I’m very interested on how the western side profile looks. I really hope it isn’t just a blank blue wall, that would be extremely disappointing. The renders show pretty subtle lighting, but who knows, the renderings for 270 park also underplayed its capabilities. I’d bet Vornado would try to one up this building with something akin to a staircase to god.
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Lol I was just typing this exact comment as you posted it. I was wondering the same thing. I’m pretty sure that the west side, the one facing most of Midtown, is going to appear as just a ginormous wall of plain blue glass. A disappointment for sure.
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Something I find very fascinating is in a world of Dubai’s and extremely lavish skyscrapers in the Middle East and East Asia presenting wealth and power, it’s interesting how NYC -where finance and power reign supreme- the tallest modern skyscrapers have so far been very subtle monoliths of power.
It’s like our rich and powerful project power through the power of stone, rather than much more explicit representations abroad. Which is odd because the most lavish skyscrapers in Asia are often built using American Architects.
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I’d say a glass covered wall is better than a gray blank wall covering the core
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DON’T miss the opportunity to have a wall of glass elevators there.
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Yes I will concede the old design had quite the ugly backside so even a sheer wall of blue glass like 1/2 Manhattan West will look better.
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We’ve already visited the topic of the west side, and it’s still most likely going to be a blank/spandrel glass wall. Dont be surprised if its just completely dark at night because of that.
What a diaaster. They could’ve had elevators going all the way up to 1400ft… and vibrant night visuals. The building is shaped perfectly to pull a Leadenhall.
350 Park Avenue is similar in shape to 270 Park Avenue. I guess Norman Foster could reinforce that connection with this facade on western side.
Doing anything alike will be an admission that they just copied the initial rough massings for 270P and lost all creativity beyond that
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