NEW YORK | 432 Park Avenue (Drake Hotel dev.) | (1,396) FT / 432 M | 89 FLOORS - Page 378

hunser · #**7541** Posted **Apr 3, 2015, 10:26 PM**

Manhatten, New York 2015 by ~Leffe~, on Flickr

Matchstick rising by oinonio, on Flickr

Plaza Hotel and surrounds by Globalviewfinder, on Flickr

Midtown Manhattan by Globalviewfinder, on Flickr

Zapatan · #**7542** Posted **Apr 3, 2015, 10:40 PM**

Please tell me they're going to clad the top and not just leave it open :/

Duck From NY · #**7543** Posted **Apr 3, 2015, 10:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by CCs77

And speaking of the ever changing skyline, this one from the exact same spot, decades before 432 was even thought....
Not to mention the gone twins...

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45313...=kh.google.com

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Excellent find bud. Do you have a link to the NYC Transformation thread? I couldn't locate it.

It seems the older picture was daringly taken in the middle of the street, while I was on the curb.

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Originally Posted by chris08876

The trees did get bigger, but everything else in that area looks essentially the same.

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The white church spire you see toward the bottom of the hill is entirely different. The original church had to be gutted due to a fire, and I believe it was a Yankee pitcher who stepped in to fund the rebuilding sometime during the late 80's or early 90's. I'm guessing this picture was taken sometime between 1976 and 1979 based on Manhattan and the cars.

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Originally Posted by CCs77

Labridniv, actually, that picture was not taken from New Jersey, but from Staten Island that is still part of New York City.

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Geologically more part of NJ though

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Originally Posted by Labridniv

Does anyone know if people throw coins in those fountains at all?

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They do not allow coins or any objects to be thrown into the fountains. You may want to see the museum while you're there, and check out a burger joint called Zaitzeff nearby if you get hungry.

CCs77 · #**7544** Posted **Apr 4, 2015, 12:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Duck From NY

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Excellent find bud. Do you have a link to the NYC Transformation thread? I couldn't locate it.

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The white church spire you see toward the bottom of the hill is entirely different. The original church had to be gutted due to a fire, and I believe it was a Yankee pitcher who stepped in to fund the rebuilding sometime during the late 80's or early 90's. I'm guessing this picture was taken sometime between 1976 and 1979 based on Manhattan and the cars.
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I searched for that church, the Brighton Heights Reformed Church, and indeed it burned in 1996 and was later rebuilt. Curiously enough, from that point of view, the spire of the church is aligned with the WTC,which also was destroyed, less than a year after the new church was dedicated, and later was also rebuilt.

I posted some more pictures of it on the NY transformation Thread http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=157678&page=4

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Originally Posted by Duck From NY

Geologically more part of NJ though

Geologically part of NJ, administratively part of NYC, although northern New Jersey ends up being also functionally part of New York as it is part of Greater New York. So the same thing could be different things depending of how you see it

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

Please tell me they're going to clad the top and not just leave it open :/

As far as I know, according to the renderings, it will be clad.

NYguy · #**7545** Posted **Apr 4, 2015, 4:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Duck From NY

Geologically more part of NJ though

Fun fact (for people from outside the area), Staten Island has the offial highest point in New York City. Link.
It's part of a ridge system that stretches through Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island.

Back to our regularly scheduled skyscraper...

by matt_yiu

chris08876 · #**7546** Posted **Apr 4, 2015, 9:27 PM**

Pause at 2:15 to see 432 Park from the air

• Video Link

Recommend the whole video too. Some great shots of DoBro, One57, Midtown, Brooklyn, Bronx, ect.

Guiltyspark · #**7547** Posted **Apr 5, 2015, 2:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

Please tell me they're going to clad the top and not just leave it open :/

Wouldn't it have been done by now? I bet it stays open for ventilation and to allow window washing equipment out. But we will see.

CCs77 · #**7548** Posted **Apr 5, 2015, 3:36 PM**

There are window washing systems with special cranes such as in 1WTC and other buildings, so those openings are not needed for that.

There is still a construction crane on the top, there are still the external lifts, so, clearly still a lot to be done. There's no rush with that glass, they could even install that even just before they open the building.