NEW YORK | 15 Penn Plaza (Hotel Penn) | 1,034 FT / 315 M | 53 FLOORS - Page 91

BuildThemTaller · #**1801** Posted **Feb 8, 2022, 2:25 PM**

Whoooaaa!!! indeed

fadedgrandeur · #**1802** Posted **Feb 8, 2022, 4:34 PM**

That poor time-worn hotel just can't catch a break. Wondering how it can get worse for it as it is gutted from the inside? It bursts into flames.

NYguy · #**1803** Posted **Feb 8, 2022, 6:40 PM**

These people...

https://w42st.com/post/historic-hote...ng-demolition/

Quote:

Despite significant community opposition to the “Hudson Yards-ing” of the area and the loss of historic facades, the project is moving forward and early stages of demolition were already underway at the time of the fire.

While Monday’s blaze may have sped up the Hotel Pennsylvania’s sad, slow goodbye, the symbolism of a once-revered urban icon succumbing to the swings of the wrecking ball and the flames of destruction is potent. As EB White wrote while at the hotel itself, “New York provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.”

jackster99 · #**1804** Posted **Feb 8, 2022, 7:40 PM**

^LOL the quote from EB White they decided to use is a perfect example of why this hotel shouldn't have been preserved. Jeez, talk about totally, obliviously contradicting yourself.

NYguy · #**1805** Posted **Feb 16, 2022, 4:34 AM**

Just another look...

Hudson11 · #**1806** Posted **Feb 16, 2022, 5:15 AM**

Both are solid Foster designs. They would make a good pairing on the skyline. I like them. I'm just worried about that northern face on Penn 15.

NYguy · #**1807** Posted **Feb 20, 2022, 3:54 AM**

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Sidewalk shed coming...

HyperPower · #**1808** Posted **Feb 20, 2022, 3:52 PM**

I remember back in the early/mid 2000s checking these forums and hearing about the Hotel Penn redevelopment and after all these years it's just now starting to take fruition.

Happy for a new shiny skyscraper yet sad.. like losing an elderly relative that you knew your whole life.

fadedgrandeur · #**1809** Posted **Feb 22, 2022, 9:06 PM**

My energy for preservation is best spent elsewhere at this point, but it is hard to let go of it. The hotel holds a special place in my heart.

Busy Bee · #**1810** Posted **Feb 22, 2022, 10:10 PM**

If it was sitting anywhere else preservation and full rehabilitation would probably be justifiedbut this site is just too lucrative. I am not, and will likely remain not a fan of the Foster design we seem to be getting, I would have been thrilled to see either one of the Pelli designs more but I'm not in charge of anything. Besides being a train wreck of a design that relies on trend du jour elements that likely won't look half as good in reality, I think it takes away from the gracious uniform canyon effect that exists down the avenue that is currently held by the Hotel Penn.

NYguy · #**1811** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 2:19 AM**

I stayed at the hotel a couple of years ago (wasn't my choice). It was in worse shape than I expected it would be, but it was always going to be taken down. So I guess it was to be expected. Shocking to see the conditions though.

artspook · #**1812** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 6:07 AM**

. . this thing looks like it should be
on wheels in the back of the garage . .

Busy Bee · #**1813** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 3:22 PM**

You're going to have to clarify what that means.

MAC123 · #**1814** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 3:33 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

You're going to have to clarify what that means.

It looks like a tool box is what he's saying. Or at least that's what I think.

Busy Bee · #**1815** Posted **Feb 24, 2022, 4:14 PM**

Ah i see it now

NYguy · #**1816** Posted **Feb 25, 2022, 2:07 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xing Lin

Renderings I made of Penn 15 - a lot of details were constantly changing across the official depictions, so I had to take some guesses for my model:

Original photo by Brian Aronson, on Flickr

We have become so spoiled with new towers.

NYguy · #**1817** Posted **Feb 27, 2022, 4:07 AM**

Prep continues for demo...

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

JMKeynes · #**1818** Posted **Feb 27, 2022, 7:53 PM**

Renderings have been posted on Yimbyforums. I can’t copy and paste for some reason.

DCReid · #**1819** Posted **Feb 27, 2022, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by JMKeynes

Renderings have been posted on Yimbyforums. I can’t copy and paste for some reason.

They appear to be the same rendering we have been seeing these past few months. YIMBY's last article was in Jan. of this year. Are they planning to proceed right away on spec once they demolish the hotel or is the actual construction start dependent on a large tenant lease? It seems that they could possibly start sooner than the construction of 175 Park Avenue, but I hope that building is not delayed.

JMKeynes · #**1820** Posted **Feb 27, 2022, 9:15 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCReid

They appear to be the same rendering we have been seeing these past few months. YIMBY's last article was in Jan. of this year. Are they planning to proceed right away on spec once they demolish the hotel or is the actual construction start dependent on a large tenant lease? It seems that they could possibly start sooner than the construction of 175 Park Avenue, but I hope that building is not delayed.

They’re official renderings, and they finally show the north facade.