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Old Posted Jul 14, 2019, 1:53 AM
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1366 feet? Are you sure?
Three more (half) blocks to go
     
     
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1366 feet? Are you sure?
With my model I got the height of 15.5 feet for every floor and the last setback goes up to 1,366 feet

Setback heights:
1,428 (parapet)
1,366
1,319.5
1,288.5
1,257.5 (roof)
1,226.5
1,180
1,133.5
1,087
1,025
947.5
839
637.5
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2019, 2:22 AM
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Three more (half) blocks to go
Therefore the actual height should be 1342,5 feet (about 409m) and not 1366 feet (about 416m).....
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2019, 5:47 AM
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I measured and my model is to scale with diagrams from the city, the beams are up to 1,366
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2019, 7:48 AM
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Old Posted Jul 14, 2019, 10:20 PM
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With my model I got the height of 15.5 feet for every floor and the last setback goes up to 1,366 feet

Setback heights:
1,428 (parapet)
1,366
1,319.5
1,288.5
1,257.5 (roof)
1,226.5
1,180
1,133.5
1,087
1,025
947.5
839
637.5
Actually, the top four to six levels are 17 feet and 19 feet high - and a few inches. The levels from the bottom through the top mechanical and the beginning of the steel only top are 15 feet and some inches. See the structural plans posted on page 158.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 15, 2019, 12:15 PM
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^ now this right here is exactly what we are wondering and want to know -- thanks for the visuals tk.

and good height discussion errbody.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 15, 2019, 1:55 PM
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Actually, the top four to six levels are 17 feet and 19 feet high - and a few inches. The levels from the bottom through the top mechanical and the beginning of the steel only top are 15 feet and some inches. See the structural plans posted on page 158.
I see, but I was only off by 3 feet. So this is currently 1,363 feet tall
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 16, 2019, 2:37 AM
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New York, a city of skyscrapers, has never seen one quite like this.


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Old Posted Jul 16, 2019, 7:28 AM
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Great shots! That's a serious zoom on your camera. What is the camera/ focal length?
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 16, 2019, 2:24 PM
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i am getting vertigo from those pics -- what a job to have. can you imagine? my godfather was an iron hanger in cleveland, but they never had anything like that to work on. yeoow.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 16, 2019, 4:45 PM
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Great shots! That's a serious zoom on your camera. What is the camera/ focal length?
It's a Nikon, 83X zoom. Those first shots were taken from a mile away.



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i am getting vertigo from those pics -- what a job to have. can you imagine? my godfather was an iron hanger in cleveland, but they never had anything like that to work on. yeoow.
Yeah, those guys have a lot of heart. I can't imagine just standing (and climbing) up there in the open, even with protection. But they get the skyline built.
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New York, a city of skyscrapers, has never seen one quite like this.
JULY 15, 2019
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I loved your series of pics.

This one intrigued me with its movement and beauty. I know the vertical elements are terra cotta, however I thought the others were plain glass. Now I see a beautiful scroll design! Those are panels of glass with a scroll design applied, right? What material is the scroll and how is it applied?

If it is possible, could you post a close-up of this side of the building showing its detail. I would really appreciate it!
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 18, 2019, 1:35 AM
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Old Posted Jul 18, 2019, 3:41 AM
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View from Vandy...


https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz_pJrSFvzD/







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I loved your series of pics.

This one intrigued me with its movement and beauty. I know the vertical elements are terra cotta, however I thought the others were plain glass. Now I see a beautiful scroll design! Those are panels of glass with a scroll design applied, right? What material is the scroll and how is it applied?

If it is possible, could you post a close-up of this side of the building showing its detail. I would really appreciate it!

This is an older pic, with a more detailed view...








https://www.instagram.com/p/B0CoeafnL4_/

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Old Posted Jul 18, 2019, 4:35 AM
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I think the observation deck at 1VDB will be better than TOTR.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 18, 2019, 5:18 AM
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I said it a few years ago, and it's still true: the Park Lane Hotel in that view is the equivalent of someone dropping a deuce in a display case at Tiffany's.
     
     
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Skinny 'Scrapers

By ROBERT L. REID

Rising high in the skies over New York City, Chicago, Hong Kong, and other great metropolises are tall towers that appear impossibly slender. Fueled mostly by market demand from wealthy clients who desire spectacular views, the design and construction of these superslim, generally residential skyscrapers also depend on engineering advances over recent decades in building materials and damping technologies as well as careful coordination by the design teams.

Published at THE CIVIL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE, July 2019 issue

The whole article can be found at:
https://www.asce.org/cemagazine/skinny-scrapers/
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2019, 3:15 PM
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2019, 4:15 PM
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I said it a few years ago, and it's still true: the Park Lane Hotel in that view is the equivalent of someone dropping a deuce in a display case at Tiffany's.
It needs to be torn down. There were plans to do so a few years back. I think it fell through.
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