Some 1957 photos I found showing when the Hotel Marguery was being demolished for this. I find it odd knowing that 270 is in almost the same state.
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This lot does seem to have a track record of short lived buildings, makes you wonder how long the next one will last or if it will break the curse.
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Park Avenue really is about to be a full on PILE of supertalls and Im not mad about it.
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I’m kinda wondering how this will impact 1 Vandy. Being somewhat close, like from an aesthetic standpoint with respect to its position in the skyline when viewed from the East, facing West.
I kinda like that Vandy has that dominance at the moment, like the ESB. Things like Grand Hyatt in the future, if its a dominant super tall lets just say, will kinda impact the current 1 Vandy viewpoint.
I just hope the designs for those are decent. Would suck to have a gem like 1 Vandy next to a POS.
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Our Father…
Deliver us from Norman!
Amen!!!
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Can someone please mention/@ me when the design drops so I get an email notification? I just want front row seats to Robert’s reaction at this point haha.
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Based on the description, I wonder if it will look like a very tall, squared version of Foster’s Willis tower in London.
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Can whoever it was who has seen the design comment about this speculation re: a tall, square version of Willis?
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the old building on the side 270 Park Ave.
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It is not a tall square Willis 
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Have you seen the design, Yimby? If so, how many setbacks does it have and is it good or boring like 50 HY?
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Getting flashbacks of the Deutsche Bank building demolition. That was a dark time.
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I’m not even excited to see the rendering. I don’t think it will be anything.
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I suspect that the “massing models” we’ve seen accurately depict the shape of the tower.
Then again, I guess not since it’s supposed to “fan out” four times, and someone said that there’s a setback which corresponds to each one. Foster has burdened us with so much garbage, so my expectations are low.
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Our Father who art in Heaven…
Deliver us from Foster!!!
Amen
As per Dante, will Norm’s 270 Park be the seventh circle?
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those are not accurate
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