# NEW YORK | 821 First Ave | 563 FT | 35 FLOORS
**URL:** https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621
**Category:** Completed
**Created:** [October 9, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621 "2015-10-09T21:18:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/63 "2019-10-16T04:53:09Z")
Looking like façade work finishing up soon
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### Author:  [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/64 "2019-10-19T03:38:28Z")
[](https://flic.kr/p/2hx4iyp)
Edit: adding some from today:
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### Author:  [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/65 "2019-10-19T03:40:27Z")
I can’t stop scanning your Flickr, you’re doing great!! I’m telling you, you need to do long exposures for night shots!
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### Author:  [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/66 "2019-10-19T23:46:43Z")
Thanks I added a few more from today.
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### Author:  [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/67 "2019-11-01T21:41:04Z")
Credit: [Michael Young](https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/10/yimby-checks-out-the-views-from-skyline-tower-queens-tallest-skyscraper-in-long-island-city.html)
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### Author:  [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/68 "2019-11-21T03:48:15Z")
11.16.19:
Almost there:
[](https://flic.kr/p/2hNE97j)
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### Author:  [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/69 "2019-12-11T06:16:30Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/B552nmzH6jZ/?igshid=1d01acsl9ey0l](https://www.instagram.com/p/B552nmzH6jZ/?igshid=1d01acsl9ey0l)
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### Author:  [@HarlemRenaissance](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/HarlemRenaissance)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/70 "2019-12-11T08:03:55Z")
It is crazy how short and slender it looks in comparison to some of the supertalls in Midtown.
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### Author:  [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/71 "2020-01-20T22:47:24Z")
Taken 1.19.20:
[](https://flic.kr/p/2ihMrD1)
[](https://flic.kr/p/2ihMrT4)
[](https://flic.kr/p/2ihLndP)
[](https://flic.kr/p/2ihLssr)
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### Author:  [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/72 "2020-02-20T01:43:59Z")
Credit: [Michael Lee](https://www.flickr.com/photos/52836039@N02/)
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### Author:  [@baronson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/baronson)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/73 "2020-03-12T01:18:51Z")
From 2.22.20:
[](https://flic.kr/p/2iDqTTg)
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### Author:  [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/74 "2020-04-10T19:40:48Z")
Tec
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### Author:  [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/75 "2020-05-09T20:28:01Z")
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### Author:  [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/76 "2020-05-09T20:39:35Z")
1 and 2 MW would’ve been much nicer is they had crowns like this.
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### Author:  [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/77 "2020-05-10T15:17:29Z")
Very elegant.
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### Author:  [@Dennis\_Sandoval](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dennis_Sandoval)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/78 "2020-05-10T15:42:30Z")
I think the crown is a mess!
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### Author:  [@HerrDavid](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/HerrDavid)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/79 "2020-05-10T17:03:58Z")
Completely agree – the exposed mechanicals and support beams are a particularly unsatisfying (and unsightly) culmination to an otherwise graceful tower. I’m still hoping they get covered up somehow, but I doubt it.
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### Author:  [@infoshare](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/infoshare)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/80 "2020-05-10T20:33:14Z")
The crown does have a cool, curvy form: but if those mechanicals and support beams remain in place then that is a mess. I still give this a C+ passing grade for not being an entirely ‘generic’ building: any developer that constructions something more than building standard functionality and maximum profitability is going ‘above-and-beyond’ IMHO. In other words; this building does NOT look “caca”. 😜
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### Author:  [@GSPLover](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/GSPLover)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/81 "2020-05-11T00:25:21Z")
The least they could do is paint the entire interior of the crown matt black.
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### Author:  [@infoshare](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/infoshare)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-821-first-ave-563-ft-35-floors/1621/82 "2020-05-11T01:12:35Z")
Yes, or put some sort of ‘roof’ on the top that contours along the curves. I know it is easy for us all to criticize from the detached distance of our computer screens: but, here are two good suggestions and possible solutions. That ‘matt black’ finishes on every surface within the crown is actually a good - and easily doable - solution.
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