NEW YORK | Brooklyn Tower (9 DeKalb) | 1,073 FT | 73 FLOORS - Page 46

mrnyc · #**901** Posted **Feb 28, 2020, 10:09 AM**

this has one helluva complicated basement.

The Best Forumer · #**902** Posted **Feb 28, 2020, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by BadHaj

This is the most exciting project in NYC in my opinion. There really isn't anything this inspiring in Manhattan in my opinion. Can't wait to see it take shape...

dunno about that mang. but this tower is very slick.

matt19215 · #**903** Posted **Feb 28, 2020, 7:24 PM**

I hope the NIMBYs dont come for this one

Barney Greengrass · #**904** Posted **Mar 1, 2020, 6:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by matt19215

I hope the NIMBYs dont come for this one

It's approved and under construction, so I'm not sure how that would happen. Plus it is firmly inside of a max FAR zone. It's a done deal, unless there's an economic or engineering disaster, both of which are unlikely.

NYguy · #**905** Posted **Mar 1, 2020, 8:37 PM**

Yeah, as a matter of fact, I don’t recall hearing much noise about the rise of this one. Most likely due to the fact that it only needed Landmarks approval.

chris08876 · #**906** Posted **Mar 11, 2020, 2:09 AM**

Credit: 5Bfilms

NYguy · #**907** Posted **Mar 11, 2020, 2:49 AM**

https://twitter.com/LindeGriffith/st...35065458204672

artspook · #**908** Posted **Mar 12, 2020, 4:46 AM**

"Brooklyn's version of the Empire State building",
"a beautiful tower", "This is gonna be epic",
"my favorite under construction NYC building!",
"most interesting & game-changing NYC tower currently going up",
etc., etc. . . lots of favorable posts from you guys . .

the initial rendering had a very unusual, irregular, awesome crown . .
later renderings seem to have casually eliminated that aesthetic complexity
. . so, I don't know the exact features of the crown as of now . .
but, with 9 deKalb's great tower proportion, setbacks, and being the
borough's tallest, a distinctive crown is requisite . .
Excellent crowns were imperative for WTC 3 & CPT also, but both blew it . .
hope 9 deKalb doesn't cheap out where refinement is needed most . .

mrnyc · #**909** Posted **Mar 12, 2020, 2:18 PM**

^ lets hold on there spooky -- i aint worried about no crown right now

NYguy · #**910** Posted **Mar 12, 2020, 4:55 PM**

It's a little different in the newer renderings, but still fabulous.

Comparison...

vandelay · #**911** Posted **Mar 12, 2020, 5:49 PM**

That's Gotham.

mrnyc · #**912** Posted **Mar 12, 2020, 6:07 PM**

the first render looks like a sketch idea and the more current looks like what can actually be physically and practically built.

not seeing anything to worry over, it looks awesome.

NYguy · #**913** Posted **Mar 13, 2020, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by mrnyc

the first render looks like a sketch idea and the more current looks like what can actually be physically and practically built.

not seeing anything to worry over, it looks awesome.

The first rendering is what was officially presented. Like anything else, the building has just been refined, nothing to worry about.

But both are a long way from this, the first early idea of what we were getting...

https://archinect.com/news/tag/15074/skinny

We're getting a supertall in Brooklyn. And a beautiful one at that. No complaints here.

artspook · #**914** Posted **Mar 15, 2020, 2:28 AM**

I like the earliest many spiked tapering crown the best . .
makes for a magnificent medieval forested peak of a silhouette . .
like powerful architecture uncontained, shooting up beyond
the tall slender tower's uppermost limit . .
lengthier spikes better than niblets . .

the following, more boringly "practical" crown
is more generic, still better than average . .
& then, the above line-drawing-rendering, looks as if the
tower rises to finish off, into rectangular floor-plan configuration,
which would be outright boring . . I sure hope not . . but there may
be some foreshortening of perspective going on there, in which case,
we're thankfully spared . .

I do hope that the bronzey coloration of 9 deKalb
is accurate . . that would definitely be a
splendid aspect, indeed . .

artspook · #**915** Posted **Mar 15, 2020, 2:30 AM**

BTW, thankyou mrnyc & NYguy
for the pics to scrutinize . .

NYguy · #**916** Posted **Mar 16, 2020, 10:57 PM**

https://twitter.com/LindeGriffith/st...81602294013952

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Cellar slab finally completed at 9 Dekalb Ave

Tex17 · #**917** Posted **Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Boerumer

It's approved and under construction, so I'm not sure how that would happen. Plus it is firmly inside of a max FAR zone. It's a done deal, unless there's an economic or engineering disaster, both of which are unlikely.

That doesn't matter to NIMBYs.

mrnyc · #**918** Posted **Mar 18, 2020, 7:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

The first rendering is what was officially presented. Like anything else, the building has just been refined, nothing to worry about.

But both are a long way from this, the first early idea of what we were getting...

https://archinect.com/news/tag/15074/skinny

We're getting a supertall in Brooklyn. And a beautiful one at that. No complaints here.

the earliest version and the current version look very practical, meaning like they can be built. i know it was the formal unveiling for this project and it was quite a stunning debut, but there is no way that bridge render could be built to look like that. its a very gotham idea that lead to the current buildable version.

NYguy · #**919** Posted **Mar 18, 2020, 11:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by mrnyc

the earliest version and the current version look very practical, meaning like they can be built. i know it was the formal unveiling for this project and it was quite a stunning debut, but there is no way that bridge render could be built to look like that. its a very gotham idea that lead to the current buildable version.

You're talking about this version? What about this can't be built that could with the others?

chris08876 · #**920** Posted **Mar 27, 2020, 10:56 PM**

Credit: Tectonic