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Old Posted Aug 29, 2005, 11:17 PM
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NEW YORK | Sky House | 588 FT / 179 M | 54 FLOORS
I'm not sure if this tower is even under construction

Flatiron District, Manhattan


Currently under construction, Sky House is a 54-story luxury condominium located at 11 East 29th Street in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. This dynamic building designed by Fox & Fowle Architects features 138 one, two and three bedroom homes.




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Pretty ugly... but damn tall.
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for the Flatiron district huh? this one is gonna be one huge sore thumb.
     
     
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That is a very thin tower!
     
     
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This project is NOT listed in the Official Fox & Fowle website...
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Nevermind... I think I've seen 325 Fifth Ave. Oh well.
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Old Posted Aug 30, 2005, 2:26 AM
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ugly is right. bleck.
     
     
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ew...

some architects don't understand something:

TALLER doesn't always mean BETTER...


What an eyesore. i hope that never gets built.
     
     
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I'm sure that the rendering doesn't do justice to the project. It won't be bad at all.
     
     
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some architects don't understand something:

TALLER doesn't always mean BETTER...
thats not fair.... what exactly would the architect have to do with how tall it is?

also it has to be mentioned this is a Fox and Fowle building.... they certainly understand that better than most.
     
     
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One facade emphasizes the vertical lines and the other shows clearly each individual floor. I'd like to see that in reality.
     
     
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It looks like some suburban sprawl architect was hired to design something that didn't look urban but yet in the urban setting. Dear God it looks terrible.
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What's everyone complaining about? It's just a residential, and at least it doesn't have ugly balconies sticking out of every floor.
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What's ugly about it? Just another veritical box in NYC, but a little more elongated - that could be pretty cool actually, making it look taller than it really is.
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It looks kinda like a rowhome on steroids.
     
     
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It'll actually look pretty good, if you know... Used your brains to imagine what it would look like instead of judging a rendering.

Just a thought.
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i understand what you mean about having to imagine, matty. but i've seen one too many renderings where the artist emphasises the best aspects of a building... only to see the finished product lack that emphasis, or materials are degraded, or landscaping that was so prominent in a rendering turns out to be non-existent on balaconies and rooftops.
     
     
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We all agree that it looks tall and slender. But does anyone have an idea of the actual height ?
     
     
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not that spectacular but these are 2 different towers and that is a good thing afterall
     
     
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