It’s great to see this tower rise.
To me it probably has some of the best and smoothest glass on any new building.
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Yea but i’m bummed they are using shiny stainless steel for those vertical exterior columns. That has go to be my least favorite building material. I looks terribly tacky.
Still way better than what was there before though. If all those 50’s buildings in the same style were replaced I would be so happy. Worst architectural style ever. Even worse that brutalism.
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I agree. If there is one thing I antagonize it’s those disgusting Roth style setback buildings. Come to think of it, other than the old WTC7 and maybe the MetLife Building, I can’t think of any Roth buildings that look remotely good off the top of my head.
The only setback style buildings from the 50s and 60s I really like are 80 Pine Street and 60 Broad Street (which is one of my favorite 60s buildings)
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I’m hoping the fins at the top truly illuminate at night. Can’t wait to see that happen.
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Oh you actually like those 50’s/60’s wedding cake buildings (like 80 Pine Street)? I think we might have to disagree there. Those are my least favorite buildings.
What do you like about them?
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Emery Roth and Sons. They were the firm behind some okay minimalist 40s buildings, but are known for being behind all of those horrendous 1950s-60s modernist boxes that still followed the setback rule.
Such are these:
http://www.derscutt.com/images/projects/555_5th_Avenue_existing_91-216.jpg
https://www.emporis.com/images/show/746755-Large-lookingup.jpg
What I meant there was that 80 Pine and 60 Broad were the only 2 of them that I liked. I find them absolutely disgusting. If there was a purge then rather than killing I would get a jackhammer and finish all of these off myself.
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Haha got ya. Yea those can get replaced tomorrow. They arn’t tall and have a large footprint so these as prime development opportunities. Especially the one next to the Woolworth.
You have any idea how many of these there are in total? I keep looking all over to find an infographic that shows the percentages of what era most of Manhattan buildings were built. No such luck so far.
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Not too sure, but I’d guess that they make up a pretty good percentage of the city since I tend to see these damn things everywhere. They’re like mosquitoes.
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October 16th:
Top of The Rock 10/16/18 by Gene M., on Flickr
This thing is really moving guys. I can’t wait to see how it turns out!! 
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While I’m not the biggest fan of the buildings IHateUSSteel posted, I can think of some Roth buildings that I love- 277 Park Avenue and 1290 6th Avenue both have setbacks, but they make them work. I also like 345 Park, it’s a respectful neighbor to Seagram. As for 425, this one is coming along beautifully, I hope like hell that they’re going to illuminate those fins too!
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I personally do like 277 Park, the old 7WTC and the Metlife Building. They did okay, but the random copycat setback things around leave a bad mark.
This one is a great tower. The fins, the glass, and the setbacks look pretty great.
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more photos in link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIDE72lrtj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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