NEW YORK | 350 Park Avenue | 1,413 FT | 62 FLOORS

[Busy Bee]

Damnit I wish they would just go for the whole block. The added FAR would take this impressive proposal into drooling territory.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Damnit I wish they would just go for the whole block. The added FAR would take this impressive proposal into drooling territory.

Or get another 50 Hudson. But there’s still time.

[DCReid]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Or get another 50 Hudson. But there’s still time.

Exactly, don't give them any ideas for a shorter fatter building....

[NYguy]

[Busy Bee]

To each their own but the new design is much better.

[bdurk]

Now that the original design is dead I would love if they used that design for the proposed supertall next to 30th St Station in Philadelphia. Please Mr. Foster.

[Busy Bee]

Brighton, UK


Lets see how those trees fare from the Channel winds

Ultimately I admittedly show my bias that trees shoukd be in terra firma. An arborvitae in a pot or a bonzai in the window, sure. But 40 foot trees 800 feet above the street just seems strange - and nauseatingly trendy.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

I admittedly show my bias that trees shoukd be in terra firma. An arborvitae in a pot or a bonzai in the window, sure. But 40 foot trees 800 feet above the street just seems strange - and nauseatingly trendy.

Who needs shiny new things.

[artspook]

The newly completed Foster standing on the East side
of Park Av. between 55 & 56 looks spectacular ! . .
Well proportioned parts add up to a really sharp whole,
a 1st rate skyscraper ! . . The only corners corners that
look like they’ve been cut, are the ones that bring
a lot of style to this fine piece of architecture . .

The clean sleek soaring contours, of the unique
segments that make up a futuristic-looking 350 Park Av.
tower, are yet another Great Foster design proposal for
NYC ! . . The best one yet ! . . Yeah, I am speaking of
the proposal recently rejected, in favor of this latest
pedestrian version, with the plants . . its like comparing
The design of a stealth bomber to an Airbus A320
passenger jet.

Sorry, this is but a stack of unimaginative generic boxy
parts, that could be assembled into any number of med-
ical buildings near suburban shopping-malls . .
But instead, the mediocrity is being thrown up 1350 ft
over Manhattan . . It’s a 2nd rate vibe that’s compound-
ed & reconfigured as an amateur lego-shaped 15 Penn
Plaza look-alike . . Garlands of horticultural froufrou,
might be a real-estate pleasantry, to sufficiently mask
Standard-issue design on low profile buildings . .
Not here . .

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by artspook

The clean sleek soaring contours, of the unique
segments that make up a futuristic-looking 350 Park Av.
tower, are yet another Great Foster design proposal for
NYC ! . . The best one yet ! . . Yeah, I am speaking of
the proposal recently rejected, in favor of this latest
pedestrian version, with the plants . . its like comparing
The design of a stealth bomber to an Airbus A320
passenger jet.

Sorry, this is but a stack of unimaginative generic boxy
parts, that could be assembled into any number of med-
ical buildings near suburban shopping-malls . .
But instead, the mediocrity is being thrown up 1350 ft
over Manhattan . . It’s a 2nd rate vibe that’s compound-
ed & reconfigured as an amateur lego-shaped 15 Penn
Plaza look-alike . . Garlands of horticultural froufrou,
might be a real-estate pleasantry, to sufficiently mask
Standard-issue design on low profile buildings . .
Not here . .

Well, the rendering shown for this proposal isn’t really a rendering at all, but more conceptual in nature. This tower, and the finer details, aare being put together as we speak. As far as the older design goes, all you need to know is that the current design is being driven by the tenant that will actually get it built. A tenant that paid the highest office rent in the city’s history at the Foster designed tower down the street, 425 Park Avenue. They know what they want, and Foster will deliver. All we have to do is wait for it.

[artspook]

OK thanks NYguy . . that’s reassuring . . Can’t wait.
(Wouldn’t mind if it looked more like the former design though)

[Crawford]

Nice. Can't wait to see this supertall move forward.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

From Federal Reserve Bank in Boston to Commerzbank in Frankfurt (Foster) to this, I'm a total sucker for these sort of "picture framed" style of towers.

I would hope it’s as “clean” as that, and not as “busy” as 15 Penn.

Originally Posted by Crawford

Nice. Can't wait to see this supertall move forward.

I get the feeling they will move forward sooner rather than later, particularly if they take the space at 280 Park.

[Xing Lin]

Added 350 Park's latest design to these SOM and Gensler views of Midtown East:

[NYguy]

March of the supertalls.

[Raysiri]

So at what time is this current 350 Park Avenue building lease will expire? 2023 is already nine months in.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Raysiri

So at what time is this current 350 Park Avenue building lease will expire? 2023 is already nine months in.

I don’t know what you mean.

[Raysiri]

Like when exactly in 2023 will this building lease expire? Between September and December? Or perhaps later in 2024 this building will finally be demolished?

[rgarri4]

From my 3D model:

[Zapatan]

That's good to know, hope it happens this decade.