@infoshare You always have such excellent descriptions; I feel like you are the resident critic on this forum, on loan to us from Architectural Digest or something. But I agree, this facade is really one-of-a-kind and I do see a lot of people on Fulton Street gawking at this construction in a way that didn’t happen for nearby 19 Dutch, for example…
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tone99loc…Thanks for the kind words. Well, I did work for Architectural Record Magazine for a few years as a freelance architectural illustrator. Maybe reading all those articles I was doing plan/elevation drawings for has influenced me in a good way. BTW… I remember a tone99loc who would post a lot of great content to Wired New York some years ago - my guess you are the same person. If so, good to hear from you once again in this new venue. Cheers.
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LOL, now it all makes sense! And yes, I’m the same tone99loc. At some point in 1999 I was signing up for some forum (probably not wiredny, but can’t remember which one) and I had no clue what to use for a handle.To my right were a bunch of old CDs, including Tone Loc’s “Loc’ed After Dark”:
So that’s how tone99loc came about. Didn’t really cross my mind that I’d be using the same name online 20 years later!
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Taken 11.2.19:
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Some angles the dark cladding seems a bit too dark for me, I wish it had a golden tone like it did in the renderings. But the windows I absolutely love, it’s like taking windows from a house and putting it on a skyscraper
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GGfhOAMCv/?igshid=ppvc1vsyfuao
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Supposedly the windows have — or will get — bronze trim that will contrast the black and lighten up the façade a bit when it’s done. I’m not holding my breath, though.
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I thought that might be you: after all these years you still “got it going On” . See what I did there? … Best Regards to a long standing (forum) friend…
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Let’s hope the bronze trim strikes the right chord - The last thing we need is an 800 foot tall Beaver House redux!
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11.9.19:
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B5eFWq8A140/?igshid=17u7gde4wps0y
Entire structure nearly complete
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The facade looks great and will weather well after time. The deep arched windows have a sculptural look from the outside; but will also have the added ‘eyebrow’ affect when looking out from the interior apartments. If you have ever been inside any of those I.M.PEI concrete buildings with the deep set windows; you can see the difference from looking out from standard flat outer surface windows. The deep-set windows reduces the glare from the sun that slightly obscures the views on standard type surface windows: I think I.M. Pei coined the term ‘eyebrow affect’. This architectural design hits all the right notes in both form and function, one of my favorites. You can see the shading/shadow affect on the buildings near NYU designed by I.M. Pei - Silver Towers. 
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B6JBHc4HQOb/?igshid=3ek27ih8wadt
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Derrick crane up there, crane coming down
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