Edit: actually I’m positive it’s parapet steel because it wasn’t there last week:
With all luck this means cladding will be finished in the coming month or so!!
Yup, that’s it! I can see the 3 rows of steel and the parts that hold the windows in place. Great catch!
Thomas, you seem to know a lot about this buildings design- do you know whether the parapet will be spandrel glass and fully opaque or whether it will be transparent or translucent?
Just a reminder, I’m only a teenager who scatters the internet for sources. But the mechanical floors and parapet should be opaque, that’s very common in skyscrapers. Just look at 1 Manhattan West for example, the parapet steel is completely covered with opaque glass. And I believe the east face of the crown will be all metal cladding
Gotcha. I was just wondering because some newer towers like Hearst or 3WTC have some transparency
LOL you might be just a teenager but you are “THE MAN” on this forum!
Taken 11.23.19:
Taken 12.7.19:
Always like a good cantilever shot:
I have been noticing that the blue plastic peel-off film on the glass/metal is not ‘peeling-off’ - or so it seems seeing the odd partial patches. The super zoom in feature on the last photo gives a good close up look at some of the sections that do not seem to be coming off easily: reminds me of when one tries to peel of the price tag or sticker on a newly purchased product - some parts stay stuck. I hope some construction industry insider will know the facts of the matter and chime in on that patchy blue film: inquiring minds need to know.
