NEW YORK | 225 West 57th Street | 472m | 1550ft | 88 fl | Prep

[1Filipe1]

Originally Posted by Hudson11

an 150 ft crown? Something like this on a taller building

150 ft wouldnt just be the crown, it would include the mechincal floors and the uhm that floor everyone siad was 85 feet lol i guess and then a crown if im not mistaken

[Simfan34]

Taller than the Pentominium!?

[Kanto]

Yup, 7 feet taller if it's 1700 feet, however it should be noted that Pentominium is on the brink of being cancelled.

As to the building being 150 feet taller than the top occupied floor, well we don't know about mech floors and mech equipment. 1WTC is 120 feet taller than the location of its top occupied floor, so 150 feet certainly aren't something that special

[Jay]

Originally Posted by Kanto

Yup, 7 feet taller if it's 1700 feet, however it should be noted that Pentominium is on the brink of being cancelled.

As to the building being 150 feet taller than the top occupied floor, well we don't know about mech floors and mech equipment. 1WTC is 120 feet taller than the location of its top occupied floor, so 150 feet certainly aren't something that special

Yes this is very normal, and 1WTC is about 100 feet taller than it's highest occupied floor, so this building should have a pretty big occupied space up top, can't wait to see the design!

[usafarid]

if it becoming a 2000ft tower clearlly domin manhattan

[Kanto]

Um, nope, this will be 1700 feet.

[germantower]

The only reliable number we have so far is 1550 feet or 472m. The 1700 feet figure is nothing we can surely trust yet.

[Jay]

Originally Posted by Kanto

Um, nope, this will be 1700 feet.

No one knows exactly how tall this building will be yet

[germantower]

Imagine a 1500 feet ( + ) placeholder tower on this towers site in this picture. MINDBLOWING!!!


Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

[Kanto]

Originally Posted by Jay

No one knows exactly how tall this building will be yet

True I guess

[aquablue]

The man himself said 1550 'almost' to the top - i.e, some mechanical space on top. Why not just expect that it will around that figure? All this hype and everyone here will feel let down. Just count on 1550 and maybe you'll get a decent surprise. All this nonsense of expecting huge height increases is just mental mastur... NYC is not Shenzhen or Tianjin where 600m monsters are becoming the new standard.

[Kanto]

Well, even if it were just 1550 feet I would be perfectly happy

[hunser]

Originally Posted by aquablue

The man himself said 1550 'almost' to the top - i.e, some mechanical space on top. Why not just expect that it will around that figure? All this hype and everyone here will feel let down. Just count on 1550 and maybe you'll get a decent surprise. All this nonsense of expecting huge height increases is just mental mastur... NYC is not Shenzhen or Tianjin where 600m monsters are becoming the new standard.

Well the 1,550' figure is for the 85th floor (highest occupied floor) according to the DOB filings. Above that there are 3 mechanical floors, which could bring this tower to 1,650ft / 500m. But this is all speculation at this point, so let's just wait till we have some more official info on this subject.

And btw I'm glad New York is not Shenzen or Tianjin. Because here we built when there's actually a demand. No demand - no (residential) tower. No other city in the world is boosting so many supertall residential skyscrapers right now. And those towers are located in an already super dense area and not some huge plaza where you need a cab to get to the closest skyscraper. Even in superdense Hong Kong towers like the ICC are being built on huge plots.

Without a doubt this will be an outstanding feat. Constructing a ~500m tall superskyscraper to adjacent buildings... well you could say they nearly touch each other! Same goes with 432 PA, another 400m+ supertall.

All in all, this is the way skyscrapers are supposed to be built. New York builds this way. And it's the right way.

[Kanto]

I completely agree with that

[L.A.F.2.]

Excellently put.

[aquablue]

Originally Posted by hunser

Well the 1,550' figure is for the 85th floor (highest occupied floor) according to the DOB filings. Above that there are 3 mechanical floors, which could bring this tower to 1,650ft / 500m. But this is all speculation at this point, so let's just wait till we have some more official info on this subject.

And btw I'm glad New York is not Shenzen or Tianjin. Because here we built when there's actually a demand. No demand - no (residential) tower. No other city in the world is boosting so many supertall residential skyscrapers right now. And those towers are located in an already super dense area and not some huge plaza where you need a cab to get to the closest skyscraper. Even in superdense Hong Kong towers like the ICC are being built on huge plots.

Without a doubt this will be an outstanding feat. Constructing a ~500m tall superskyscraper to adjacent buildings... well you could say they nearly touch each other! Same goes with 432 PA, another 400m+ supertall.

All in all, this is the way skyscrapers are supposed to be built. New York builds this way. And it's the right way.

There is no demand for those towers in Shenzhen?

[Eric Offereins]

Ping -An is named after its occupant, so there is demand, I'd say.

[Hudson11]

The occupant is the developer. But this is completely unrelated to the project here.

[Simfan34]

Originally Posted by hunser

Well the 1,550' figure is for the 85th floor (highest occupied floor) according to the DOB filings. Above that there are 3 mechanical floors, which could bring this tower to 1,650ft / 500m. But this is all speculation at this point, so let's just wait till we have some more official info on this subject.

And btw I'm glad New York is not Shenzen or Tianjin. Because here we built when there's actually a demand. No demand - no (residential) tower. No other city in the world is boosting so many supertall residential skyscrapers right now. And those towers are located in an already super dense area and not some huge plaza where you need a cab to get to the closest skyscraper. Even in superdense Hong Kong towers like the ICC are being built on huge plots.

Without a doubt this will be an outstanding feat. Constructing a ~500m tall superskyscraper to adjacent buildings... well you could say they nearly touch each other! Same goes with 432 PA, another 400m+ supertall.

All in all, this is the way skyscrapers are supposed to be built. New York builds this way. And it's the right way.

I must say my pessimism is ebbing, it does look like NYC is coming back into the supertall stakes. Now let's hope the economy continues to improve, and the rest of the country follows.

[OnePointWest]

Originally Posted by hunser

All in all, this is the way skyscrapers are supposed to be built. New York builds this way. And it's the right way.

Very well said.