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TICONLA1 · November 4th, 2007, 08:21 PM

Anyone have a floor count.? I count 75. (50 office, from ground, and 25 res. with a possible extra 2 above that for mechanical, total 77 floors...............???

Ebola · November 4th, 2007, 10:13 PM

Anywhere from 70-85 sounds right. A proposed tower close to this one has over 90 floors and isn't even 1,000 feet tall! It all depends. I don't really care about floor count; volume is more important.

Eric Offereins · November 4th, 2007, 10:19 PM

Nice tower. It seems that this part of NY is really booming with all these new towers.

Ebola · November 4th, 2007, 10:25 PM

NYguy:

chjbolton · November 5th, 2007, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krull

That is how NYC does it. If you want buildings seperated by parks or plazas and not right next to eachother, then you can keep loving your Dubai way of building things. NYC has been building like this for decades and it will still do it like that. They want to use as much space as possible and not waste any square feet. I love these type of skyscrapers canyons that it creates in the city.

Why do you get all upset like that? Re-read my post (page 4) and I might not need to sum it up by saying again that those two buildings are good indeed, but could be more of a statement by themselves, without even talking about what impact they could have if only slightly further apart from each other.

Here, Phobos put it quite well in his own way (Phobos, if I may?):

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phobos

It's not very original and it's not that kind you building you look and say:"Wow,that's f****ng impressive!",but still good anyway.NYC is definitely building tall again,now it's time to build

buildings.

And if Hudson Yard isn't NY's best opportunity in long time (well actually... Ground Zero?) to build "

buildings", I don't know what is?

walli · November 5th, 2007, 08:50 PM

This is a great looking tower!

I'm happy to see it is not cheating on the height front with a massive antenna on the top

This one IS legit!

SheistbugzzNY · November 14th, 2007, 01:57 AM

any news on this one ??

Ebola · November 15th, 2007, 07:00 PM

Well they are still working on the site.

xlchris · November 15th, 2007, 07:14 PM

OMG! New York is going up high! This will look great, but hey better fill up the space between Central Park and the Business District!

outbackbox · November 16th, 2007, 01:17 AM

Fucking beautiful! But i dont like how this tower will overshadow our ESB. I like how ESB sits on its own. If its overshadowed then the skyline wont look as common... Hmmm maybe SOME sort of height restriction in NY in certain areas is good - seriously. But tower looks great. Mid-town is going crazy hu!?

krull · November 16th, 2007, 01:36 AM

^ Sorry you feel that way, but that seems to be the only area that some buildings can go as tall. There are more restrictions and NIMBYs elsewhere in NYC unfortunatelly.

kingsdl76 · November 16th, 2007, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outbackbox

Fucking beautiful! But i dont like how this tower will overshadow our ESB. I like how ESB sits on its own. If its overshadowed then the skyline wont look as common... Hmmm maybe SOME sort of height restriction in NY in certain areas is good - seriously. But tower looks great. Mid-town is going crazy hu!?

You know what?....just shut up.

coexist · November 16th, 2007, 07:13 AM

Passed by the site on my way to the Rangers game in Jersey yesterday - they're just starting on the prep work, of course (it seems, at least - not sure exactly where in the schedule they are). Still, I've never seen a tower be announced and then start prep work so fast.

Eric Offereins · November 16th, 2007, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outbackbox

Fucking beautiful! But i dont like how this tower will overshadow our ESB. I like how ESB sits on its own. If its overshadowed then the skyline wont look as common... Hmmm maybe SOME sort of height restriction in NY in certain areas is good - seriously. But tower looks great. Mid-town is going crazy hu!?

Want could be better than a 381 m tower beiing overshadowed by others?

great184 · November 17th, 2007, 02:02 PM

...Unless that 381 m tower had great cultural significance.

On the other hand that culturally significant 381m tower is in a CBD, so we can't compare it to, say building some supertall office tower beside the Eiffel Tower.

ElVoltageDR · November 17th, 2007, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coexist

Passed by the site on my way to the Rangers game in Jersey yesterday - they're just starting on the prep work, of course (it seems, at least - not sure exactly where in the schedule they are). Still, I've never seen a tower be announced and then start prep work so fast.

Especially in NYC, so I guess we should take that as a plus

Lance · November 17th, 2007, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outbackbox

Fucking beautiful! But i dont like how this tower will overshadow our ESB. I like how ESB sits on its own. If its overshadowed then the skyline wont look as common... Hmmm maybe SOME sort of height restriction in NY in certain areas is good - seriously. But tower looks great. Mid-town is going crazy hu!?

If i'm not wrong, this is the other side of MSG so is actually quite far from ESB. I don't think it will have thqat much of an impact even with the others I see proposed for that area. If the cluster moves futher east then maybe.

LLoydGeorge · November 17th, 2007, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lance

If i'm not wrong, this is the other side of MSG so is actually quite far from ESB....

That's correct.

BrooklynNYC · November 17th, 2007, 05:54 PM

The Empire State Building may only be 1250 feet officially, but it is 1450 (442m) feet to the tip of the antenna. I don't see how anybody thinks a 1000 ft building will overshadow it. That's nonsense.

ZZ-II · November 17th, 2007, 06:17 PM

at the moment there is not tower which will overshaow it, that's clear....but maybe in the future

November 4th, 2007, 08:21 PM	#101
TICONLA1 Hirise Piping Man Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 725 Likes (Received): 0	Anyone have a floor count.? I count 75. (50 office, from ground, and 25 res. with a possible extra 2 above that for mechanical, total 77 floors...............??? __________________ "The last of the true industrialists" !!!!!

November 15th, 2007, 07:14 PM	#109
xlchris Not much Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Haarlem Posts: 11,083 Likes (Received): 49	OMG! New York is going up high! This will look great, but hey better fill up the space between Central Park and the Business District! __________________ "

November 16th, 2007, 01:36 AM	#111
krull In Time Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 3,148 Likes (Received): 3	^ Sorry you feel that way, but that seems to be the only area that some buildings can go as tall. There are more restrictions and NIMBYs elsewhere in NYC unfortunatelly. __________________ * In addition to the 61 percent who say they love the Big Apple, another 22 percent say they "like" New York. Fifteen percent have mixed feelings, and only 2 percent describe their feelings toward the city as "dislike" or "hate." - In record numbers, city's residents say they 'love' New York

November 17th, 2007, 02:02 PM	#115
great184 visionary Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Miami-Manila-Bohol Posts: 1,589 Likes (Received): 40	...Unless that 381 m tower had great cultural significance. On the other hand that culturally significant 381m tower is in a CBD, so we can't compare it to, say building some supertall office tower beside the Eiffel Tower. __________________ Arguably, one of the best 3d cities in SSC - South Sea Central http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1536278

November 17th, 2007, 06:17 PM	#120
ZZ-II I love Skyscrapers Join Date: May 2006 Location: Near Ingolstadt in Bavaria Posts: 28,303 Likes (Received): 433	at the moment there is not tower which will overshaow it, that's clear....but maybe in the future __________________ Download the most up-to-date list of all Supertalls on this planet here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/To...ary%202013.pdf Last Tower added: Eurasia - Moscow - 309m The Supertall-City-Ranking: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22508016/Su...ary%202013.pdf Last City added: Changzhou Follow me on Twitter: @Minecraft_87 Visit my Photo-Website: www.foto-kotzur.de

November 4th, 2007, 10:13 PM	#102
Ebola BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 1,651 Likes (Received): 0	Anywhere from 70-85 sounds right. A proposed tower close to this one has over 90 floors and isn't even 1,000 feet tall! It all depends. I don't really care about floor count; volume is more important.

November 4th, 2007, 10:19 PM	#103
Eric Offereins The only way is up Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 35,643 Likes (Received): 651	Nice tower. It seems that this part of NY is really booming with all these new towers.

November 4th, 2007, 10:25 PM	#104
Ebola BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 1,651 Likes (Received): 0	NYguy:

November 5th, 2007, 08:50 PM	#106
walli BANNED Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 753 Likes (Received): 0	This is a great looking tower! I'm happy to see it is not cheating on the height front with a massive antenna on the top This one IS legit!

November 14th, 2007, 01:57 AM	#107
SheistbugzzNY Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 113 Likes (Received): 0	any news on this one ??

November 15th, 2007, 07:00 PM	#108
Ebola BANNED Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 1,651 Likes (Received): 0	Well they are still working on the site.

November 16th, 2007, 01:17 AM	#110
outbackbox Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 230 Likes (Received): 0	Fucking beautiful! But i dont like how this tower will overshadow our ESB. I like how ESB sits on its own. If its overshadowed then the skyline wont look as common... Hmmm maybe SOME sort of height restriction in NY in certain areas is good - seriously. But tower looks great. Mid-town is going crazy hu!?

November 16th, 2007, 07:13 AM	#113
coexist Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 75 Likes (Received): 0	Passed by the site on my way to the Rangers game in Jersey yesterday - they're just starting on the prep work, of course (it seems, at least - not sure exactly where in the schedule they are). Still, I've never seen a tower be announced and then start prep work so fast.

November 17th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#119
BrooklynNYC Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 152 Likes (Received): 0	The Empire State Building may only be 1250 feet officially, but it is 1450 (442m) feet to the tip of the antenna. I don't see how anybody thinks a 1000 ft building will overshadow it. That's nonsense.

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