NEW YORK | 53W53 (Tower Verre) | 1,050 FT / 320 M | 73 FLOORS - Page 166

NYguy · #**3301** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 2:23 AM**

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City Wide · #**3302** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 10:44 PM**

[QUOTE=NYguy;8053833]https://www.instagram.com/p/BeJg9w-h...=fcjhnewyork01

in this photo down near the bottom, you can easily see a platform built out on the corner of building, anyone have any idea as to its purpose?

City Wide · #**3303** Posted **Jan 21, 2018, 10:47 PM**

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the platform I referred to above is in this photo!

NYguy · #**3304** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 1:53 AM**

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the platform I referred to above is in this photo!

There were a few of them around the building. I don't remember, but seem to recall some equipment up there. Here's an older view of the area....

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BV19pmoh...by=home_minder

Jerseyviews · #**3305** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 7:59 PM**

The platforms were discussed in the Science channel episode Building Giants the other night, but they mainly highlighted the one that held the crane. Really interesting to see how they started with the crane in the middle and then put it on the platform at a certain height and then closed each floor.

NYguy · #**3306** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 1:37 AM**

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The platforms were discussed in the Science channel episode Building Giants the other night, but they mainly highlighted the one that held the crane. Really interesting to see how they started with the crane in the middle and then put it on the platform at a certain height and then closed each floor.

In other words, they knew how to put this beauty together.

Making an impact on this great skyline...

Danny Daly

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeRBanxn...y=mchlanglo793

NYguy · #**3307** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 11:31 PM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeTRdw0A...n-by=wezhaslam

tdawg · #**3308** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 10:01 PM**

This is a terrific photo. For many reasons.

NYguy · #**3309** Posted **Jan 25, 2018, 1:15 AM**

^ Great view.

John Piekos

Here's the science channel episode of Building Giants...

https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-sh...ilding-giants/

Koodoo25 · #**3310** Posted **Jan 26, 2018, 7:29 AM**

Jan 25th

It always feels like this building blends into the rest of midtown until you get into Central Park, where it suddenly becomes one of the most prominent buildings in the skyline.

toddguy · #**3311** Posted **Jan 26, 2018, 11:45 AM**

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BeTRdw0A...n-by=wezhaslam

This is my favorite view of it. It will look incredible from here. I think when it is finished I could just look at it for hours from this spot. It will be like skyscraper porn.

NYguy · #**3312** Posted **Jan 27, 2018, 10:57 AM**

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This is my favorite view of it. It will look incredible from here. I think when it is finished I could just look at it for hours from this spot. It will be like skyscraper porn.

Yes it will. In a couple of years, there will be no better place on earth to view a collection of skyscrapers. It won't be the highest deck in the city, but the view isn't always about height.

NYguy · #**3313** Posted **Jan 29, 2018, 8:50 PM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/BedRdbGH...y=mchlanglo793

Dan_DC

JMKeynes · #**3314** Posted **Jan 29, 2018, 9:26 PM**

Those photos, as per Cardi B, induce "butterflies in the vagina"!

chris08876 · #**3315** Posted **Jan 29, 2018, 11:17 PM**

The gold standard city. Hard to compete with it. Its just overkill in most categories.

And I've looked believe me, but not many places make the jaw drop with aerial footage. And if there is one thing, every pilgrim to NY should do once in their lives, on a clear day, is take that 20-25 minute helicopter ride around the island. Its worth every penny.

chris08876 · #**3316** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 11:18 PM**

Jean Nouvel-Designed 53 West 53rd Street Reaches Supertall Status, Nears Topping-Out

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The latest photo from Tectonic was shot from the Top of The Rock observatory deck, and shows that the framework for 53W53rd has reached the parapet height of One57 a few blocks to the northwest, at 1,005 feet above street level. There is about fifty feet of concrete remaining before the tip of Torre Verre will be complete, but according to on-site sources, that day is only about a month out.

Besides progress on the structure, the exterior is also making substantial headway, and appears to be over halfway to the future rooftop. The sleek black facade is already quite striking, and the next few hundred feet should cement the tower’s status as an imminent icon of the Midtown skyline.

While 53W53rd will be the latest residential building of the 57th Street boom to reach its pinnacle, its origins actually make it the first of the typology proposed for the corridor, with the initial concept first revealed in 2007. After a very controversial approval process, the building lost its top 200 feet to the whims of Amanda Burden, resulting in its current format.

Adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art, 53W53rd will ultimately yield 145 condominiums. The on-file floor count totals 73, while the marketing number is 82. Hines, Pontiac Land Group, and Goldman Sachs are the developers behind the project.

Completion is anticipated by the end of 2018.

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NYguy · #**3317** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 11:52 PM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/BelJFFgh...=fcjhnewyork01

chris08876 · #**3318** Posted **Jan 31, 2018, 11:01 PM**

Credit: JC_Heights

NYguy · #**3319** Posted **Feb 1, 2018, 2:20 AM**

https://www.instagram.com/p/BemmTCLD...arian_marttelo

franktko · #**3320** Posted **Feb 1, 2018, 4:48 AM**

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Credit: JC_Heights