The Flatiron | 91.4m | 28 fl | Completed - Page 4

squeezied · #61 Posted **Sep 29, 2008, 3:01 AM**

i think he meant the townhouses on melville street. they are still part of the flatiron condo

cjohnny4 · #62 Posted **Dec 17, 2008, 9:23 AM**

Flatiron seems to be wrapping up. There are minimal lighting effects on the roof: several white lights shining up toward the top of the building. At ground level at the point where Melville connects with Pender (the front point of the Flatiron property), there is a 4-5 foot tall light "cylinder" which oscillates from colour to colour making a nice rainbow effect.

cjohnny4 · #63 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 8:45 AM**

Scratch that...the colour-changing light stick at street level just in front of Flatiron is 6-7 feet tall...

raggedy13 · #64 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 3:18 PM**

^Interesting. I'll have to check that out sometime.

Here is a random pick I took of the top of the Flatiron in the snow yesterday:

rather_draconian · #65 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 4:10 PM**

Ugh, I still can't get used to the top.

sacrifice333 · #66 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 5:11 PM**

The top pays homage to it's namesake, NYC's Flatiron.

I do love this building... though if I was a buyer I would have wanted larger balconies.

rather_draconian · #67 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 5:40 PM**

Sure, but in my opinion, the execution is horrid. I don't understand those "half floors" at the top either.

sacrifice333 · #68 Posted **Dec 18, 2008, 6:27 PM**

The penthouses do look a little odd... but they're going to enjoy their terraces.

raggedy13 · #69 Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 5:54 AM**

I checked out that light. Here are 3 consecutively more blurry pics of it:

rather_draconian · #70 Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 2:26 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by cjohnny4

Scratch that...the colour-changing light stick at street level just in front of Flatiron is 6-7 feet tall...

Lol, 6-7 feet tall? Then the people in the pictures must be dwarves!

It's a cool touch, but also feels sort of random. It looks like a radiator when its red...maybe they should incorporate a heating element.

agrant · #71 Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 3:05 PM**

Like a random light you'd see on a Star Trek set. When it's blue, it's like the warp core of a Federation starship.

rather_draconian · #72 Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 7:57 PM**

Also, out of interest, what does the top "coat hanger" part of the building look like now? Is it a fine mesh or is it filled in?

cjohnny4 · #73 Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 8:21 PM**

[QUOTE=rather_draconian;3983226]Lol, 6-7 feet tall? Then the people in the pictures must be dwarves!

Sorry for my obvious lack of ability when it comes to judging height! I guess my excuse is that it was flippin' cold and I was hurrying on past to get into the Shoppers Drug Mart. Also, from my place there is a view from high above that light stick, so looking down on it from that height, it is hard to judge. Hey...at least I reported it!

dreambrother808 · #74 Posted **Dec 19, 2008, 8:33 PM**

I'm getting tired of the seemingly ubiquitous LED rainbow effect. They should try choosing some complementary colour schemes rather than "let's just have every colour". Something about the lack of selectivity comes across as cheap and poorly designed to me.