No one knows the final design yet or height….
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unless you have drawings…
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It will be around 1,400. I shouldn’t say anything, but the designs from the diagram are the final design. The building will have that “cone/ pyramid” style and have the diamonds on the west/east sides. I can’t say anything else regarding with he facade but, it will be a environmental friendly building. I think you’ll be happy with the final product.
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Now that’s a rival between this and 175 Park! 
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Thanks!
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Finally getting around to uploading these for you @baronson. I currently use ProCamera and CameraM. I’ll try to experiment a bit and do some in camera processing only next time since I think this is the true test of the mobile experience. I applied some of my normal presets in Lightroom to these but 13 or no 13, at the end of the day they just look like photos that were taken w/a phone.
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Credit: Xing Lin on NEW YORK | 270 Park Ave | 1,388 FT | 58 FLOORS - Page 124 - SkyscraperPage Forum
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Typical Foster, putting a version of Chicago’s John Hancock in NYC.
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This is infinitely better than Hancock in every respect.
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Okrrrrrrrr?
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I don’t see the resemblance. Is it the cross-bracing? Lots of skyscrapers all over the world have cross-bracing on the exterior because it is both structurally efficient and visually handsome. Yes, Chicago’s Hancock was the first to use external steel bracing but it’s no longer an aesthetic that’s exclusive to Chicago.
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Sacrilege.
It may be tall, and structurally impressive, but it’s no Hancock. And I fear it’s size and mass for the site may be uncomfortably oppressive. But that’s New York…
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Nah, I think I like this one better. Though I still think Hancock looks pretty good. And I don’t know what you mean by this “And I fear it’s size and mass for the site may be uncomfortably oppressive”. Looking around the site, I think it’ll be fine.
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Hancock is a building with $250,000 condos. It’s a very nice, 1,100’ building, but it doesn’t hold a candle to this multi-billion 1,400’+ icon.
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Very thankful for the artists creating these unofficial renderings since it appears I’ll be in a grave before they release official ones.
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Still very few towers or any towers of the stature of Hancock with single diamond shaped cross bracing that spans the width of the tower. Replace the taper of Hancock with setbacks and you get this.
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I wonder what shenanigans Chase is pulling behind the scenes to allow them not to release renderings this far into development.
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Meaning it’s a massive structure on a large block surrounded on three sides by narrow streets. It will be very imposing, and seemingly lacking in human scale. Compared to the Empire State Building who’s main structure rises mid block. 1 WTC is surrounded by plazas. 30 Hudson and 1 Vanderbilt have a smaller base and more tapering. And the Hancock is set back from Michigan Avenue. To be clear, I have nothing against this building, the tabletop is structurally impressive, and I look forward to watching it rise (not to mention seeing final/official renderings).
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Much like how 432 Park Avenue has been reduced to boring filler by CPS, the way that the area around GCT is developing the scale of this tower will likely be irrelevant very soon.
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