Bryant Park Tower - New York City's First Residence Inn

[New Jack City]

Hospitality Net

Marriott Announces New York City's First Residence Inn

WASHINGTON, John Marriott, executive vice president of Marriott International, Inc., joined by New York City's Mayor Bloomberg and G. Holdings Corporation chairman and CEO Harry Gross, today announced plans to open the first Residence Inn by Marriott in New York City -- a 357-suite hotel located at Avenue of the Americas and West 39th Street. Construction begins today, and the hotel is scheduled to open by the end of 2005.

The project is part of the Bryant Park Tower, a 43-story building that will also include 96 studio and one-bedroom rental apartments, street-level retail space totaling approximately 8,500 square feet, a bar overlooking Bryant Park and onsite valet parking. The hotel will be owned by G. Holdings Corporation and operated as a Residence Inn franchise.

In reference to the centennial anniversary of Times Square, Mayor Bloomberg said, "At 100 years old, Times Square has never looked better, and I salute John Marriott and Harry Gross for working together on a project that will be a wonderful addition to the area."

Rendering:

http://www.greenbergfarrow.com/contents/projects/images/1021AvenueOfTheAmericas.jpg

[New Jack City]

Newer version of the design...

:puke:

http://www.theslatinreport.com/0412gross.jpg

[FerrariEnzo]

Ugh

[Patrick Highrise]

Damm that first "design" looked rather good but that second pic....:puke:
The top of it looks out of scale....the lower part I can do with though!

[Agglomeration]

I'm about to die laughing just looking at this... :laugh: :lol: :rofl:

[3tmk]

it just doesn't seem like 43 stories high.
As for the designs, I don't like either of them, but the second is worse than the first

[Agglomeration]

Here is a recent picture of the BPT site courtesy of WNY's Edward> I predict it will look puny and blase compared to the huge (and much better looking) One Bryant Park:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/hotels/marriott_residence_inn/bryant_park_tower_25apr04.jpg

[7 World Trade]

what are u guys talking about!!?? the second design looks awesome!!! it blends in better with its surroundings and don't stand out like some eyesore.

oh well, im never a big admirer for all-glass buildings anyways.

[New Jack City]

what are u guys talking about!!?? the second design looks awesome!!! it blends in better with its surroundings and don't stand out like some eyesore.

oh well, im never a big admirer for all-glass buildings anyways.

The new design does blend in, so true, but the design looks so amateur. There's no consistent form, the top looks funny and incomprehensible.

The wider windows at the top, and smaller amount of vertical lines, plus the little box all the way at the roof just don't mesh together right.

[hella good]

Yeah, the first was much better. the second has grown on me a little. But it looks like a chicago building not a new york building.

[7 World Trade]

yeah, that's true, thet building is more chicagoan than new-yorker. but i think we can try to get a mix between the two design. not too much masonry and not too much glass. then it will be an incredible building. or they can just keep the style of that new design consistant from bottom to top, and voila! we will have another postmodern art deco style wonder.

[New Jack City]

From world forums....

April 2004

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/37thst.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/372.jpg

[New Jack City]

Pretty much completed now...

latest view, photos taken today 04/25/05, this tower was completed in exaclty one year!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/f3c96123.jpg


view from Bryant park

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/nyctowers/137ccb1b.jpg

this tower still has not grown on me yet.....

[Ellatur]

looks like a building from the 80s or something :sleepy:

[sfenn1117]

LOVE that last picture. I was skeptical til I saw that view. Not bad at all.

[New York Yankee]

i like that orange/red stone or what it is!

[New York Yankee]

i like that orange/red stone or what it is!
ow, compared with that green glass!