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The buildings in front of this aren’t very tall. Thus, 220 CPS should start appearing over them soon.
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Nice to see you join the dark side MarshallKnight! That moment when these towers show themselves in the skyline will be a doozy for sure. It shouldn’t be much longer for 220 cps though.
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Concrete bunker to be cladded in Indiana limestone! 
So CPS.
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Welcome Marshall!!
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Final Renderings For 220 Central Park South Show Slight Design Changes
Back in May of 2015, YIMBY posted renderings from SLCE Architects featuring the Robert A.M. Stern Architects-designed 220 Central Park South. Since then, construction on the building has made major headway, with the structure now reaching past its tenth floor, and now we can post the building’s final look, thanks to an ad placed by developer Vornado in REBNY’s new booklet.
While no formal renderings have previously been released by the developer, an illicit video leaked in early 2014, and the follow-up images from SLCE and the documents filed with the Department of Buildings confirmed that changes to what was depicted in the video would not be dramatic.
In any case, modifications since the last round of renderings show balconies are now present along much of the tower’s northern side, facing Central Park.
This is also the first full rendering for The Villas, which will consist of 13 enormous units in the smaller building directly fronting on Central Park South. That part of the development will be very contextual to the existing CPS street wall, fitting in snugly between its neighbors. The Villas seem to employ a more terrace-centric concept to the outdoor space compared to the tower units.
220 Central Park South has not yet pierced the Midtown plateau, but units have already been selling for mind-boggling and record-breaking prices. The 18,000 square-foot penthouse atop the tower is reportedly selling for $200 million, and the tower has 160 condos in total.
The entire project will rise 66 floors and 950 feet to its pinnacle, placing it a good 600 feet below the future 217 West 57th Street, which is also under construction, with the Nordstrom’s floors also now rising above the street line.
Completion is anticipated for 2017.
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Nice one Yimby! Looks very classy. So that probably explains why I couldn’t match the current progress on the tower with the previous renderings!
It looks very nice! It really does look like it’s been there for years!
It also looks wide on the East and West sides than what we’ve originally seen. Imagine having a balcony at that height, makes me drool…
In comparison with One57, it looks very close in height, maybe it’s now bordering supertall?
I wonder if Excel were waiting on this design to be released before releasing theirs?
I think it’s nice but I don’t love the balconies. Alas. In any case it’ll blend in nicely with Nordstrom et al. 
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It actually complements Stern’s other nearby towers much better (520 Park and 15 CPW)
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This tower is stunning. Shame this couldn’t be the Nordstrom Site instead. Imagine this pre-war lookalike, reaching past the 400m mark. This tower is much better than 99 Church IMO. It truly brings the 30’s back. 
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I hope Robert Stern will get a chance to design a 1000ft+ tower down the line
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Great photo, Chris!
Great photo! _
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well you beat to most nycd hahah so I won’t post same pics just here we see that this giant is starting to poke his head over the crowd
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Great updates, lads!
Given only a 50 foot difference, this is going to have basically the same impact as One57. Should be amazing
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Yeah we tend to forget its presence with so much going on. Couple of 800 ft + towers rising yet they fall within the abyss.
But stand all of these towers in many other cities, and its a new tallest by far. Even a 700 ft tower in Newark would make huge impact.
