Reply With QuoteThis tower is a bad attempt at quality. They obviously did not want to go cookie cutter, but the end product still suxs. The architect simply did not have the talent to pull it off.
Looking at that photo above, I was wondering how many years has the Woolworth Building had scaffolding around it in it's 99-year history. Damn terra-cotta.
Anyway the sleek side of Barclay Tower, where you don't see it's broad awkward shoulders that resemble a 1980's shoulder padded dress
Last edited by Derek2k3; May 2nd, 2012 at 03:05 PM.
This tower is a bad attempt at quality. They obviously did not want to go cookie cutter, but the end product still suxs. The architect simply did not have the talent to pull it off.
Sorry but cookie cutter seams to be all they can do...all their new buildings look almost exactly alike, with the only difference being in height.They obviously did not want to go cookie cutter...
take a look at emerald green on 37th, also on 38th, and their new pile going up on 39th- all from the same cutter
That's true, this is just a stretched version.
My old office overlooked this tower. I liked it. Obviously, it's not One57, but in a city filled with cheap boxes that have blank, concrete sides that rise 50 stories, it's not bad. In fact, if. Glen wood uses this design for its site on 8th Ave., it will be among the best new towers on 8th.
This tower belongs on Chicago's Gold Coast, not among the likes of the Woolworth. It's dull, banal patterned fenestration and almost fraudulent top that faintly echoes Art Deco crowns without actually bothering to attempt a vernacular is just deadening. It's as soul-killing as the flat side of 8 Spruce St.
Stop Talking About the CAKE!
Originally Posted by Derek2k3
Had Klondys decided to not "grace" the crown of this tower with milkcarton jewels it probably would have been more pleasing to the eye. An over effort that deliniates his mediocrity as an architect.
But if not for the milk cartons up top, then we'd not be entranced by the pink glow that this pile emits during the night.
Take any render of the new WTC site and then erase this thing. Woolworth retakes it's proper place. The entire downtown composition improves 500%.
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