NEW YORK | 300 East 50th Street | 275 FT | 23 FLOORS

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If it’s BKSK then there’s a chance it won’t be schlock.

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BKSK - should be awesome!

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I would like a application

I’m pleased with this. The north facades on 50th St are beautiful, but the west facades on 2nd Ave are repulsive.

This thing will be much taller - 23 floors!

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It looks very nice.

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photo by Michael Young

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From July 3

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Photo by Michael Young

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Photos by Michael Young

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The color, textures and intricate patterns on the brick facade are beautiful. The craftwork on the prefabricated brick panel sections seem to be well done: none of those commonly seen gaps between panels.

I am guessing these are all prefabricated brick panels on the facade; but they almost look as good as ‘hand laid’ brick.

I think the ‘Vitruvian Triad’ has been accomplished on this project: Usefulness, Beauty & Solidity. Thats my rough translation from the original Latin - Utilitas, Vanusta, Firmitas.

This one is well done; truly adding beauty to the street scape.

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It’s difficult to tell because the span of time between the 2 updates is too big, but these look like hand laid bricks.

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The scaffolding used for this building is the sort typically used for hand laid brick. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if that is what happened here. The finish level certainly is well crafted.

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Correct, there’s also no indication of hanging/load bearing elements.

Joint lines aren’t normall indicative of panels, sometimes they are meant to be control joints so that the bricks dont crack and form a larger crack.