Times Square Tower - 7 Times Square / 42nd @ B'way & 7th Ave - by S.O.M.

**emmeka** · October 21st, 2003, 01:29 PM

The greyish panelling on the crown is coming along nicely and such speed as well!

**cell** · October 22nd, 2003, 08:17 AM

Go inside KPF's E&Y tower lobby, go to the north east corner of the lobby and take a look at the slot above the entry, the entry itself and the lobby desk in the background.
Now compare it to the proposed lobby design of SOM's Times Square Tower as posted in this forum.
Is SOM being less than original?
Your comments please.

**emmeka** · October 22nd, 2003, 11:38 AM

I can see what youre talking about, but you can hardly say that its a copy (i know thats not what you said but thats what you were suggesting), a similar design maybe, but not a copy.

I think that the lobby should have been cut back further into the building with irregulaly shaped mesanine levels for retail use. The mesanines should have steel and glass railings with escalators with clear sides running through the levels, the roof should have something to bring light in like the HSBC building in Hong Kong.

those are my thoughts

**matt3303** · November 1st, 2003, 05:25 PM

I was on the Empire State's observation deck today, and I must say the crown is very dull. The grayish panels look much better in the renderings.

**Gulcrapek** · November 1st, 2003, 05:27 PM

From ESBcam they look crappy too. Maybe it's meant to highlight the glass slant. Contrast.

**NYguy** · November 1st, 2003, 08:05 PM

Took this shot of the TS Tower coming out of the subway today...

**emmeka** · November 2nd, 2003, 03:41 AM

Listen folks, dont judge it too quickly ok? I didnt like it at first but then i came to terms with it and now i quite like it.

**RandySavage** · February 17th, 2004, 11:32 AM

From 18th street corner, looking north up 7th Ave. The tower provides a nice visual anchor...

**Gulcrapek** · February 17th, 2004, 01:02 PM

Not fond of the mechanical box... but that's life.

**NoyokA** · February 17th, 2004, 01:07 PM

Gray???

What were they thinking, make it white, allow it to dissolve into the sky. If this building ever had a balance the gray top disintintigrates the whole. TXSQ Tower has a nice and energenic east and south facade, it is not however a good building.

**NoyokA** · February 17th, 2004, 01:07 PM

even for Times Square.

**TLOZ Link5** · February 17th, 2004, 05:22 PM

I definitely don't like the gray crown. It looks like a concrete hat structure better suited for a '60s skyscraper. Yuck.

**BrooklynRider** · February 17th, 2004, 05:47 PM

Walk up Broadway by the time you get to around 37th Street the curtain wall looks spectacular. The zig-zag effect is very effective and the spacing emphasizes it all the more. I can't recall another building in NYC quite like it from this angle.