Visited the park for the first time. It never ceases to amaze me the treasure that our parks are. Enjoyed a nice afternoon.
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Love the photos! The park looks beautiful
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The smaller site G tower has not started yet. Just an empty lot so far. The larger site F is the only site with any construction going on. Even the TF cornerstone site seemed more abandoned than before.
SiteG
Site F
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TF Cornerstone’s towers have been submitted to the FAA
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=387871700&row=31
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=387882288&row=32
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They recently put up the fence and started bringing machinery to the site. This is for the larger of the two towers.
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Is the south tower rising also? I noticed they were doing full foundation work for both sites a few months ago. But maybe they will just build one tower at a time?
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Both are rising. The south tower is at 3 stories now. The north tower (the taller one) is just about to go above ground
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These two towers going up there are nothing extravagant but I’m kind of excited to see them rise.
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First photo added by mistake my bad.
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New Renderings of TF Cornerstone’s Gargantuan Towers Rising on the Hunters Point South waterfront
The Long Island City waterfront has come a long way since the abandoned hot mess it was just three decades ago. Privileged with some of the best-designed parkland in the city (flood resilient too!), and magnificent views of Manhattan, a dozen glistening and prosaic high-rises have sprouted since the waterfront’s first tower Citylights opened in 1996. After a four year hiatus since the completion of Hunters Point South A and B (Related Companies with SHoP Architects), the next flurry blizzard of elevated domiciles will come from TF Cornerstone with ODA Architecture /SLCE leading the design. Tentatively known as Hunters Point South Parcel C, the pair of 46- and 56-story towers will not only be Hunters Point’s biggest buildings, but also the tallest towers along the city’s shoreline outside of Manhattan.
New renderings published by ODA reveal the immensity of the project. Set to accommodate a whopping 1,200 apartments in all, the 1.2-MSF scheme will stand on a city-donated block bounded by Center Boulevard, Borden Avenue, 2nd street and 54th Avenue. Initial plans announced in 2013 called for a single cascading structure anchored by 41 and 36-floor towers on opposing sides. According to Crain’s, construction was stymied due to concerns from Amtrak and the New York Power Authority that the development would cause harm to their assets and a tunnel below grade. In response, the center of the site will remain tower-free and TFC is building separate taller buildings on opposite sides of the property.
Credit: City Realty
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