Reply With QuoteThat thing where you click and pull the page is the coolest thing ive seen on a website!
Good find ^^^
Ticks me off that Leyva still doesn't want to show what he has in store for that blank north facade
That thing where you click and pull the page is the coolest thing ive seen on a website!
I just hope the north facade is at least covered in opaque glass. The 30 story stretch of raw concrete blankwall on the East side of Place 57 is just obnoxious.Originally Posted by lofter1
Good find ^^^
Ticks me off that Leyva still doesn't want to show what he has in store for that blank north facade
^Thanks for the photos.
8th avenue is gonna have a fine collection of interesting scrapers....NYTimes Tower, Hearst, Worldwide plaza, the Westin, the Marc, this one, and more to come is Penn station area gets redeveloped.
9/27/2007
My contribution....
The slow shift of the terraces from right to left looks great.
Maybe they should at least make a law so that these new tall buildings with top-to-bottom blank concrete walls are all required to have the blank wall on the same side.
For instance: if you you are going to have a top-to-bottom blank wall, it must be placed on the north side.
This way, Manhattan would have a "good side" and a "bad side".
The local Community Board (CB4 - Manhattan) is showing some concern about this one and its kin ...
SEPTEMBER 20 - Clinton/Hell's Kitchen Land Use
7. Sliver buildings (e.g., 785 Eighth Ave at 48th St) - general discussion
Seriously? And they don't worry about the 78% existing ugly building stock on 8th Ave.?
Maybe because, old "been-here-for-years" low n' ugly is more benign than brand new TALL n' ugly.
Is it best to replace old low n' ugly with brand new TALL n' ugly (complete with in-your-face "Fug You" croncrete walls)?
Maybe there are better alternatives.
over at curbed:"Leyva's Mother of All Walls"
http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/..._all_walls.php
Seems like there might be some windows going in at the top of the north side after all?
October 6, 2007
36 Floors ^^^ Just 6 more to go.
Betting pool is open:
Date of first glass installation??
Put me in for October 20, 2007. What's the prize?
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