Good news regarding this project!
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The scaffolding has been moving; and it seems they are now installing more stone panels on the facade. This project is on the move, once again, and this time I think the project will now move uninterrupted to the point of completion.
I watch those heavy stone/terrazzo facade panels being placed on those black iron horizontal bars; and wonder how they are attached securely. I assume it is some sort of ‘lego-like’ attachment feature that snaps into place; it has been a labored & slow goin process from the beginning.
Think of that other building done by BIG, located on West 57th street waterfront, and shaped like a pyramid: those facade panels all went up in a quick & efficient manner - this one has been quite a different process. The mysteries of the construction process never ceased to amaze. 
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It’s never good for an unfinished building to sit for years in all kinds of weather.
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Those lifts too
This thing is gonna need a walk through and check up before they start again. Who knows they might need to replace a lot of it.
Very true. The metal rusts, the pipes and wires corrode, the wall insulating batting disintegrates. I do believe, however, they have started up in time enough before the elements have ravaged all those building materials.
That leaning tower near the South Street Seaport is another story: it will be exposed to the wind, rain and open air for years due to the ongoing litigation.
I am glad to see this one on the move again: this is “Architecture with a Capital A”. 
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I still can’t believe that this project is finally back in action
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Infoshare: Can’t agree on this one. I don’t like it much. It would have helped some if the column facing tilted at the column angles rather than being hung in a jagged vertical pattern. Ends up looking clumsy and out of kilter. As we both know, IMO is always appropriate when thinking about aesthetics.
Some might say, I am an ‘easy A’ when it come to ARCHITECTURE; but this project is so stunningly attractive I look forward to walking in the area to view this site with delight. Then there is the lovely “lantern house” next door; another A in my book.
Here is a good article on the building, for the write-up yes; but particularly for the large format graphics that can be clicked to enlarge for a BIG view. Pun intended - 
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I like Lantern House a lot as well. Great sight from the Highline.
They give the southern end of the High Line the stadium grandstand sort of feel that it has needed for quite some time.
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Can we fast-froward to when we’re no longer naming buildings “One [Something]”?
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Thank you! Would like to see something new in the branding departments. Or maybe we’re just scratching the bottom of an already empty barrel desperately trying to think of something.
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It’s time to update the name of this thread.
Nothing beats One Liberty Place to me. One Liberty Plaza though…come on…
Done.
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they’re calling it “One” Highline, but there are two towers? 
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They honestly look like two lamb shanks sticking up, so I would call them the Shank Towers on 17th Street, or the Shanks on 17th for short. They also happen to be off to the side of the High Line, so that also evokes another definition of shank.
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