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Discussion Starter · Nov 11, 2009 (Edited by Moderator)

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HK999 said:
Nordstrom Tower to Become World's Tallest Residential Building at 1,775 Feet

http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/07/nordstrom-tower-to-become-worlds-tallest-residential-building.html/1#

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Preliminary massing renderings ahead of finalized design.

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225 West 57th Street - Extell - Hotel / Condo - by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill

http://ny.curbed.com/tags/225-west-57th-street

NYC Department of Buildings
Work Permit Data
Premises: 217 WEST 57 STREET MANHATTAN Filed At: 217 WEST 57 STREET MANHATTAN
BIN: 1080870 Block: 1029 Lot: 19 Job Type: A3 - ALTERATION TYPE 3

View Permit History | Printable (PDF) version of this Permit
Job No: 110436644 Fee: STANDARD
Permit No: 110436644-01-EQ-SH Issued: 06/08/2010 Expires: 04/01/2011
Seq. No.: 02 Filing Date: 06/08/2010 RENEWAL Status: ISSUED
Work: Proposed Job Start: 01/21/2009 Work Approved: 01/20/2009
ALTERATION TYPE 3 - CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - SIDEWALK-SHED
INSTALLATION OF 122 LINEAR FEET OF HEAVY DUTY SIDEWALK SHED FOR BUILDING
DEMOLITION, FILED SEPARATELY. LIVE LOAD 300 PSF. SIDEWALK SHED SHALL COMPLY WITH
CHAPTER #33 OF THE 2008 CODE. NO CHANGE IN USE, OCCUPANCY OR EGRESS UNDER THIS
APPLICATION.

Electrical Application Number for Shed Lighting: Z120397
Use: COM - COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS - OLD CODE Landmark: NO Stories: 12
Review is requested under Building Code: 2008

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Drone view of site at 0:30

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Early history:

The following map shows the sites of the two projects being developed on West 57th Street by Extell Development.

155-157 W 57th, which is the subject of another thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=776476 ), is shown in red. Its companion tower, 225 W 57th, which is the subject of this thread, is shown in orange.

225 W 57th is a far larger site. Therefore, since 155-157 W 57th will exceed 330m, it is likely that 225 W 57th will be much larger.

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1Filipe1

· #581 · Oct 20, 2012

Hudson11 said:
It was said awhile back that the Girasole could rival the towers going up in Midtown. I believe 432 Park was specifically mentioned.

yeah they said it could reach over 1400 ft, and then they also said that 225 west 57th street would be the tallest reseidential in the city, so this one will be over 1400 ft i assume..maybe 1450? depending on what girasole comes out to be, i wouldn't mind girasole being the tallest, i really like it lol

Kanto

· #582 · Oct 20, 2012

^^ I think that at least one of these buildings will try to claim more titles than just tallest in the city. Besides, the numbers to beat of the tallest in the city, the tallest in the country and the tallest in the hemisphere aren't far from each other (432 Park = 1398 feet, Willis Tower = 1451 feet, CN Tower = 1500 feet) :cheers:

ZZ-II

· #583 · Oct 20, 2012

Kanto said:
^^ I think that at least one of these buildings will try to claim more titles than just tallest in the city. Besides, the numbers to beat of the tallest in the city, the tallest in the country and the tallest in the hemisphere aren't far from each other (432 Park = 1398 feet, Willis Tower = 1451 feet, CN Tower = 1500 feet) :cheers:

CN tower is 1815 feet tall...and now don't try to tell us why you don't count the full height....

Hudson11

· #584 · Oct 20, 2012

CN is an observation/comm tower anyway.

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ZZ-II

· #585 · Oct 20, 2012

Hudson11 said:
CN is an observation/comm tower anyway.

That's the reason why even antennas are counted to the full height. It's not a normal skyscraper/supertall.

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nickguar

· #586 · Oct 20, 2012

As they proceed with the WTC 1 construction, I am kind of hoping that its antenna is NOT counted in the official height for two reasons: 1) that would be a cheap way to get to 1,700+ feet, but more importantly 2) because New York then quickly destroys the taboo of building something taller than WTC 1.

I would very much like to see 225 57th or GCT 42nd end up being unquestionably the tallest in the city (and country). The tallest building belongs in Midtown.

432 Park and Girasole are great too, but I do not think the design of 432 Park and the westside location of Girasole warrant being the tallest in the city.

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Kanto

· #587 · Oct 20, 2012

Hudson11 said:
CN is an observation/comm tower anyway.

It just never felt right to me to completely disqualify those buildings just because they have less floors. For me a building is the tallest only when no other habitable building is taller, whether that be a skyscraper or an observation tower and the CN Tower's roof is 1500 feet :cheers:

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deadhead262

· #588 · Oct 21, 2012

When is this building expected to start rising?

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germantower

· #589 · Oct 21, 2012

Since Herzog and de Meuron are the architects of this one, i just hope this one won´t end up being a "box stacked on box type" supertall. I´d like to see a pyramide like shape, like the building they proposed for Paris, in very tall with a decent subtle twist here, clad in silverish blueish glass, with dark details and maybe a thin layer of white mesh-work (their olympia stadion like) wrapping around the tower, creating a dramatic landmark on this spot of the skyline.

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spectre000

· #590 · Oct 22, 2012

deadhead262 said:
When is this building expected to start rising?

A late 2013 or early 2014 start date seems reasonable given the expected completion dates given in the article below.

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/06/28/nordstrom-exec-extell-tower-better-for-us-than-hudson-yards/

"...The tower, which will be completed in 2017 or 2018..."

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CCs77

· #591 · Oct 22, 2012

Kanto said:
It just never felt right to me to completely disqualify those buildings just because they have less floors. For me a building is the tallest only when no other habitable building is taller, whether that be a skyscraper or an observation tower and the CN Tower's roof is 1500 feet :cheers:

The CN Tower is primarily a communication tower, that's the main purpose, the reason it was built for, so, there is no such thing as "not counting the antenna height" because the whole thing is basically a huge antenna.

The Sears Tower is an office building, that's its primary purpose, they added some antennas to take advantage of its height, they are an accessory, so you may or may not count them as the full height. You being a "roof height crusader" certainly wont count them. But in the case of a tower like the CN tower, you just can't take off the antenna, since, as I said earlier, the whole tower is the antenna, So, the CN Tower is 1815ft / 553 meters tall.

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ThatOneGuy

· #592 · Oct 22, 2012

I think observation towers should have their entirety counted. No exceptions.

But this is a bit off topic.

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erbse

· #593 · Oct 23, 2012

germantower said:
Since Herzog and de Meuron are the architects of this one, i just hope this one won´t end up being a "box stacked on box type" supertall.

Something like that, ja

DinoVabec said:
I wish we get something like Maha Nakhon in Bangkok there.

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Kiboko

· #594 · Oct 23, 2012

That Maha Nakhon tower blends in very well. Rem Koolhaas should do such a project in Manhattan.

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ThatOneGuy

· #595 · Oct 23, 2012

Isn't 56 Leonard designed by the same guy?

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patrykus

· #596 · Oct 23, 2012

nope it's Herzog & de Meuron.

Hudson11

· #597 · Oct 23, 2012

ThatOneGuy said:
Isn't 56 Leonard designed by the same guy?

correct.

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RobertWalpole

· #598 · Oct 24, 2012

I rode by in a cab on 23 Oct. and observed that the new Morton Williams store at 140 W 57th already has some food on the shelves. We're getting closer!

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RobertWalpole

· #599 · Oct 26, 2012

Morton Williams closed on 25 Oct 2012! Bring on the wrecking ball, and let's see a 400m tower rise!

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germantower

· #600 · Oct 26, 2012

RobertWalpole said:
Morton Williams closed on 25 Oct 2012! Bring on the wrecking ball, and let's see a 400m tower rise!

:banana::banana::banana: PARTY

Great news, i expect a very very very very grand tower. I hope it will really be a Herzog & de Meuron , unlike it´s cousin One57, which is a fake (i can´t spell the name of that french architect)

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