Unbuilt New York - Page 3

***desertpunk*** · May 4th, 2012, 10:52 PM

The Federal Reserve Bank 1969

http://archinect.com/features/articl...ws-kevin-roche

***desertpunk*** · May 4th, 2012, 11:01 PM

Unbuilt Jean Nouvel

Brooklyn waterfront hotel:

http://www.thecityreview.com/nouvel.html

Meatpacking District hotel:

http://www.thecityreview.com/nouvel.html

Uaarkson · May 4th, 2012, 11:27 PM

Holy shit @ the Federal Reserve Bank building proposal.

mjmoney23 · May 14th, 2012, 03:25 AM

Wow some of these were crazy good, and others were crazy bad! Here are a few comments/thoughts...

1. Was the airport on the west side ever a serious proposal?
2. Any more info on the Broadway/Church building?
3.Why was television city never built?
4. The MSG towers could have been amazing, sad they didn't get built.
5. What the hell were the "dome" and Manhattan Canopy all about? Were they visions or were they actual proposals?

dachacon · May 16th, 2012, 08:35 AM

was the Fed building even structurally possible?? one good blow from the wind and it falls like a house of cards.

yankeesfan1000 · May 16th, 2012, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dachacon

was the Fed building even structurally possible?? one good blow from the wind and it falls like a house of cards.

Why not? The Citicorp Building in Midtown looks much larger than that and has a similar base.

http://all-pictures.biz/citicorp-bui...ctural-design/

***desertpunk*** · July 9th, 2012, 03:23 AM

image hosted on flickr

How thick is Gotham? One answer is: ten hundred and ninety feet (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

Simfan34 · July 10th, 2012, 05:29 AM

Cool!

WPC is still happening though! Same building, different use...

***desertpunk*** · July 31st, 2012, 10:24 PM

More images of the wildly decorative NY Fashion Building:

image hosted on flickr

1930: THE PROPOSED "FASHION BUILDING" by MySkyGarden, on Flickr

image hosted on flickr

Tower of 1930 New York skyscraper proposal by MySkyGarden, on Flickr

image hosted on flickr

Base of 1930 New York "Fashion Building" proposal by MySkyGarden, on Flickr

Uaarkson · July 31st, 2012, 10:53 PM

Reminds me of the good old Guardian building in Detroit. And what an absurd crown!

Simfan34 · August 2nd, 2012, 06:05 AM

That would have been something else... never seen such closeups

Wigz · August 16th, 2012, 01:48 AM

http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/wh...rought-to-nyc/

Some cool venues that would have been had NYC won the 2012 bid

JD47 · August 16th, 2012, 01:29 PM

This thread is really interesting. I never knew that all these buildings were proposed for NYC. Cheers for the info and pictures guys.

Andre_idol · August 17th, 2012, 02:59 AM

Pretty sure the expression batshit crazy was created due to that airport proposal in the first page

***desertpunk*** · October 22nd, 2012, 03:53 AM

United Nations concept c.1947

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/re...25streets.html

***desertpunk*** · October 22nd, 2012, 04:36 AM

East Cove development plan 1980

"The first project undertaken by [Raphael] Viñoly’s nascent New York practice was a master plan for a residential development on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The plan called for four high-rise towers sited on 30 acres of landfill along the East River. The towers, to house middle-income and luxury apartments, would have been surrounded by a landscaped park including a recreational marina."

http://www.rvapc.com/works/241-east-...velopment-plan

Сталин · December 12th, 2012, 09:45 PM

Interasting...

Hudson11 · December 20th, 2012, 11:13 PM

all I can say is thank goodness

***desertpunk*** · February 4th, 2013, 09:19 PM

Times square by Phillip Johnson

When the idea of redeveloping Times Square gained momentum in the early 1980s, Phillip Johnson was commissioned to come up with a massive scheme to redo the bowtie. His result was a horrible quartet of faux-Victorian towers which would have instantly killed the square and all life forms for blocks around. Fortunately the 1984 plans went nowhere and T.S. was ultimately redone piecemeal and with much more vitality.

***desertpunk*** · February 4th, 2013, 10:27 PM

Emory Roth apartment building, Washington Sq. 1929

This monster would have crushed the neighborhood had the Depression not intervened.

May 4th, 2012, 10:52 PM	#41
*desertpunk* Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ELP ~ ABQ Posts: 30,124 Likes (Received): 1827	The Federal Reserve Bank 1969 http://archinect.com/features/articl...ws-kevin-roche http://archinect.com/features/articl...ws-kevin-roche __________________ We are floating in space... Last edited by desertpunk; May 4th, 2012 at 10:58 PM.

May 4th, 2012, 11:01 PM	#42
*desertpunk* Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ELP ~ ABQ Posts: 30,124 Likes (Received): 1827	Unbuilt Jean Nouvel Brooklyn waterfront hotel: http://www.thecityreview.com/nouvel.html Meatpacking District hotel: http://www.thecityreview.com/nouvel.html __________________ We are floating in space...

May 4th, 2012, 11:27 PM	#43
Uaarkson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,010 Likes (Received): 136	Holy shit @ the Federal Reserve Bank building proposal. __________________ Manhattan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1MySJoFl8&hd=1 (HD)

July 9th, 2012, 03:23 AM	#47
*desertpunk* Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ELP ~ ABQ Posts: 30,124 Likes (Received): 1827	image hosted on flickr How thick is Gotham? One answer is: ten hundred and ninety feet (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr __________________ We are floating in space...

July 31st, 2012, 10:53 PM	#50
Uaarkson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,010 Likes (Received): 136	Reminds me of the good old Guardian building in Detroit. And what an absurd crown! __________________ Manhattan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1MySJoFl8&hd=1 (HD)

May 14th, 2012, 03:25 AM	#44
mjmoney23 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Oakville, CT Posts: 15 Likes (Received): 0	Wow some of these were crazy good, and others were crazy bad! Here are a few comments/thoughts... 1. Was the airport on the west side ever a serious proposal? 2. Any more info on the Broadway/Church building? 3.Why was television city never built? 4. The MSG towers could have been amazing, sad they didn't get built. 5. What the hell were the "dome" and Manhattan Canopy all about? Were they visions or were they actual proposals?

May 16th, 2012, 08:35 AM	#45
dachacon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 789 Likes (Received): 0	was the Fed building even structurally possible?? one good blow from the wind and it falls like a house of cards.

July 10th, 2012, 05:29 AM	#48
Simfan34 Crossborder Connexion Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 8,424 Likes (Received): 145	Cool! WPC is still happening though! Same building, different use...

August 2nd, 2012, 06:05 AM	#51
Simfan34 Crossborder Connexion Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 8,424 Likes (Received): 145	That would have been something else... never seen such closeups

August 16th, 2012, 01:48 AM	#52
Wigz Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 155 Likes (Received): 5	http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/wh...rought-to-nyc/ Some cool venues that would have been had NYC won the 2012 bid __________________ DUBAI MARINA IN MINECRAFT http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...6#post93261666

August 16th, 2012, 01:29 PM	#53
JD47 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dublin Posts: 3,434 Likes (Received): 101	This thread is really interesting. I never knew that all these buildings were proposed for NYC. Cheers for the info and pictures guys.

August 17th, 2012, 02:59 AM	#54
Andre_idol Fluorescent Adolescent Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Barcelos, Portugal Posts: 5,337 Likes (Received): 56	Pretty sure the expression batshit crazy was created due to that airport proposal in the first page __________________ School trip to: Brussels!

October 22nd, 2012, 04:36 AM	#56
*desertpunk* Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ELP ~ ABQ Posts: 30,124 Likes (Received): 1827	East Cove development plan 1980 "The first project undertaken by [Raphael] Viñoly’s nascent New York practice was a master plan for a residential development on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The plan called for four high-rise towers sited on 30 acres of landfill along the East River. The towers, to house middle-income and luxury apartments, would have been surrounded by a landscaped park including a recreational marina." http://www.rvapc.com/works/241-east-...velopment-plan __________________ We are floating in space...

December 12th, 2012, 09:45 PM	#57
Сталин Marshal of SkyscraperCity Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nürnberg Posts: 954 Likes (Received): 123	Interasting...

December 20th, 2012, 11:13 PM	#58
Hudson11 Title Fabricator Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: The Empire State Posts: 1,145 Likes (Received): 340	all I can say is thank goodness

February 4th, 2013, 09:19 PM	#59
*desertpunk* Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: ELP ~ ABQ Posts: 30,124 Likes (Received): 1827	Times square by Phillip Johnson When the idea of redeveloping Times Square gained momentum in the early 1980s, Phillip Johnson was commissioned to come up with a massive scheme to redo the bowtie. His result was a horrible quartet of faux-Victorian towers which would have instantly killed the square and all life forms for blocks around. Fortunately the 1984 plans went nowhere and T.S. was ultimately redone piecemeal and with much more vitality. __________________ We are floating in space...

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