and yet…it’s stature remains unsurpassed.
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so… the wall is made of natural stone - surprising, because it looks kinda fake.
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The only reason it looks fake is because it’s been semi-polished and smoothed down so much, but I thought everyone knew it was real stone. 
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Maybe they plan on treating it with muriatic acid to give it a ‘weathered-in-place’ look to it?
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I saw someone posting about this being natural stone, but I wasn’t convinced by how it looked TBH
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It’s a surprisingly impressive view when you come upon it!
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It’s clear they (whether it was F+P or Maya Lin) were trying to mimic the appearance of Manhattan Schist outcroppings found throughout the island. It’s just my personal opinion that that failed terribly, because instead of looking natural, even though it is real natural stone, it looks unnatural/fake “because” they tried to make it look weathered/smooth.
The “random” pattern that was generated also doesn’t make it look any better. A more jagged or striated pattern would’ve looked more natural. The weird “shine”/polished appearance also makes it look fake, like early 2000s playground rocks/rubber, which someone else has mentioned before.
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This “stone” facade also is dramatically out of character with the design of the rest of the building. Even if it would work well in a different setting it is jarring and ineffective here. Given the high quality of the rest of the building it’s a shame that the ground floor will be so visibly strange.
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They should get rid of it and just model it after Paley Park.
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Will it not be covered in vegetation? A rendering shows almost no stone on a previous post by TKDV Dec 2024.
It will be eventually (or thats the assumed plan from the single render) but whether it actually ends up being covered as depicted is a different story.
At least it’s on a side street -
I regard to the ‘amazing’ stone wall… 
My first impression was somewhat disdainful because it is so out of context with the overall design of the building; steel, glass, rectilinear grid patterns, etc. Then, we suddenly see at the bottom this curvy, organic, stone wall section. So, I can understand the bad reaction this wall is getting on the Internet forums.
I now see a lot to like about this design feature. I find this wall to be ‘delightfully peculiar ’ . If one walks by and observes this wall at close range; up close and intimate - a sense of wonder and awe is the reaction. I dare conjecture this will be the same reaction from the general public at street level.
Ultimately, this street level architectural detail will illicit wonder, awe and delight for the general public: what better ‘architectural’ outcome could one want.
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