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Empire State Building - Manhattan by William Musculus, on Flickr
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520 5th Ave “Wash day tomorrow! Nothing clean, right?”
Undulating stripes of orange and blue interspersed between solid fields of said colors for the Knicks
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Lots of negative comments there
Across the Queensboro Bridge by Greg Pace, on Flickr
FlyNYON “doors off” helicopter ride around Manhattan on June 7, 2026 by Russell Wasden, on Flickr
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I know I’ve recently stated it, but what is the purpose of the construction elevator still being attached to the building after four years and a month? And a curious question, does that metal temporary structure get cleaned during the construction and dismantling process to avoid rust? Or do they just have very well protective coatings?
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you ask great questions
Been also wondering what’s going on to still have the elevator up nearly a year after this “officially” opened 
Has anyone been near 270 lately to see if there’s still lots of active construction?
Otherwise what determines when a building is “completed”? When it’s open to the public, when it’s “roughly done”, or when the last pallets, elevators, cranes, trucks, and construction sheds are removed from the site? I always thought it was the latter, but it seems the forum leans on the former…?
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A building is officially considered completed when it has been given a certificate of occupany. This means that all punch list items have been completed/checked and all building infrastructure is fully running.
The building only has a temporary certificate of occupany atm, which allowed them to begin occupying the building before it was fully finished.
There could be lots of reasons the construction elevator is still up, though there’s no real way to know here. But it’s not actually servicing the building anymore, the walkways have been removed, its only just connected to the building now.
The elevator complex is normally made of galvanized members, which aren’t completely insusceptible to rusting/corroding. The elevator here is exhibiting rust, which may or may not be coming from the actual members that make up the elevator themselves. “Cleaning” is done after the hoistway is taken down.
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I had no idea they had this ability.
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yayyyy more lights
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It’d be epic if the whole tower could do that because I never knew the base can change color. This building continues to surprise me in many (good) ways.
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