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[Ch.G, Ch.G]

Originally Posted by hunser

Super big pano: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7527/...127d1edc_o.jpg

This is the best view of New York's skyline, IMO. (Well, this part of it, anyway.) There's such a diversity of heights and styles, something cities like Shanghai, outside a one or two neighborhoods, sorely lack.

[10023]

Originally Posted by Ch.G, Ch.G

This is the best view of New York's skyline, IMO. (Well, this part of it, anyway.) There's such a diversity of heights and styles, something cities like Shanghai, outside a one or two neighborhoods, sorely lack.

It's a bit too one dimensional, IMO, and the foreground is just an ugly part of the city.

I'm more partial to the multi-layered view from Brooklyn that includes both Downtown and Midtown.


Source: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/beh...e/nyc-skyline/



I also prefer the Downtown skyline to Midtown, actually. Probably because I simply prefer Manhattan below 23rd Street.

[NYguy]

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[sterlippo1]

Originally Posted by 10023

Probably because I simply prefer Manhattan below 23rd Street.

aint it the truth........................... Incredible shots, NYGuy, of 432 sticking out above the fog. This building looks better than i thought it would and i loved the design from the start

[chris08876]

Many New Yorkers prefer 23rd street or below. The real NYC as they call it. Some would even go as far as saying below Houston, but it depends on who you ask. I agree. Midtown is okay, but it doesn't have the rich background of anything below that street. But anyways, back to this tower.

[Skyguy_7]

^When I visit NYC, Midtown is fun and all, but I prefer to walk in George Washington's footsteps.

Can anyone confirm whether the glass will be a shade grey or a shade of green? If you refer to the 56th street cam, both colors can be seen. Crossing my fingers for the green tint with, of course, the white grid..

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by NorthernDancer

I can't think of a single benefit to living in an apartment without a balcony than with one.

How about lower insurance rates, lower maintenance fees, not having to pay for something rarely used, and better resale value?

At least in NYC, balconies are the urban equivalent of outdoor backyard pools in cold weather states. They're a negative towards resale value. If you want one, there are plenty of balconied options, but they are generally not desired.

[NYguy]

^ Please, enough about balconies. Let those obsessed with that discussion (and also that of the various preferences of where to live or walk) move it to a proper thread.



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[JManc]

Every time I see pictures of this thing I am waiting for the builders to start the framing around that elevator core. from a distance that what it sort of resembles.

[NYguy]

I'm waiting for the reveal of the mechanical floors.



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[JayPro]

Just saying; but looking at these pictures, one would be more hard-pressed than olives doomed to the oil container to think that bigger, taller and more jaw-dropping is yet to come, yea, even upon us now.

But so it is. Amen and amen.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by JayPro

Just saying; but looking at these pictures, one would be more hard-pressed than olives doomed to the oil container to think that bigger, taller and more jaw-dropping is yet to come,
yea, even upon us now.

But so it is. Amen and amen.

It's happening so fast now. Seems like just yesterday, One57 was the hot new "tallest" residential in the city. 432 Park is now enjoying that brief time at the top.
It has more time to claim that title, but taller towers (a few blocks away) are already making their way into the earth, eventually to pass our new giant in the sky.


But for now...


alyssam27

[trvlr70]

It's interesting that those last skyline shots remind me more of Chicago than NYC.

[chris08876]

I was thinking the same at first. Lake Michigan far away versus this shot.


http://www.gardensandmachines.com/Su...7/100_2665.jpg

Similar composition.

[NYguy]

^ That would probably be true of any skyline with buildings that tall, seen from a distance over the water. The larger buildings tend to loom.



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Can't wait until they turn the night lights on. It's going to be awesome.

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