Posted May 18, 2012, 4:03 AM
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Originally Posted by kenratboy
I really want to see some floor plans for this one (a few floors up). There must be some clever space-saving stuff in this one!
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There are a couple on page 76.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/re...o-the-top.html
How’s the Weather Down There?
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
May 17, 2012
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...New York, it seems, is entering a tall-buildings arms race. By 2016, New York could have 6 of the 10 tallest buildings in the country (with Chicago having the other 4), and 3 of the highest residential structures, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago.
Following New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street and the mammoth One57 at 157 West 57th Street, even taller residential towers are in the works, including 432 Park Avenue on the site of the former Drake Hotel, and the GiraSole, proposed for 11th Avenue on the Far West Side. Both of those buildings would be taller than One57, which will be Manhattan’s tallest residential building, at 1,004 feet, when it is completed next year. And 432 Park Avenue, a condo structure scheduled to be finished in 2016, would be 1,398 feet, surpassing One57 and second in height only to One World Trade Center, an office complex, the Council on Tall Buildings said.
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Everyone has commented on how thin this building will be, and it's pretty thin. Without any proper renderings, the only other tower I could think of to compare it to is the 7 South Dearborn proposal, both for it's size and segments. Below is just an idea of the tower with the segments more visible. At the top of each segment will be an open air terrace for residents.
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