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Submariner · #**2081** Posted **Nov 19, 2013, 4:58 PM**

When might TV start to rise?

Tectonic · #**2082** Posted **Nov 19, 2013, 7:04 PM**

Mid 2014 I believe.

Design-mind · #**2083** Posted **Nov 19, 2013, 8:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tectonic

Mid 2014 I believe.

I was wondering the same thing myself, this is great news.

Submariner · #**2084** Posted **Nov 19, 2013, 8:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Design-mind

I was wondering the same thing myself, this is great news.

This, 225W 57th and 111W 57th will all be rising at the same time, not to mention 432 will be closing in on topping out. Wow!

hunser · #**2085** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 1:53 PM**

http://visual-curiosity.blogspot.fr/...eliers_11.html

NYguy · #**2086** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 2:14 PM**

I think I just died and went to heaven....

King DenCity · #**2087** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 2:47 PM**

What... what... what... WHOA!!!
That is a gorgeous dark monolith and I love it!

chris08876 · #**2088** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 2:54 PM**

Wow. Now this is how you make a tower! Looks alien, unreal, yet stunning. Had to stare at the rendering for a little to make sense of it all.

Hypothalamus · #**2089** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 4:00 PM**

That building is phenomenal....

Welcome to Gotham!

Blaze23 · #**2090** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 4:04 PM**

I'm speechless. The design and level of details in this tower in just unparalleled. I'm not sure how they improved on what was already the best looking tower I had seen in a while. Jean Nouvel is really showing those suckers how to build a tower in NYC.

hunser · #**2091** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 6:48 PM**

The ultimate Gotham Tower.

antinimby · #**2092** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 6:52 PM**

^ Umm no, I think the Chrysler or the ESB holds that distinction.

It is very beautiful though. Might just be the most beautiful modern tower in the world when built.

Blaze23 · #**2093** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by antinimby

It is very beautiful though. Might just be the most beautiful modern tower in the world when built.

Agreed! Tho I would argue that if we put nostalgia aside, TV is as Gotham as the ESB or the Chrysler.

Crawford · #**2094** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 7:16 PM**

I prefer the original by a longshot, but this is still damn good.

Probably in the top handful of modern towers on earth.

hunser · #**2095** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 7:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by antinimby

^ Umm no, I think the Chrysler or the ESB holds that distinction.

It is very beautiful though. Might just be the most beautiful modern tower in the world when built.

Apart from the ESB and Chrysler of course. TV is a modern-day jewel.

NYguy · #**2096** Posted **Dec 1, 2013, 8:17 PM**

The ESB and Chrysler are classics, of course. But those buildings have more straight lines. I think if this one had been built along with those towers, sentimentality aside would make this the most "Gotham" of all New York's towers. But they're all drenched in it. I think 111 W. 57th is in that category as well.

Perklol · #**2097** Posted **Jan 1, 2014, 4:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

Turns out that "new" rendering is an old one.

http://skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/SK...timeline/7.php

Wait so did the color change?

NYguy · #**2098** Posted **Jan 1, 2014, 8:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Eveningsong

Wait so did the color change?

The color has always been the same.

dc_denizen · #**2099** Posted **Jan 1, 2014, 8:36 PM**

the avenue of architectural mediocrity (6th avenue south of central park) is getting a big lift with this tower.

mrnyc · #**2100** Posted **Jan 2, 2014, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by antinimby

^ Umm no, I think the Chrysler or the ESB holds that distinction.

It is very beautiful though. Might just be the most beautiful modern tower in the world when built.

pretty sure he means gotham as in batman gotham city!