NEW YORK | 432 Park Avenue (Drake Hotel dev.) | (1,398) FT / 432 M | 89 FLOORS

[bigreach]

Wow! its like 10 feet from it's neighbor..

[bomberguy]

Rise my baby. Rise!

[sw5710]

The rebar column reinforcement is up to the 13th window level between floors 9 ant 10 or 203' above the lobby.

[hunser]

Originally Posted by bigreach

Wow! its like 10 feet from it's neighbor..

That's New York density for you. We don't build supertalls on vast plazas (even the new WTC is tightly packed) where you need a cab to get to the closest skyscraper. Even in superdense Hong Kong towers like the ICC are being built on huge plots.
And btw 225 West 57th will be the tallest tower every built in such a super dense area.

Great shots everyone.

[NYguy]

Well, I remember there was some concern about the street wall and the way the tower is set back. But I really think it works in this case. It's really only set back on this side (the 57th St side will have storefronts). But its still a very dense neighborhood and the pieces seem to work. If you look at a lot of the other towers going up in Manhattan, there is no space between the buildings.

Originally Posted by NYguy

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Just look at the density here....( May 17, 2013 )



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[ablerock]

Originally Posted by NYguy

If you look at a lot of the other towers going up in Manhattan, there is no space between the buildings.

Yeah from my outsider perspective, a 10' gap between buildings in Manhattan is downright excessive. That's how we roll in the midwest where there's plenty of elbow room to spread out, but not in money-makin' Manhattan!

[scalziand]

There's actually a townhouse in between those two towers.

[bigreach]

[QUOTE=scalziand;6132831]There's actually a townhouse in between those two towers.



Maybe a dog house, but a townhouse? I'm don't know if I buy that, there's barely room for a car.

[NYguy]

Here's a look at the footprint again...