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In the first pic do I see, what, oh god, why? the mechanicals!!! this is becoming a serious blight on NYC! shoot me!
I’m hoping it can be lowered to sit behind the parapet when not in use. Otherwise, it’s another strike against this tower’s crown along with the elevator tracks and bump outs. Unfortunately, Madison Square Park Tower and 111 Murray don’t inspire hope . . .
Kudos to Vinoly’s Waterline Square building and Tower Verre (to pick two examples) for doing BMUs right because, yeah, the recent spate of overly prominent BMUs are seriously ugly. They’re all over many of the new buildings in London too. (London does a much better job when it comes to mechanical bulkheads and blank walls though. No hideous PTACs either!)
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When it comes to the crown/spire lighting, um… is that it? Is that all? Because it’s quite dim. It’s not even visible to the human eye (well, mine anyway) from any distance. This building disappears at night.
My apartment has a clear view of this building and I’ve been wondering for weeks when I might catch the crown lit up. Only tonight after taking a long-exposure photo did I realize that it probably was lit up the whole time, I just can’t see it.
My camera can see it, but I can’t. The spire kinds comes through in this photo, but it’s not nearly that visible to my naked eye (probably due to the blue color.) I can see the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Rockefeller Center, BoA building, and more just fine. And I can see the construction lights of One Vanderbilt of course (a hideous waste of electricity). But the architectural lighting? Nada.
Very disappointing. I hope this is not the final lighting / brightness, because it’s pointless.
Yea I was wondering the same thing , I hope that’s not the final product.
It would be disappointing if this is the final product and it basically makes no sense having a lit crown if it’s going to be that dim. My hope is that they’re still working on it and once the building is truly open for business it’ll be a lot brighter.
Ya I think they’re keeping the “crown” lights off because architectural lights are quite powerful as can be indicated by other night pictures of 1V when they have them on also that spire light is pretty damn visible, also the other towers are well illuminated. Seems rather silly that SL green would spend billions on a fairly prominent midtown tower, only to skimp on the crown lighting to make it less conspicuous compared to its more famous neighbors. It does not fit in with NY Real estate developer “LOGIC”.
It is not done yet. The entire east side of the crown, and entire lower floors of it, are not rigged up yet. There are dark spots on the top part too. It’ll improve.
That shot is actually very artistic. I like.
Even though your camera couldn’t see it, its lack of eyesight created a profound vision of the spires and crowns that colloquially scream NYC.
Definitely not disappointing.
I love it! So futuristic