NEW YORK | 30 Park Place (99 Church St) | 937 FT / 285 M | 82 FLOORS - Page 47

Perklol · #**921** Posted **May 17, 2014, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hypothalamus

Yes.. it's limestone façade!

Awesome. This is going to be another gorgeous building.

Very sleek + handsome facade.

davidinasia · #**922** Posted **May 18, 2014, 3:09 AM**

The cladding is looking really good.

And this:

"Silverstein, of course, is the developer of the World Trade Center and many other Downtown buildings. But while the company’s other developments in the vicinity of Ground Zero have been (or will be) in the pristine Neo-Modern idiom that one associates with their architects — Fumihiko Maki, Lord Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Skidmore Owings & Merrill — Stern’s building is more traditional in its references, as one would expect from this architect."

Let's see.. Maki, Foster, Rogers and SOM - which one of these 4 things is not like the others?

Guess the journo has some grudge against David Childs

detroitmetro101 · #**923** Posted **May 18, 2014, 3:42 AM**

i like those balconies...i wonder though what will be build between the 30 and woolworth, on that small space in-between...

Hypothalamus · #**924** Posted **May 22, 2014, 7:56 PM**

Posted May 21st, 2014...
Photo Credit: IrishInNYC @ WNY

©IrishInNYC

King DenCity · #**925** Posted **May 22, 2014, 10:31 PM**

Damn that's looking nice!

Perklol · #**926** Posted **May 23, 2014, 3:01 AM**

hmm I need to see more of the facade + windows before judging. So far I'm a little concerned. From the renderings it looked like pale light brown color

I'll compare photos of 15 CPW/30 PP to get the whole picture.

Hudson11 · #**927** Posted **May 23, 2014, 4:12 AM**

almost looks like wood. Give it a few years and it'll age well in NYC air.

gttx · #**928** Posted **May 23, 2014, 12:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by davidinasia

Let's see.. Maki, Foster, Rogers and SOM - which one of these 4 things is not like the others?

Guess the journo has some grudge against David Childs

Not to wax poetic about SOM, but the firm is an opposite model to the other 3 you listed, in that the partnership has ownership over all the work. They aren't called "David Childs" or (formerly) "Adrian Smith" buildings. They are SOM buildings. The culture of big name starchitecture just isn't important, whereas it basically defines the other 3 firms.

As an aside, SOM is the only firm of the bunch to have 2 buildings at the WTC.

But the point of the original article is a good one - Silverstein chooses his architects carefully to make sure the product he is delivering is the right one. The best modern office building calls for an architect like SOM or Foster. The best historicism (which often means high-end residential) demands someone like Stern. As a building enthusiast, I think it is really great.

gramsjdg · #**929** Posted **May 23, 2014, 3:45 PM**

What's the problem? It looks exactly the same color as Woolworth's stone

sbarn · #**930** Posted **May 23, 2014, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by gramsjdg

What's the problem? It looks exactly the same color as Woolworth's stone

The Woolworth is actually glazed terracotta tiles, so slightly different appearance than this.

chris08876 · #**931** Posted **May 28, 2014, 5:59 PM**

Construction Update: 30 Park Place

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MAY 28TH 2014
http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/05/con...-may-2014.html

Hudson11 · #**932** Posted **May 28, 2014, 6:56 PM**

the base looks pretty rough right now, it'll probably look better with the windows installed.

Perklol · #**933** Posted **May 30, 2014, 6:46 AM**

So I read the construction update from yimby and my suspicions were correct.
It was not limestone afterall which is why it didn't look similar to 15 CPW. Shame because a slight variation in color can make all the difference.

15 is a pale light brown color whereas 30 PP is a brownish yellow.... it almost looks like freshly cut wood/lumber.