400 Fifth Avenue @ 36th St - Setai Hotel and Condo - by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates

[lofter1]

This one looks really sharp. Pre-cast panels are going in up high.

You want photos, you get photos

A walk-around from 7.17.09, grey and drizzly ...



































400 Fifth Avenue

[londonlawyer]

This one looks really sharp....



400 Fifth Avenue

I agree. This tower is beautiful. The granite and the unique windows really make this building. It's shape is not that different from Gwathmey's downtown W (which also has a nice curved base), yet the high-end facade here -- versus ubiquitous glass there -- distinguish this tower.

The owners of the little building west of this should clean it and remove its fire escapes. It's a diamond in the rough.

I really wish that this entire area is landmarked. It has so many beautiful buildings that I hope don't meet the wrecking ball.

[Alonzo-ny]

This one looks great, just shows you can do modern, classy detailing.

[ramvid01]

So simple, yet so beautiful.

Thanks for the pics.

[lofter1]

These guys understand that the most important aspect of a skyscraper is that the elements must say "VERTICAL" above all else. Here the parts come together to say just that.

[ablarc]

Just look at the way that canted glass catches the light of the sky! Marvelous!

[CitiesfromSpace]

We've still got elegance in this crazy world!

[KenNYC]

This building is actually turning out a lot better than the renderings of it would indicate. When I first saw the renderings it looked like it would have a lot of visual focus on the glass, and a very 'modern' look. I am very pleased with how visible the stone is. Really has a New York feeling to it, I think.

Also seems to be going up at a pretty rapid pace, which is always a good thing. Still can't find any information about who will be handling the sales of this building though. Although I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up with Corcoran Sunshine.

[ablarc]

Empire State Building finally gets a distinguished neighbor.

[Bob]

Limestone (or faux limestone) is my top choice for a building's exterior. It weathers beautifully and presents a distinguished, classy look. The Empire State Building or Rockefeller Center would not look nearly as good were they faced in brick instead of limestone. This building is looking pretty snazzy.

[lofter1]

The developer is the BI&DI REAL ESTATE S.P.A. (“BI&DI Group”) out of Italy (but of course, given how great this one looks).

This rendering seems to show a revised tower, now with no visible mechanical floor (akin to what we see going up) ...

[Alonzo-ny]

For once the rendering looks worse than the actual building.

[LeCom]

Great in all aspects, but I don't care for those windows. They look like open awnings. If they kept them flat, they would've played in with the neo-Art Deco look much better.

[ablarc]

^ You've missed the whole point of this building -- which is to capture the light of the sky to create luminous magic.

So sorry.

[LeCom]

Maybe I'll just need to see more of it finished to pass the final judgement then. So far, I'm not seeing the effect.