Quote:
Originally Posted by rgarri4
Much more refined design, compared to that cheese greater tower and that gross Facebook Jenga tower.
So is this an alternative to the Garden City proposal? Or is there a possibility that both proposals could get built?
|
Garden City isn't a proposal, just an idea. If you had to go with anything becoming a reality, this is closer because it's an actual Vornado development.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JMKeynes
I agree. Vornado is nuts. This sewer has to be cleaned before any exorbitant project rises here. There are much better options for potential high-end tenants like the Grand Hyatt Tower and 350 Park.
|
You must not be paying attention. The purpose of this redevelopment is to clean up the area and build that Penn extension. When the plan is in place, companies will be assured that the district will be developed in accordance to what's to be expected of business districts in New York. The Hudson Yards area was no Garden of Eden before towers started getting built over there, and most of it still isn't. But there was a plan in place for improvement, and that brought the certainty that companies want when they are looking to move into any environment. The same thing happened in Times Square.
I still would be very surprised if this is what got built, when all is said and done. But what surprised me most about this one is that I had assumed it was a further refinement of the Vinoly design, not a new one from Foster. We just assumed Foster designed that other Penn East tower (site 5).
I don't care for the base, and it doesn't look like a tower that fits the current programming they are proposing for the site. So we'll see.