Are you now agreeing with me? I’m confused.
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Oh no, but that’s where they actually start, stepping up in an inverted manner to the stepping of the tower. The N/S direct lights do not go down any further than where they visibly start in the testing photo, thats intentional to the lighting design, its not related to the testing.
To this affect, the lighting will still only appear this bright on the N/S sides since we see the actual fixtures emitting the light, the diagrid lighting on the E/W won’t be as bright because it is wash lighting hidden inside the cladding/outlining the diagrid framing, which is why I say it will be softer, because the fixture is hidden.
But you’re correct to say that the lighting shouldnt blend in with the office lighting because the buildings mentioned are just lit differently, but it might be quite possible that the lights still get lost on the E/W sides though. You will still clearly see the diagrid because of how the lighting is set up, but it still may get lost.
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Totally agree there, but it’s still the tallest-widest in the world in term of total skyline of a single city,if you know what I mean;)
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Hard disagree here. Our skyscrapers should look good both in the day and at night. The current state of affairs regarding lighting here is an absolute joke.
270’s lighting is awesome. We need more of it.
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some weekend reading for you guys
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Dallas has a better night skyline than NYC. NYC, as the world’s most important city, should strive to be top notch in every category, so yes I agree more buildings should have interesting lighting like the cities in China. People like it and it makes the city seem cyberpunk, who wouldn’t want that?
I hope 270 park ave starts a trend
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I disagree. NYC sets the standard and has the most unique architecture - cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Dubai, etc. overcompensate with bright lights to attract tourists.
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This is just cope
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The discounting of other world cities with clearly better lit skylines as just “attention seeking” is an old and tired excuse. As time goes by these excuses become even more ridiculous.
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Honestly, 270 Park Ave has made me fall in love with the skyline again. The tower’s bulkiness perfectly balances the pencil-like structures of Billionaires’ Row. It’s like y’all made y’all’s own version of the Sears Tower.
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That looks awful.
It’s a test and obviously incomplete
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It’s extremely refreshing to finally see the fan column cladding going up now after them being bare for so long.
To Alemel’s original point, the cladding definitely changes colors due to lighting conditions and what objects are near it, but that one panel near Park Ave that ALC pointed out is actually a different shade altogether, whether they replace it is another question, it’s not impossible that they would because that would be a quality control issue.
The canopy on Park Ave is almost complete.
On the Park Avenue plaza side you can now see the sloped ramp to either side of the giant “stair” leading to the main entrance, the stair of which is also now visible. All of this will undoubtedly be covered with another layer of concrete or paving blocks/stone.
On the “lovely” rocks on Madison Ave, there are some strings dangling here and there from them.
Big photo dump
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