitor's center at 1,251 feet, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

That's just wrong. The last occupied floor is above the obs. deck and at 400m+.

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The 8,255-square-foot penthouse would be 1,302 feet above the street entrance, according to figures compiled by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats from building plans.

May I ask what they are going to do with the remaining 100 feet lol?

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432 Park Ave. will have unusually high ceilings allowing for large picture windows to look out at the city—15 feet between floor slabs and ceiling heights of 12-and-half feet.

No wonder it won't hit 100 floors. 1398:15=93,2.