NYC Architecture and Development

[odurandina]

the Globe has a story about the Himmel spiral thingy....

https://www.bostonglobe.com/busines...rds-project/MIYnFWlnHCPyBo5UZxr42I/story.html

 

[jass]

There was a Boston thread where we were discussing a super nasty blank wall. Does NYC have a law against them, because every time a giant blank wall is built, they clad it with the good stuff.

Pic on right

https://twitter.com/Tectonicphoto/status/1107366608874409985

 

[stick n move]

One Vanderbilt, this thing is huge.
empire state building NY by Remy Nouweland, on Flickr

 

[stick n move]

bp location finder

 

[stick n move]

Joe Schumacher
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jschumacher/47408221041/

 

[Justin7]

Manhattan's skyline(s) get uglier by the day.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Manhattan's skyline(s) get uglier by the day.

And these aren't even the pencils on 57th St.

 

[stick n move]

Just wait for this haha.

 

[stick n move]

I like one Vanderbilt. 111 W 57/steinway and 53 w 53/tower verre are some all time greats too imo but check this out haha...

 

[cubalibre]

101 Jenga

 

[Subdivisions]

Got to Check out Hudson Yards

Jersey City

Another Midtown pencil

 

[odurandina]

^^Great photos.

can anyone name the prominent bldgs in this clip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS8H4NAa3RQ

 

[393b40]

Not a big fan of the Hudson Yards architecture... though the staircase monument is cool. Love 1 Vanderbilt.

I will always love NYC as the city that just never stops building.

 

[DZH22]

Got to Check out Hudson Yards

Another Midtown pencil

This building will be 1550'. That's like stacking the Pru on top of the Hancock then adding a basketball hoop on top!

 

[esmanga]

EarthCam Releases Time-Lapse Video of Hudson Yards Development

https://skyrisecities.com/news/2019/04/earthcam-releases-time-lapse-video-hudson-yards-development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=LxY3jlaXoRc

 

[stick n move]

80 south st renderings just came out

https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/04/exclusive-reveal-for-lower-manhattans-tallest-proposed-supertall-at-80-south-street.html

 

[stellarfun]

End of the pencil supertalls?

NYC proposing to end a zoning loophole that allowed them.

With advancements in engineering and construction, that developer can take the accumulated square footage and concentrate it in a skinny mega-tower. Floors of mechanical space, exempt from the square footage calculations, make the tower even taller.

“There is no question that they have become this lightning rod because they are not just luxury housing but uber-luxury housing,” said Elizabeth Goldstein, president of the Municipal Art Society, a nonprofit group that seeks to preserve the city’s architecture and urban design. She said they were unaffordable not only for the 99 percent but also for most of the 1 percent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/...&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=New York

 

[Brad Plaid]

Progressive NYC mayor Bill De Blasio has targeted glass and steel construction as an archenemy of the New Green Deal. All rank and file useful idiots will be expected to fully drink this latest koolaid and fall in line unquestioningly or else.
https://archinect.com/news/article/...l-for-nyc-targets-glass-and-steel-skyscrapers

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

"Progressive" NYC mayor Bill De Blasio

Fixed.

He is also driven to the gym in an SUV every morning. Can't wait to see this guy get destroyed running for prez.

 

[stellarfun]

The NY Times architecture critic takes aim at the demolition of the old Penn Station, with photos.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/...tion=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage