NEW YORK | Central Park Tower (Nordstrom)| 1,550 FT | 131 FLOORS

[Renton]

Its like night and day the reviews of this building. Most people here, like myself, Love this building. Was just reading a article on Yimby and almost every review was negative. Like to know what idea of a building they would approve.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by pianowizard

I am not denying that a properly designed spire can make a building look nicer -- one of the best examples is Trump Chicago IMO -- and certainly spires are a widely used way to increase structural height.

Well, look again, and compare the spires. And if your only concern is about the extra "height" the spire would add, then make it antenna if you will. My concern is about the skyline, and creating a tower that is more than the unispired mass that this tower will be without the spire. Nothing sets it apart besides the height, and most people would be hard pressed to recognize it outside of the NY skyline. The spire was well integrated into the design, and at least when seen would immediately elevate the tower into something more.

But faridnyc was talking about making the CPT *dominate* the skyline. It takes a lot more mass than a slender spire to dominate a skyline that already has many imposing buildings.

Faridnyc wants a 3,000 ft skyscraper. I'm talking about a skyline that is befitting of New York. This tower was designed with at least an attempt at that, which is the only reasing we're discussing it. I'm sure it will have a nice, shiny facade. That will be nice. But most people will view this on the skyline. Chop 500 ft off this building, and it's fine.

Originally Posted by Renton

Its like night and day the reviews of this building. Most people here, like myself, Love this building. Was just reading a article on Yimby and almost every review was negative. Like to know what idea of a building they would approve.

There's plenty to choose from. Look around.





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[NYguy]

JULY 29, 2019

[pianowizard]

^ In these photos the crane atop the CPT looks kind of like a spire! The building does look more pleasing with this pseudo spire of this height (~120 feet?), so NYguy and I are in agreement on this point. In my last two posts, I was disagreeing with faridnyc that the original slender spire would add to the CPT's dominance, because dominance is about massiveness, not aesthetics. Since he wishes for dominance, he should wish for a crown or at least a very fat spire.

[chris08876]

NYC Top by Fernando Parga, on Flickr

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by BXFrank

That building next to BIGs Pyramid (on viewers’ left) is horrendous, I don’t know if it’s a city power plant, water plant or what, I know it’s an important station. But at least they need to mask it some way or build something nice on top.

That may be the next epic NIMBY vs. developer grudge match. I believe the entire block is owned by ConEd, and they no longer need the entire property, so NIMBYs have pushed for landmarking the historic end of the block (the 11th Ave. side).

Ideally, we would get a supertall facing the river, replacing that ugly newer addition, and the historic hall is converted to a museum, kinda like the Tate Modern.

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by Crawford

That may be the next epic NIMBY vs. developer grudge match. I believe the entire block is owned by ConEd, and they no longer need the entire property, so NIMBYs have pushed for landmarking the historic end of the block (the 11th Ave. side).

Ideally, we would get a supertall facing the river, replacing that ugly newer addition, and the historic hall is converted to a museum, kinda like the Tate Modern.

Yeahs its Con-Ed. I use to go to meetings there with Con-Ed. On a side note, nepotism and Con-Ed go hand in hand, which is a bad thing.

A lot of potential for that parcel or at least incorporation of some existing elements into a future project.

[chris08876]

[NYguy]

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[NYguy]

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[NYguy]

This won't hold the "title" for long, but noteworthy for what it is...


https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago...e-highest-roof

For Willis Tower, another title has fallen
The one-time record-holder will lose the unofficial title of highest roof in the Western Hemisphere.

By Syd Stone
August 1, 2019

Willis Tower was robbed of its title as the world’s tallest building in 1996. It lost the title of tallest building in the United States in 2014. It got bumped off of the list of the world’s 10 tallest buildings in 2016.

And now, the 110-story building can’t even hold onto an unofficial title: tallest roof height in the Western Hemisphere.

Construction on New York’s Central Park Tower reportedly just surpassed the Chicago building’s 1,450 feet

Extell, Central Park Tower’s New York-based developer, wouldn’t verify that construction on the luxury condo building has, in fact, topped Willis Tower. But Daniel Safarik, a spokesman at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, said when the New York building’s construction is complete, it will have edged out Willis.

[photoLith]

Can't wait to see this with that blue wrap taken off the windows. I bet most passerbys don't realize that the blue colour is just wrap. I would imagine the vast majority of people just think thats the actual colour of the windows.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by photoLith

Can't wait to see this with that blue wrap taken off the windows. I bet most passerbys don't realize that the blue colour is just wrap.
I would imagine the vast majority of people just think thats the actual colour of the windows.

Yeah, I've seen posts of people online calling it a blue building.



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[NYguy]

The King and Queen of Central Park.


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[Skyy]

^Would that make 432 the bishop?

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Skyy

^Would that make 432 the bishop?

Or One57.




https://nypost.com/2019/08/04/high-d...w-skyscrapers/

High dining coming to Billionaires’ Row skyscrapers


By Jennifer Gould Keil
August 4, 2019

What’s better than living in one of those fancy skyscrapers on Billionaires’ Row? A dinner that’s just an elevator ride away — at a private restaurant helmed by a Michelin-starred chef.

In September, world-famous chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten will open a residents-only restaurant at 220 Central Park South — the swanky new tower designed by starchitect Robert A.M. Stern where the most expensive home in US history recently got sold.

“It’s an exclusive amenity that is attractive to ultra-high net-worth buyers,” Pamela Liebman, Chief Executive of Corcoran, says of private restaurants. “You never have to leave the building. You can go right downstairs and know that everything will be perfect.”

Two blocks south at 225 W. 57th St., developer Gary Barnett’s Central Park Tower — which will become the tallest residential building in the world at 1,550 feet when it opens next year — will boast a private restaurant on its 100th floor, right next to the ballroom and cigar bar.

“It’s going to be stunning,” gushed a broker.

Meanwhile, 432 Park —soaring 1,396 feet — already employs Michelin-starred chef Shaun Hergatt at its residents-only eatery.

The 12th-floor venue spans 8,500 square feet and comes with a 4,000-square-foot terrace. The menu is varied and changes often, and if you have a private party, Hergatt can cater it.

“Breakfast is free. Everything else you pay for,” said Douglas Elliman broker Alexander Boriskin, who, with DE’s Michael Lorber, is co-listing a 62nd-floor, $28 million unit in the building.

“Residents who don’t think they would be eating there often quickly change their tune once they move in and try it,” Boriskin added.

“They even import their own types of butter, one of which is buckwheat,” adds Lorber. “It’s amazing!”

[faridnyc]

i hope that the megatall in time square will be possible to build it s so dominating

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by faridnyc

i hope that the megatall in time square will be possible to build it s so dominating

Well, it's not going to be built. Just enjoy watching the CP Tower go up.



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[QUEENSNYMAN]

In my latest video Nordstrom is shown from here in Rockaway: BY QUEENSNY121:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdalUpYOQYE