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[JDRCRASH]

I can only imagine those kids getting to school and looking up and saying, "WOW!! NYC is amazing!".

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by JDRCRASH

I can only imagine those kids getting to school and looking up and saying, "WOW!! NYC is amazing!".

It's funny, because they will grow up thinking this (school) is normal, that it's the way things are supposed to be.

[CGII]

I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday (crazy, I know) and noticed that Beekman will entirely block the view of the Woolworth from the vista there, so get out and take pictures of it from the bridge because that vantage point will be gone in a few months.

It's amazing, because for so long the project sat in relative limbo and all of the sudden there is a huge massive skyscraper there. It was probably only four stories tall in September.

[lakegz]

anyone take any recent pics of Beekman? I bet it has risen at least six or seven floors since the last photos.

[Fabb]

Originally Posted by CGII

I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday (crazy, I know) and noticed that Beekman will entirely block the view of the Woolworth from the vista there

Are you really upset about that ? I'm not. Beekam Place is a piece of forward looking architecture, much better than the neo-gothic Woolworth, nice, but not innovative, even for its time.

[mainstreet]

Fabb, you have got to be kidding me. So what if it's not "INNOVATIVE"? You want a skyline to look BEAUTIFUL not INNOVATIVE. The Woolworth tower is a piece of New York history, it happens to be extremely beautiful even if it's a century old. To make a not very good analogy here, people often comment on the ability of musicians to play their instruments while ignoring what counts - the sound that actually comes out of the instrument. How "innovative" or "complex" or "hard" something is doesn't matter as much as how it actually turns out to be - the final image, sound, feel, smell, what have you of any given creative product. THAT is what people will remember and THAT is what makes a piece of expression great. To me, anyway.

[Fabb]

Originally Posted by mainstreet

Fabb, you have got to be kidding me. So what if it's not "INNOVATIVE"? You want a skyline to look BEAUTIFUL not INNOVATIVE.

Beekman Place will probably turn out to be both, don't you think ?

[NYguy]

^ This tower will be beautiful in its own right. I'm not someone who believes that just because something is new, it can't be as beautiful as something old. We have to look to the future as well as remember the past. But we can't live in the past.

Originally Posted by lakegz

anyone take any recent pics of Beekman? I bet it has risen at least six or seven floors since the last photos.

I may get some over the next couple of days.

[NYguy]

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[lakegz]

thank you kind sir.

[CGII]

Originally Posted by Fabb

Are you really upset about that ? I'm not. Beekam Place is a piece of forward looking architecture, much better than the neo-gothic Woolworth, nice, but not innovative, even for its time.

I'm not sure. More than anything else I'm just stating that it's a famous vista to us now that won't exist ever again and will become a totally new famous vista in a few months time and we should relish this opportunity to observe a very dramatic period in the history of the city.

From the bridge, Woolworth has always sort of stuck out from the rest of the downtown skyline. It's something that is simply going to pass.

[CSABA8]

A very beautiful building , and they build it a best place ,is perfectly fit that part of lower manhattan.

[NYguy]

One more to go with that set...

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[Jularc]

This tower is massive! Can't wait for some cladding.

[NYC2ATX]

OH

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smileys are fun.....NYGuy I like that last one. All we need now is the Cloverfield monster JK

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by StatenIslander237

.....NYGuy I like that last one. All we need now is the Cloverfield monster JK

That always crosses my mind when I'm up there. The Brooklyn Bridge always takes the hit in these movies (its never the Williamsburgh or any of the other million bridges in the city). But it is a favorite.

Originally Posted by Jularc

This tower is massive!

It's a massive and tall, looming tower. This will be the tallest (for now) residential tower in the city, and it occured to me just how close it will be to the 30 Park Place tower (Silverstein's 921 ft tower rising behind the Woolworth). While both will block the Woolworth from some views, the duo will form a new, dynamic cluster with the Woolworth.

[Kingofthehill]

A truly gargantuan tower!

[CoolCzech]

Originally Posted by NYguy

One more to go with that set...

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Wow, it's just going to completely obstruct the view of the Woolworth's, at least from that angle!

[TANGELD_SLC]

This thing's going to be amazing! I think it's got to be Gehry's most normal looking building, though.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by TANGELD_SLC

This thing's going to be amazing! I think it's got to be Gehry's most normal looking building, though.

It'll actually look a lot like a classic New York skyscraper, yet at the same time, something completly different.