NEW YORK I Wall Street Tower (130 William St) I 800 FT I 61 FLOORS

The photo posted above by ‘City Streets’ is how I - and the public in genera - view most buildings in NYC: the '“Curb Appeal” . This beautifully detailed facade has got great curb appeal due to the rich color, texture to the stone, and the curved and convex form of the windows. When I - and the average passer by - in NYC look up at our architectural surroundings we can be delighted by artful appearance of this building: this one wins the beauty contest in this neighborhood for sure. IMHO…

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Nice photo - perfect perspective. Commentary below reference this ‘curbside view’ type of photo. Thanks for posting.

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Pic by me. Taken today.

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I saw this tractor hauling a huge section of the building facade: he was turning on Broadway at Houston Street; I knew that trucks destination exactly. I am sure only another YIMBY forum member would have recognized that payload, and known exactly where it was headed. It is only a ‘niche’ interest I know; but an interest I truly enjoy.

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I work downtown and always see the prefab windows for 130 William and for 25 Park Row. All the trucks seem to come from Canada. Amazing to see!

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Why the hell haven’t they replaced that missing window at 3 WTC yet? It’s been open over a year. It looks ridiculous🙄

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top occupied floor has slightly different panes iirc, maybe they don’t have any spares and considering that nobody is moving there anytime soon it’s of little priority

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that looks awesome

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This will age well. The stone panels already look slightly aged with the NYC airborne soot that sets in on all ‘porous’ stone facades after a few years. I do hope they fill those large gaps between the stone facade window panel: most likely they will.

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Likewise! My friends think its silly I know so much about buildings under construction but its just a hobby I really like for me, and I see building facades being driven around the city all the time and I get giddy knowing where its going.

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Im on the same boat as you!

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Sorry these aren’t the best quality… (far away with a phone, and through a dirty window.)

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Great pics. Doesn’t look as spooky as I thought it would.

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Facade looks great from here as well but the crown is so disappointing. Doesn’t make justice to the iconic 70 pine in the background.

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Here’s a much clearer one, for those that like to zoom in:

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https://www.instagram.com/p/B2J8ukGgzMg/?igshid=ol9dmvksc71x

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