NEW YORK | 432 Park Avenue (Drake Hotel dev.) | (1,396) FT / 432 M | 89 FLOORS - Page 345

sparkling · #**6881** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 5:35 PM**

These have been around for a few days but in case somebody missed them

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Construction topped out at 432 Park Ave. last week, meaning the tower is officially the tallest residential building in New York City. Construction topped out at 432 Park Ave. last week, meaning the tower is officially the tallest residential building in New York City. The luxury condo stands at 1,396 feet, slightly taller than One World Trade Center, which is 1,362 feet tall (not including its spire, which brings its official height to 1,776 feet). It contains 104 condos, including 10 floors of penthouses. One already sold for $95 million. The views from the residences, some of the highest homes in the world, are truly astounding. Residents will be able to see to the top of Central Park to the north, One World Trade to the south, and Brooklyn and New Jersey to the east and west. Developers CIM Group and Macklowe Properties shared these incredible photos, snapped from the top of 432 Park. - See more at: http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/10/....h1NhIn5Z.dpuf

NYguy · #**6882** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 5:57 PM**

^ They are spectacular views for sure, and here are the larger versions...

What I would like for someone to do is place 1 Vanderbilt in the photo below.

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http://www.pbase.com/nyguy/image/157848191/original.jpg

sparkling · #**6883** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 6:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

^ They are spectacular views for sure, and here are the larger versions...

What I would like for someone to do is place 1 Vanderbilt in the photo below.

520 Park will be an interesting addition to the second photo too!

NYguy · #**6884** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 7:17 PM**

This is why I would like 1 Vanderbilt in the photo, you get an idea that the towers will face off...

forj · #**6885** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 9:46 PM**

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This is why I would like 1 Vanderbilt in the photo, you get an idea that the towers will face off...

^ this is awesome!

I am so glad they are going to build 1 Vanderbilt that tall. Where is that graphic from? I would love to see that silhouette graphic with the Hudson Yards and other towers included such as Tower Verre and the other 57th street monsters

hunser · #**6886** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 9:57 PM**

Some more towers, by iamtheSTIG @SSC:

Submariner · #**6887** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 10:00 PM**

And given that this tower has so much more heft, it's going to be even more imposing on the skyline than the ESB is.

It's just too bad that this is going to take so long to rise. I mean, I guess it will be topped out sometime in 2019, but it's still a ways away. If only they could get building sooner...

CCs77 · #**6888** Posted **Oct 20, 2014, 10:19 PM**

Today they did the second to last perimeter jump. I think it is possible that this very week they do another and final jump, effectively topping out this tower...

NYguy · #**6889** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 12:02 AM**

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Some more towers, by iamtheSTIG @SSC:

http://i.imgur.com/yJoWvBu.png

Excellent, though I think 111 is a little thin.

Diallo Jamal

thebaldwhiteguy

Lecom · #**6890** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 12:05 AM**

Playing peek-a-boo from the 7 Train in Queens. Several viewpoints, from miles away to right across the river.

• Video Link

NYguy · #**6891** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 12:40 AM**

^ Should be the opening for a show.

Onn · #**6892** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 12:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Submariner

And given that this tower has so much more heft, it's going to be even more imposing on the skyline than the ESB is.

It's just too bad that this is going to take so long to rise. I mean, I guess it will be topped out sometime in 2019, but it's still a ways away. If only they could get building sooner...

Its a 5 year project, no doubt. Just like 1WTC. I mean this is taller than the Empire State Building and its an office building. Its going to take awhile to finish.

Alx99 · #**6893** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 4:14 AM**

432 Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan today became the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere

http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...-396-feet.html

Hudson11 · #**6894** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 5:35 AM**

some quick shots from the Tappan Zee Bridge. Excuse the quality as it was from a moving car at a far distance. (wasn't driving, obviously)

NYguy · #**6895** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 11:57 AM**

Joanne Bouknight

Jawnadelphia · #**6896** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 12:14 PM**

^^^Great pics guys.
I'm not sure what to make of 432.
I love the height, and love the mark on the skyline.
But $90mil + for a condo ... in that skinny a building, that high in the air, geez. I wouldn't feel safe. Also, it's sort of the epitome of the very real and gross economic inequalities of this world. And it's a rather bland design.
Ugh, I guess I'll just try to enjoy its height and forget about the other stuff.

NYguy · #**6897** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 9:17 PM**

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it's sort of the epitome of the very real and gross economic inequalities of this world.

Social commentary, we don't really need. But glad you enjoy the height, if not the design!

October 21, 2014

Zerton · #**6898** Posted **Oct 21, 2014, 10:18 PM**

It's almost comical how tall this building is. Like they forgot to stop.

fountainkopf · #**6899** Posted **Oct 22, 2014, 4:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by Zerton

It's almost comical how tall this building is. Like they forgot to stop.

I think it is not finished yet...wait to comment when it is ready.

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Originally Posted by Alx99

432 Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan today became the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere

http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...-396-feet.html

It is an achievement !

This works ( btw ); http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-396-feet.html

fountainkopf · #**6900** Posted **Oct 22, 2014, 4:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

Social commentary, we don't really need. But glad you enjoy the height, if not the design!

October 21, 2014

I agree...a person who buys a room there could be a great philantrop as well. Who donates money for charity and for safe flying etc.