If the "existing" versus the "proposed" diagram are to scale, IF they are to scale, its not the height thats impressive, but sweet baby rack Jesus, look at that bulk! This is going to have an immense presence on the skyline. They probally should call this tower Gargantua.
This has alieved my fears of an overly bulky tower that would overwhelm One Vanderbilt. The lower bulk is fine, but the setbacks and scaling, and hopefully the added feature of the crown make this very much a NY tower. It could have easily been just a box.
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This has alieved my fears of an overly bulky tower that would overwhelm One Vanderbilt. The lower bulk is fine, but the setbacks and scaling, and hopefully the added feature of the crown make this very much a NY tower. It could have easily been just a box.
Yeah I kinda felt the same at one point too. Given just how impact 1 Vandy has become and its impact on the skyline. It almost in a way resembles a sort of ESB like protectionism when it comes to its proxies and how towers shouldn't block it.
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I love it. This tower is like a Brazilian woman: deliciously thick on the bottom and small but perky on top!
NYC loves them Phat towers I tell ya that. Some may prefer the skinny ones like 111 W 57th, but ain't nothing without the cushion or a strong base to really bring out the presence at street level.
This is such great news for this area, due to the tapering shape at the top, I’m pretty sure they will add an antenna which might add to the confusion of spire vs antenna and total height
Is this a Foster design? I'm getting my towers confused.
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This is such great news for this area, due to the tapering shape at the top, I’m pretty sure they will add an antenna which might add to the confusion of spire vs antenna and total height
This building is screaming out for a Spire to top it off!!
I'd say a spire of 150 ft.. should cap this baby off at 1,575 ft!!
I'm glad everyone seems to be so impressed by this, but I'm a bit perplexed as to why.
First impressions: Jawa Sandcrawler on the bottom and convoluted collection of setbacks without a single note of cohesive architectural gesture. Tall? Sure. Is that all it takes for one to not have a single criticism of what at least to me seems like a graceless worker bee storage bunker?