NEW YORK | 270 Park Ave | 1,389 FT | 57 FLOORS

[Visionist]

Diving through old news prints reveals Travelstead was originally to be something like "150 stories" before they settled on the tapered 1080' design which was ultimately cancelled. Surely that would be fanciful even with the new rezoning, let alone 35 odd years ago? I've always taken "storeys" as simply a rough measure of height corresponding to 10 feet per storey myself, and not in the sense of of 1 storey = 1 floor. That would still have yielded the world's tallest building at the time.

[JMKeynes]

I anticipate that the cross-bracing will be illuminated.


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[chris08876]

Originally Posted by JMKeynes

I anticipate that the cross-bracing will be illuminated.


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Larger version:


Credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comment...line_20262030/

[NYguy]

The future is now.

[Visionist]

Coruscant, centre of the known universe.

[mrnyc]

just moved money from chase to vanguard. less fees. i ain't paying for this tower anymore!

[ESysyn]

Anyone just get vibes of the twin towers?

Originally Posted by NYguy

Another take on 270 (not Foster's)...


https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bGyn-Hx3g/

[aquablue]

Originally Posted by ESysyn

Anyone just get vibes of the twin towers?

I see a box.

I see a stupid box.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by aquablue

I see a box.

I see a stupid box.

As you would, and as you should.




http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01

01/28/2020

DEMOLISH PORTION OF CONCRETE SLAB AT CELLAR AND SUB-CELLAR LEVELS TO ALLOW FOR D-1 LINE CONSTRUCTION

JANUARY 28, 2020


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[Visionist]

Originally Posted by ESysyn

Anyone just get vibes of the twin towers?

It's funny you should say that; take a look at the grating design in Cortland's entrance at 5:45 in this video:

https://youtu.be/KLaBILFVppU

It's almost exactly the same as this new building.

[mrnyc]

Originally Posted by NYguy

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01


01/28/2020

DEMOLISH PORTION OF CONCRETE SLAB AT CELLAR AND SUB-CELLAR LEVELS TO ALLOW FOR D-1 LINE CONSTRUCTION

d-1 line? what is that? something related to the trains?

[Parzival718]

Originally Posted by mrnyc

d-1 line? what is that? something related to the trains?

Per my Friend at JP ( grain of salt, but no reason to not believe). They haven’t taken anything off of the top just yet, what they are doing now is removing the last of the facade, removing and temporarily supporting the central elevator shaft. They are essentially going to work in then out in each floor and with most of the dented going down the shaft. Once that is done the building will start to come down.

[Amanita]

Originally Posted by Parzival718

Per my Friend at JP ( grain of salt, but no reason to not believe). They haven’t taken anything off of the top just yet, what they are doing now is removing the last of the facade, removing and temporarily supporting the central elevator shaft. They are essentially going to work in then out in each floor and with most of the dented going down the shaft. Once that is done the building will start to come down.

Too bad your friend can't get us a few pieces of steel from the building. I'm sure a few of us would like to have relics.

[NYguy]

https://www.instagram.com/p/B71_80lHfpQ/

[artspook]

"Anyone just get vibes of the twin towers?"
Originally Posted by ESysyn

I get the vibe of a building half its height on 7th Ave . .
the equitable bldg . . proportionately a tall tapered flat front side . .
setbacks stepping up the sides . . It's kinda cliche´clunky . .
though I kind of like that building . . better than most of it's era . .
But for a building twice that height,
you should have a unique, more refined design . . Indeed this new 270 Park
has setbacks asymmetrically staggered . . and there are more of them . .
improvements on equitable . . But then equitable had that giant arched
boardroom window, as a focal point crown feature . .
let's hope this generic-lookng tower becomes more "imposing',
as it progresses . . developers & architects perfecting its design,till its
architecture is worthy of its great height . .

[NYguy]

(Not current, but an idea of the work going on inside)



http://fasttrackconstruction.com/projects/

270 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK N.Y.


-$300 K demo and buildout completed in a weekend. Clients were working Monday morning.

-Demo Friday

-Saturday two shifts

-Sunday two shifts

-Critical Path Management.

-ON TIME. ON BUDGET. NO PROBLEM.

[NYguy]

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8eiO1PF2oD/

[Amanita]

Looks like it's already missing its crown?

[matt19215]

You can see some floors have been removed

[chris08876]

Credit: bmosborne