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Crane coming down
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I hope they give One Wall Street a nice lighting scheme. All the other iconic towers are getting lit up.
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I had low expectations for this tower. The renderings weren’t impressive, it had been scaled back from supertall status, and Vinoly (who I generally dislike) was the architect. But it’s turning out much better than I thought it would.
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Nice shot. In the foreground of 125 Greenwich, you can really see how bad the South End Avenue area of Battery Park City looks. That part of BPC is like borderline public housing.
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Isn’t that the oldest part of BPC? Not that its an excuse but the first developers in BPC probably were reluctant to invest much in quality when you’re diving into an unknown.
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Yeah, it was part of the first wave of development. I’m sure over time, a reclad or something might be in its future. The buildings are well integrated into the grid of BPC though. But yes, it’s showing its age haha.
I think 125 Greenwhich’s height works really well with the “spiral effect” of the WTC and even 50 West St. too
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I know they’re quite different but I can’t help but seeing 1 Astor Plaza (former Grant Building) when I see 125 Greenwich.
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The blank cement core walls are not looking too good. In the absence of either a stone finish or finely done cement work, they are unattractive. Too bad. They could have been done nicely with an architect and funding source more interested in aesthetic appearance.
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Agreed. I’m not sure whats with all these buildings going up downtown with these hideous blank walls but they’re becoming more and more prevalent.
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It is not a surprise that core walls have moved to the edges of buildings. Small footprint structures get much more efficient when the cores are moved out of the center. But that doesn’t answer the lack of respect shown to the city by the ways some of them are being constructed. It could be done differently. Central Park Tower and 220 CPS both have cores or large patches of concrete on the edges and they have been covered with the same finishes used on the rest of the facades. Luxury and wealth pays unfortunately seems to be the answer. Code changes might be in order.
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The bare concrete wall sections in this case have been artfully integrated into the glass facade: the rough raw concrete and smooth shiny glass make a nice looking contrast. Here what is important is that they maintain those two long skinny lines of concrete separated by a full glass section: which seems to be in progress - as on now, only the upper section has been glazed. This look I am ok with: it is those other many buildings who leave one entire side of the buildings’ facade raw unfinished concrete that look really awful. So, this particular treatment is ‘good design’ in my opinion.
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