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philvia Apr 12, 2009 3:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zerton (Post 4190203)
There is way too much shit up there. That ruins a lot of images. It looks like a tower in some dystopian sci-fi future.

its kind of cool though

NYguy Apr 12, 2009 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by philvia (Post 4190801)
its kind of cool though

In an evil empire kind of way...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/...e243cd48_b.jpg

NYguy Apr 12, 2009 11:24 AM

saintismus

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Thymant Apr 13, 2009 2:13 AM

So what is it that they are planning to do?

NYguy Apr 13, 2009 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Thymant (Post 4191934)
So what is it that they are planning to do?

Try reading a little.

DamienK Apr 14, 2009 3:59 AM

What are those T shaped bars circling the top of the spire? Was that for the planned airships to hook their mooring ropes onto?


NYguy Apr 14, 2009 9:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DamienK (Post 4194097)
What are those T shaped bars circling the top of the spire? Was that for the planned airships to hook their mooring ropes onto?

Something like that.

NYguy Apr 14, 2009 9:44 PM

"Oh, you sexy, gorgeous tower. There'll never be another building between us darling, ever..."

thomas marchand

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NYguy Apr 15, 2009 12:16 PM

SBA73

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NYguy Apr 18, 2009 9:21 PM

Two more in love with the tower..

Punxutawneyphil

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NYguy Apr 23, 2009 12:41 PM

yOya

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/...5691386f_o.jpg___http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/...b3f38054_o.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/...208df3f8_o.jpg___http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/...933fe99a_o.jpg

photoLith Apr 23, 2009 4:44 PM

WOW!!!!!!!! Those pics are amazing! Thanks for that NYGuy

NYguy May 3, 2009 11:30 PM

For lovers only...

Karney Li

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13bobby

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NYguy May 5, 2009 8:36 PM

http://www.observer.com/2009/real-es...state-building

F.D.I.C. Nears Lease for 100K Feet at Empire State Building

By Dana Rubinstein
May 5, 2009

The F.D.I.C., which has been scouring the Manhattan market for about 100,000 square feet for a year, may well have settled on a building worthy of the federal government’s heightened stature in the marketplace: the Empire freakin’ State Building!

A source close to the negotiations confirmed that the F.D.I.C. has a lease out for about 100,000 square feet at the newly revamped, and forever iconic, Art Deco tower, bought by Wien & Malkin from a group that included the Trumps for a mere $57.5 million in 2002.

The F.D.I.C. wouldn’t comment. But if it’s true, that doesn’t mean the lease is a sure thing. Reminder: We are talking about a bureaucracy.

“Board approval is required to proceed with lease execution,” said F.D.I.C. spokesman Andrew Gray, who would not comment on the agency’s potential new location. “We hope to have [lease execution] by the end of May.”

If the board pooh-poohs the choice, then it’s back to the streets for the F.D.I.C.’s brokers at Grubb & Ellis.

But if the choice is the Empire State Building, it’s hard to imagine any pooh-poohing at all. On April 6, Bill Clinton rode the elevator to the tower’s 80th floor to serve as the ultimate window dressing for the unveiling of a project, to be managed by Jones Lang LaSalle, that will render the 78-year-old, 102-story tower green by reducing energy use 38 percent by 2013. This, in the midst of the building’s current $500 million renovation.

Thanks to that ongoing renovation—and with a little help from the unfriendly real estate market—the 2.77 million–square–foot tower has more than 600,000 square feet available, according to database CoStar.

Its new digs, wherever they may be, will replace the F.D.I.C.’s current New York Regional and Field Offices, in about 75,000 square feet at Metro Loft Management’s 20 Exchange Place.

NYguy May 13, 2009 12:59 AM

papahazama

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NYguy May 13, 2009 1:00 AM

Koen Stegeman

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Amanita May 14, 2009 3:29 PM

Love that orange and purple- Halloween lighting?

Later this year, I may be spending a day in NYC- You can bet I'll be taking some serious skyscraper and bridge pics- ESB will most assuredly be among them.

As for the time spent waiting in line, does buying tickets in advance help with that?

MolsonExport May 14, 2009 4:13 PM

awesome shots, all of them.

Duffstuff129 May 14, 2009 7:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanita (Post 4249665)
As for the time spent waiting in line, does buying tickets in advance help with that?

Not really, you still have to wait in the 1-1.5 hour lines. (The last time I went was 2 years ago, so it may have changed since then, but I doubt it.)

NYguy May 20, 2009 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Amanita (Post 4249665)
Later this year, I may be spending a day in NYC- You can bet I'll be taking some serious skyscraper and bridge pics- ESB will most assuredly be among them.

Why not get some 2-for-1's...

SBA73

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