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[vkristof]

Originally Posted by NYguy

They're working on it now, or an aspect of it.



We'll being seeing a lot from the Hudson Yards...


http://www.newscaststudio.com/2014/0...ce-in-atlanta/

HLN taking over CNN space in Atlanta





June 27, 2014

Thanks for the info, but WHO will be left watching CNN in 2018? The usual suspects stuck in airports?:-)

PS: We typically watch CNN's idiocy on New year's eve, mostly for Kathy Griffin goofing around in Times Square & Sushi descending on the slipper in Key West...

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by vkristof

Thanks for the info, but WHO will be left watching CNN in 2018? The usual suspects stuck in airports?:-)

PS: We typically watch CNN's idiocy on New year's eve, mostly for Kathy Griffin goofing around in Times Square & Sushi descending on the slipper in Key West...

You're off topic, but people watch it. There will be broadcast from the studios, as well as other shows, production there.

[NYguy]

Look out Manhattan West, another platform is growing...



http://archrecord.construction.com/n...ject-Grows.asp

Beam by Beam, a Mega-Project Grows





By C. J. Hughes
June 30, 2014

The steel platform that is vital to the $20 billion Hudson Yards mega-project in Manhattan–what will allow three high-rise tower to be built atop of working railroad tracks on the eastern half of the site–is taking shape, after a slow start. For a time it seemed like the project would never happen at all; the development team was chosen in 2008, but groundbreaking didn’t occur till well after the recession, in late 2012.

But on Thursday, large sections of the lattice-like structure were visible jutting over the ground near the corner of 10th Avenue and West 30th Street in Midtown West. Related Companies, a co-developer, invited reporters to the construction site to survey the progress first-hand and up-close.

So far, 75 of the 300 concrete-filled caissons that will support the platform for much of the eastern half of the project, which spans eight blocks and 15 acres, have been drilled deep into the ground, with some squeezed between railroad tracks, said architect Michael Samuelian, the Related vice president who led Thursday’s tour. Oxford Properties Group is the other developer.

...the platform, which will sweep across 10 acres, does pave the way for those three high-rises, which include 30 Hudson Yards, an 80-story office tower also designed by KPF. About half-leased, to tenants like Time Warner, it will be the city’s fourth tallest building when finished, though its observation deck will be higher than One World Trade’s, according to a slick multi-media presentation that preceded the tour; a cocktail lounge will be nearby.

Also slated to sit atop the platform is 15 Hudson Yards, a 70-story tower from Diller Scofidio + Renfro, a 70-story tower with condos and affordable rentals. It will connect to a “culture shed,” or kunsthalle-type performance space encompassing 18,000 square feet, but that can retract into itself when not in use.

And, the platform-supported eastern half will feature 35 Hudson Yards, an 84-story tower by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which will be layered with a mix of condos, hotel rooms, and offices. Unlike most of the other planned high-rises, its facade will be stone.

The site will also have shops, in the form of a seven-level mall similar to what Related built at the Time Warner Center. Parks will be numerous in the project, half of which will be made up of open space, which could counterbalance the skyscrapers. “We want this to feel like the rest of New York,” not Dubai, Samuelian said.

Also on Thursday, Related confirmed plans for 55 Hudson Yards, a site on West 33rd Street that it acquired from Extell Development Company last year. Its 51-story office building will be designed by Eugene Kohn and Kevin Roche and will target law and financial firms, officials said. It sits on land and does not need a platform.

Neither does a block-through site at West 33rd and 10th, currently with a drive-through McDonald’s, although Related hasn’t provided many details about that project, which could start in 2017. Meanwhile, the 13-acre western half of the site, which is lined with Long Island Rail Road tracks, will mostly be made up of residential towers, though construction of that platform won’t be built until at least 2017.

[TechTalkGuy]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Look out Manhattan West, another platform is growing...

We are finally beginning to see progress here!

[vkristof]

Originally Posted by NYguy

You're off topic, but people watch it. There will be broadcast from the studios, as well as other shows, production there.

Yah I was off-topic, but I could NOT resist. All this media concentration in Manhattan is good for the NYC area economy: jobs, tourists, $$, jobs, etc.

Time Warner/CNN/Whatever will be across 10th Ave from the Associated Press HQ, assuming the AP remains in 450 W 33rd st.

I like your juxtaposition of 10 HY, HY overbuild platform, 450 W 33rd, lots of cranes & the ESB in the background. Thanks for the photos:


NYguy

[vkristof]

Originally Posted by TechTalkGuy

We are finally beginning to see progress here!

Visible steel overbuild progress. The 3/19/2014 HY platform construction video shows these two snips for the early stages of the platform- the green rectangles. The left side of the first rectangle is up:

"hudson yards" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbRxT50jjUo


"hudson yards" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbRxT50jjUoG]

[ChiTownWonder]

I heard that the North Tower had a height reduction done? does anyone know what the now official height of that tower will be?

[Hudson11]

Originally Posted by ChiTownWonder

I heard that the North Tower had a height reduction done? does anyone know what the now official height of that tower will be?

the height was reduced from 1337 ft to 1227 ft.

[ChiTownWonder]

Originally Posted by Hudson11

the height was reduced from 1337 ft to 1227 ft.

Thats good, not too much of a loss. I still live the slanted crowns of the sister buildings

[NYguy]

http://www.businessinsider.com/new-y...ng-way-to-go-4

This Is The $20 Billion Future Of Manhattan's West Side

There are five main skyscrapers planned for the Eastern Rail Yard. The first is 10 Hudson Yards, which will rise 895 feet above 30th Street and 10th Avenue, and have 1.7 million square feet of space. Coach, L'Oreal, Fairway, and SAP will be future tenants.

Thirty Hudson Yards will be built on 33rd Street and 10th Avenue. At 1,227 feet tall, it will have 2.6 million square feet of space. Future tenants will be Time Warner, HBO, CNN, and WB, and it's slated for completion in late 2018.

At 1,100 feet in the air, views from the observation deck will be spectacular. The developers sent a drone into the air to create this image of how the landscape will look to visitors.

Connecting the two skyscrapers will be a 1 million-square-foot space for shops and restaurants. It will have seven levels of retail and dining. By 2018, the building will have 20 restaurants, 100 shops, and an anchor department store.

Thirty-five Hudson Yards, on the corner of 33rd Street and 11th Avenue, will be a 79-story residential building.

Seventy-story 15 Hudson Yards will be residential as well, with an additional 150-room luxury hotel, ballroom, and spa. It's planned for the corner of 30th Street and 11th Avenue.

Across the street, between 33rd and 34th Streets, is 55 Hudson Yards. The LEED Gold-certified building will stand 780 feet tall by 2017.

But what most New Yorkers will be particularly excited about is the No. 7 train expansion, which will connect the east side and Queens to Hudson Yards, the High Line, and more. It will serve 40,000 people a day.

The top of the High Line, a popular pedestrian park constructed on a defunct railroad spur, will be accessible from Hudson Yards through a 60-foot public passageway.

The High Line will continue to rope around Hudson Yards, but visitors will also be able to enter the Eastern Rail Yard's public plaza. Eventually, they will be able to seamlessly walk from the No. 7 train to the High Line without taking any stairs or escalators.

In addition to the High Line, a promenade called Hudson Park & Boulevard will span 10th and 11th Avenues from 33rd to 39th Street.

Right now, the area is pretty desolate, but it will soon be filled with trees, walking paths, and grassy spaces.

Hudson Yards will also be home to something called "The Culture Shed," a multipurposed venue with seven levels of galleries and performance spaces. It has a moving outer layer that lets it nearly double in size and will host touring art exhibits, New York Fashion Week, and various shows.

All of this will take four more years to complete, but it will bring new life to Manhattan's West Side.

With an expected 24 million visitors annually, Hudson Yards will become a destination in and of itself.

[NorthernDancer]

There's a mistake in that article. The "retail podium" is actually 750,000 sf, not 1 million. The 1 million figure is the total amount of retail space planned, including ground floor retail in the other buildings.

[vkristof]

Originally Posted by NorthernDancer

There's a mistake in that article. The "retail podium" is actually 750,000 sf, not 1 million. The 1 million figure is the total amount of retail space planned, including ground floor retail in the other buildings.

There is more than one mistake in that article. The photos are from a tour at the end of June.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by NorthernDancer

There's a mistake in that article. The "retail podium" is actually 750,000 sf, not 1 million. The 1 million figure is the total amount of retail space planned, including ground floor retail in the other buildings.

They should be sued.

[NYguy]

• Video Link


More on the Hudson Yards...
http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2...son-yards-blau

[chris08876]

Its time to invest in Westside while its cheap for now. (Not really cheap but better prices than it will be in 10 years).

[NYguy]

http://gizmodo.com/inside-the-futuri...a-b-1606935392

Inside the Futuristic Neighborhood Being Built Over a Busy NYC Rail Yard





July 18, 2014
Nicholas Stango

On the west side of Manhattan, a new neighborhood is taking shape. This is Hudson Yards, a development that will turn a dreary section of Manhattan into a technologically advanced neighborhood of the future. But in order to do that, its designers are undertaking one of the most expensive and unusual engineering projects in NYC history.

The rail yard takes up a massive area of precious city acreage, bumping up against the third stretch of the High Line park. The base of the site is almost entirely occupied by tracks, leaving less than half the area for supporting the actual buildings. To make up for the lost space, workers are methodically drilling caissons deep into the earth, creating a foundation for Hudson Yards—which includes not only skyscrapers and apartment buildings, but a Bryant Park-sized public space.

But before the entire artificial foundation is in place, there's work to be done: Amtrak is installing a sealed tunnel—essentially, a box—the length of the neighborhood underneath the yards. This nondescript space is like a $185 million placeholder, since one day they plan to build another tunnel to New Jersey at this spot.

There's no funding for such a project yet, though. So instead, they're building the entrance of the tunnel in anticipation of one day having the cash to finish it. Since Hudson Yards will soon rise over the spot, it would be nearly impossible to dig the hole later on.

When Hudson Yards is finished, there won't be anything like it in NYC—let alone the entire US. It will also be one of the most technologically advanced neighborhoods in the world. For example, Hudson Yards will run its own micro-grid: An independent 13.2-megawatt generator will power its buildings. Cabling is being done to provide unprecedented network and Wi-Fi connectivity with multiple fail safes to keep the network online.

The neighborhood will run elevated above street level, at the same height as the High Line. That means you'll be able to walk from the High Line onto the Yards' green space and massive retail center seamlessly.

And unlike the rest of the city, your trash bags will never hit the street.

That's because the neighborhood is being built from the ground up, which means it can incorporate a vacuum tube system to transport trash from inside buildings to underneath them. That's right—Hudson Yards will have one of the country's few pneumatic trash systems.

Hudson Yards' developers want it to become the first truly connected neighborhood in NYC, so its smart systems will extend to the street, too. Construction crews will install sensors to monitor traffic, electric and heat use, and several other components of neighborhood life. The idea is to extend "The Internet of Things" to this entire neighborhood. It's going to be a huge high-tech computer.

New York is an aging city. We take its flaws, from the garbage to the crumbling infrastructure, as eccentricities. But what's being done at Hudson Yards feels like a first step towards a future version of New York. It's everything we wish our city could be, because it's built from everything we've learned so far.

Perfect cell service, Wi-Fi everywhere, trash out of sight, and fantastical engineering: It's nearly utopian in scale. At the same time, it raises plenty of the same issues that already exist in New York—including whether the neighborhood will be truly accessible to all New Yorkers, not just the wealthy ones. And we'll be keeping a close eye on the site as it continues to rise.

[sparkling]

July 22, 2014
By Adam Pincus

The Related Companies filed plans today for what would be the second-largest buildings in Manhattan, set to be constructed at 500 West 33rd Street in Hudson Yards, information from the city’s Department of Buildings shows.
The developer had originally announced plans to build 30 Hudson Yards much taller at 1,227 feet high and with less bulk, at just 2.6 million square feet. The new plans call for a 680-foot-tall structure with an eye-popping 3.4 million square feet, at the corner of 10th Avenue and 33rd Street.
A review of buildings on the real estate database CoStar Group shows that it would be the second largest building in the city, if built to the 3.4 million specification. The largest today is 55 Water Street in Lower Manhattan with 3.6 million square feet.
It was not immediately clear why there was such a large difference in height and bulk from the original plan. A media inquiry to Related was not immediately returned.
The building, with an official count of 68 stories, has “display” floors that imply a much taller structure, for a total of 89 floors. To get to that high number, some numbers are not used when counting floors. For example the 66th floor has a display floor identification of 78, but the next floor, with an outdoor observation deck, is identified as the 88th floor.
The plans, designed by the architecture firm of Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, call for retail on the ground, second, third and fourth floors, and a department store on floors five through seven. The observation decks are on the actual floors 67 and 68, but those floors will be identified as floors 88 and 89.

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/07/...medium=twitter

[Skyguy_7]

^ This just seems like a case of rushed, piss-poor journalism, shoddy research and perhaps a typo or two. A "680' foot, 3.4msf 68-story office building" ..with 10-foot slab-to-slab floors? And an observation deck? Not happening.

[baseball1992]

Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

^ This just seems like a case of rushed, piss-poor journalism, shoddy research and perhaps a typo or two. A "680' foot, 3.4msf 68-story office building" ..with 10-foot slab-to-slab floors? And an observation deck? Not happening.

In order to get 3.4 millionsf out of a 680 foot tower at 10ft floors, you'd need floors larger than 1WTC. Don't see that happening.

Here is another article stating the same thing but mentioning it will amended to 1,255 Feet http://www.yimbynews.com/category/30-hudson-yards#

[sparkling]

Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

^ This just seems like a case of rushed, piss-poor journalism, shoddy research and perhaps a typo or two. A "680' foot, 3.4msf 68-story office building" ..with 10-foot slab-to-slab floors? And an observation deck? Not happening.

I also think this is going to be revised. But probably it was not the reporter but whoever filed the permits made the mistake and the guy simply wrote the article based on the numbers he saw