Noticed on the cams that the elevator appears to be coming down. Another milestone. 
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Beautiful 
We’re nearing the end of an incredible 5+ years of construction of NYC’s latest skyscraper icon! If they keep with the Aug 25th date @JohnFloreville mentioned, perhaps the construction elevator will be gone next month…?
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The gradually squeezing into smaller diamonds due to the setbacks do the opposite of what a spire does. When it should be soaring the tower looks like it’s being compressed.
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Yes. Overall I like the design of this tower, but the diamonds at the top create a less-than-pleasant “accordioning” effect. I would’ve much preferred the top two tiers to be elongated triangles. But it is what it is.
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Exactly. The classical architectural desings with the diminishing size of the the spire as a tower rises creates the optical illusion of increasing distance: so the top (spire) looks farther away.
I was not sure what is was that looked ‘stumpy’ about the upper set-back levels of this building. That remark pretty much explained the visual effect of those Diminishing Diamonds.
That being said; the task of the designers (both engineering & architectural) can be daunting - there are so many competing factors to take into consideration: financial, structural, functional and finally the aesthetic considerations.
I think the cliche “dammed if you DO, and damned if you DON’T” must have been coined by a practicing architect. 
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If the top two tiers were hearts JPM would have a full house instead of a flush.
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I just find it weird that the second tier diamonds are taller than the first tier. But overall this is a simple yet fantastic tower. How shocking that we got a final product that looks like the renderings
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nail on the head. the change in proportions is not as harmonic as I would have liked, but the end result is still exceptional
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Speaking of the diamonds, here’s another video posted yesterday of the cladding being installed on the upper tiers from 9 Mile Productions.
I appreciate the amount of detail these vids provide. I’d poop my pants a million times over trying to do what these people do.
There’s also some excellent shots of it lit up for July 4th.
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The video gives us an incredibly good look at some of the LED modules on the cladding, particularly what looks like the bright white ones that they were testing for a while on the North and South sides.
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Looking a little less Flintstone theme park with the addition of the trees.
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