I was there around the same time today 
I want to note that this building is actually only 415,000 GSF, but outside of that, I love to see the continuous commentary on the article that always think that the whole entire building is residential and go all crazy that there are only 98 units in the building.
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You’re talking about that Gubser/Guesser/(insert new username) person aren’t you? LOL
That’s odd, the crane base was taken away.
A cladding armature/shelf has also been added to the 3rd floor now giving us a better designation to the height of the 3 story storefront arches.
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I found this picture of NYguy very interesting, what exactly is it? Is this some kind of base plate for the later facade elements?
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Credit: NYguy NEW YORK | 520 5th Ave | 1,000 FT | 76 FLOORS - Page 26 - SkyscraperPage Forum
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I forgot to walk by this one after work to see the panel more closely, I was in a hurry.
It’s a false panel, but generally, that is what the panel looks like without the terracotta on it.
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Why is a false panel installed without terracotta? This makes no sense to me. Wouldn’t it be better to install a real or finished panel as some kind of model of the future facade.
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I see gold/brass is making a comeback. 
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False panels are just meant to see the size of the panel on the building and for fitting purposes, they dont need all the materials on the panel to do this. This is a very frequent occurrence to test fit panels on the building.
They dont need to put the finished panels on either for test purposes because that was the purpose of the visual mockups.
Better quality images
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General update
No difference from a week ago regarding the panels that are up, I’ll ask a coworker tomorrow regarding them. I personally do not believe these are the final panels because while it’s very common for panels that have terracotta to be missing some modules (111W57th for example) its very uncommon for all the pieces to not be present, it’s also uncommon for panels to be wrapped like christmas presents.
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I do like how the construction isn’t really impeding traffic as much. Its a very well run construction site from a logistics standpoint that doesn’t overly burden the main avenue.
Unlike the LIC locations a few years back, which caused terrible traffic. When all of LIC was u/c.
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Are the remaining components still being installed on the panels? or what is the next step with them?
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I marvel at the ‘details’ that go into a curtain wall assembly: how they are fastened to the concrete slab, how they are attached together, the material it is made off, etc.
It also seems not two curtain wall design details are same: each one having features that are unique the the particular structure.
It is great to see this type of close up view of how these thing come together.
