One 57 - 157 West 57th Street - 1003 feet - by Christian de Portzamparc

**RoldanTTLB** · October 2nd, 2011, 08:46 PM

The weather was beautiful this morning. On top of that, there's just something about this building. I feel quite moved standing under it. Not sure why, yet, although I love the leaning columns all over the place (take a look at the north side as we curve towards the first edge...

**londonlawyer** · October 2nd, 2011, 09:00 PM

Roldan,

Can you post some photos of 221/225 W57th?

**RoldanTTLB** · October 2nd, 2011, 10:18 PM

I didn't really take any pics today, since there hasn't been much action over there. Do we have a separate thread for it? I think it'd be better to post stuff there if we do. I can do some hunting.

**londonlawyer** · October 3rd, 2011, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by RoldanTTLB

I didn't really take any pics today, since there hasn't been much action over there. Do we have a separate thread for it? I think it'd be better to post stuff there if we do. I can do some hunting.

THanks. You live in that area, right? I used to.

**RoldanTTLB** · October 3rd, 2011, 11:40 AM

Which area? Midtown? No. Manhattan? Yes. I'm up in Washington Heights, but I commute down to Wall St. every day, so I have to go past this stuff no matter. I just like taking walks otherwise.

**LeCom** · October 12th, 2011, 01:28 PM

Does anyone know if the lobby will feature any sort of public access, or, better yet, a mid-block walkthrough to connect with the rest of the Holly Whyte Way?

http://www.ohny.org/sites/default/fi...jpg?1317680319

**RoldanTTLB** · October 12th, 2011, 02:08 PM

Nothing about what they're doing so far suggests that it does, but I've never seen news one way or the other.

**stache** · October 12th, 2011, 02:43 PM

I don't think they would push that through a two way street.

**LeCom** · October 13th, 2011, 10:50 AM

Good point, but pedestrian midblock crossings exist over some two way streets, like the one on 42nd between 7th and 8th. Granted, that area has a higher pedestrian volume, but these are long blocks that the city has been trying to fracture for a few decades by now (in the form of Holly Whyte Way arcades, for instance). Don't forget that Lexington and Madison were inserted into the New York street grid for that same exact purpose.

**stache** · October 13th, 2011, 11:45 AM

I understand what you're saying but that would expose the city to potential lawsuits unless they put in a mid block pedestrian traffic signal.

**LeCom** · October 13th, 2011, 12:21 PM

Those are already planned for the existing arcade, which will be officially dedicated with a parade this Saturday. If One57 goes through with this, and the Jumeirah Essex House makes its lobby more publicly available, a pedestrian could walk a midblock trail from the Rockefeller Center all the way to Central Park.

**stache** · October 13th, 2011, 05:05 PM

I just don't see the point to this.

**Peteynyc1** · October 17th, 2011, 03:05 PM

There are a few glass panels going up on the North side of the building. You have to look on an angle from across 57th Street.

**antinimby** · October 17th, 2011, 07:38 PM

Did you mean the south side?

**Peteynyc1** · October 18th, 2011, 04:50 PM

Ooops, I mean on the West Side of the building. In that last picture above, its in the center all the way down, just above the smaller building. hard to see with that existing building next to the little one. Looks like your standard blue glass so far. I could not see the quality.