785 Eighth Avenue - 40-story Condo - Theater District - by Ismael Leyva Architects

**ablarc** · September 10th, 2007, 10:13 PM

Amazing and wonderful.

**antinimby** · September 11th, 2007, 12:23 AM

...and an instant landmark.

**MidtownGuy** · September 15th, 2007, 10:53 AM

I walked by yesterday. Looking at this dead on from across Eighth Ave is an incredible perspective. However, it is the only perspective that this thing should be looked at from.

I walked by and stopped to do the same thing. The slimness makes it seem very tall, and the way the balconies march up the face exaggerates the effect. Really cool, this one.

**ZippyTheChimp** · September 16th, 2007, 11:39 PM

**macreator** · September 17th, 2007, 12:03 AM

So much blankwall

**sfenn1117** · September 17th, 2007, 12:19 AM

34 floors, no glass. But I'm loving it more as it gets taller. This is an instant landmark for sure....and we seem to be getting several as of late.

**Tectonic** · September 17th, 2007, 01:15 AM

The uniqueness takes away from the huge amount of blank wall. Wonder why the glass isn't going up yet. Lack of space?

**TREPYE** · September 17th, 2007, 07:40 PM

So now the question is....How are they going to run earthquake drills in this place????

**lofter1** · September 17th, 2007, 10:29 PM

^^^ bungee cords

A guy on site today told me there will be NO windows on any of the upper floors of north wall --

But he was just a concrete guy, so what would he know?

Like sfenn said: 34 floors ...

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**tone99loc** · September 17th, 2007, 11:07 PM

i walked by today and same observations as everyone else - very cool from straight on, it's so skinny it's exotic and you want to stare, but the blank walls are horrid - i think it would be awesome if they could make at least one of those giant walls into one of those graceful waterfall type things you see at swanky clubs or $$ office lobbies - that would be an instant landmark! can you image, a 400 ft wall of water in midtown...if the waterfall concept is too much, how bout some cool murals....

...eh, it'll probably end up with tacky adds

**kz1000ps** · September 18th, 2007, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by lofter1

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Talk about a double take -- it may as well be 1988 all over again. Great shot!

**stache** · September 18th, 2007, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by lofter1

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Are those air vents in the recess?

**lofter1** · September 18th, 2007, 08:51 AM

part of what will become the garbage chute(s)

**krulltime** · September 21st, 2007, 04:24 PM

Seems like Ismael Leiva has change their website. Looks much better! http://www.ilarch.com (check out the interiors among other NYC projects planned.)

Here is another rendering,