NEW YORK | 270 Park Ave | 1,389 FT | 70 FLOORS

[robertwalpole]

I hope that the new design is as nice and not a heinous 50 HY redux.

[SideStreet]

Setbacks or just tapering? I’m not in love with the tapering design but like it better than the random setbacks version

[tjr101]

The diagonal bracing looks good. I like this design. It looks like they plan on having an atrium on the upper floor with trees, similar to One Vanderbilt.

[Wiggleworth]

Remember everyone. Those are OLD renderings when it was to be 1,200 feet.

[NewNewYork]

I like the old design and I think it stands out in the skyline, hopefully they will come up with a similar design with the diagonal bracing plus an elegant shape. I’d love to see more diagonal lines in NYC.

[Skyalign]

Taken Yesterday

[robertwalpole]

It will be very depressing if this is 50 HY 2.0.

[JRF]

it wont be. the base of the building will be very interesting.

[robertwalpole]

Have you seen the design?

What about the rest of the tower about the rest of the tower above the base? Is it basically a box with one setback and a flat top like 50 HY?

[JRF]

its not like 50HY. my feeling is that you will not care for it though, based on prior experience.

[robertwalpole]

Thanks. I assume that you’ve seen it. Can you describe it?

The documents shown to the city indicate that it fans out four times at the base on the N and S sides. Are there also setbacks?

[JRF]

i cant describe it at this time. sorry

[robertwalpole]

No problem. I just hope that it’s better than 50 HY. Foster routinely delivers boring boxes for NY.

A box with lots of setbacks like this would be acceptable. This is jazzy compared to 50 HY.

[JRF]

maybe you’ll like it

[robertwalpole]

When will the design be released?

[JRF]

i dont know. I would expect by the end of summer.

[robertwalpole]

Thanks. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.

The early rendering of the tower that slopes back and had a slanted roof was beautiful. It’s a shame that won’t rise here.

I hope that this is decent. I cannot stand 50 HY and hope that Foster doesn’t let us down again. He designs masterpieces for every city but NY, where he routinely drops the ball.

[SideStreet]

JP Morgan Chase NDAs are fierce. I’m just glad JRF is on the forum

[robertwalpole]

I agree.

[Skyy]

According to NYguy on SSP, the early filing has it at 1,322 ft at 57 stories

The link provided is here but I couldn’t get it to open properly: http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo…ssdocnumber=01

Edit: since the links seem unreliable I took a screenshot from the website. Perimeter wall is 1,341 feet