NEW YORK | 432 Park Avenue (Drake Hotel dev.) | (1,396) FT / 432 M | 89 FLOORS - Page 225

Surrealplaces · #**4481** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 5:08 PM**

I just realized that this tower looks similar to a building I designed back 2001 (center of image) I wonder if the architect stole the design from me lol!

http://www.surrealplaces.com/cities/metropolis_II.html

Metropolis II by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

King DenCity · #**4482** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 6:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

I just realized that this tower looks similar to a building I designed back 2001 (center of image) I wonder if the architect stole the design from me lol!

http://www.surrealplaces.com/cities/metropolis_II.html

Metropolis II by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

SUE THEM! haha JK nice design though.

jd3189 · #**4483** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 7:07 PM**

Better yet, try to make a deal with them to get you a place in 432 Park for free. You'll have the best view in the house.

sw5710 · #**4484** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 7:34 PM**

Outer column rebar is going up and the core is jumping now on the 59th Street cam.

franktko · #**4485** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 7:40 PM**

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Man, this tower is totally badass!

I still can't believe how slender it looks already and it's not even a quarter of the way up!

It was almost a third of the way up five days ago, according to Harley613...

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Just over 30% of the final height now that it's at 430'!!

Harley613 · #**4486** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by franktko

It was almost a third of the way up five days ago, according to Harley613...

The core is, but not the fascia, so it doesn't look like as tall as it is from most angles.

sw5710 · #**4487** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 8:08 PM**

The floor you see being worked on with the 59th Street cam is the 25th window level above ground or 389' Today's rebar cages are to 410' and the top of the core frame is 447' +OR- 2'

NYCLuver · #**4488** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 9:10 PM**

August 20th, 2013

kenratboy · #**4489** Posted **Aug 21, 2013, 1:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

I just realized that this tower looks similar to a building I designed back 2001 (center of image) I wonder if the architect stole the design from me lol!

http://www.surrealplaces.com/cities/metropolis_II.html

Metropolis II by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

No way - remember visiting your site 10 years ago and loved it! Funny to 'meet' you, didn't know it was you!

Surrealplaces · #**4490** Posted **Aug 21, 2013, 5:22 AM**

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No way - remember visiting your site 10 years ago and loved it! Funny to 'meet' you, didn't know it was you!

Yep I'm the same guy. Glad you enjoyed the site

I haven't done any 3D work in about 7 or 8 years

.. just too time consuming, but I'd love to take another stab it given how good Max and Maya, etc... are these days....plus I'm not running my old 1Ghz Celeron anymore, and thus shouldn't take 10 hours to render a pic

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The core is, but not the fascia, so it doesn't look like as tall as it is from most angles.

That makes sense. I just did a rough floor count and guessed that it was about 1/4 up.

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Originally Posted by jd3189

Better yet, try to make a deal with them to get you a place in 432 Park for free. You'll have the best view in the house.

Hell, I'd settle for rooftop access for a snazzy photo shoot.

NYguy · #**4491** Posted **Aug 21, 2013, 12:42 PM**

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Nice pics, NYguy. Interesting to see that the AT&T/Sony building by Philip Johnson has gotten pretty grungy over 30 years. (You see where I'm going with this.)

I thought about that, as well as the Pan Am (Met Life) which was cleaned a while ago.

http://www.hoffarch.com/projects/metlife-building/

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/07/re...=&pagewanted=1

http://www.hoffarch.com/assets/Journal34.pdf

JACKinBeantown · #**4492** Posted **Aug 21, 2013, 4:00 PM**

I was in Portland Maine overnight (work related) and this morning before I headed home I walked through the Harbor View Memorial Park. There's a path that goes literally right next to one of the support columns for the Casco Bay Bridge. I noticed that there were imperfections in the concrete pour much like the ones I see in photos of 432... and I mean holes the size of large marbles. If the "imperfections" in the concrete of 432 are anything like that I'd think they'd have to do something to fill them in for structural reasons, let alone aesthetics. Would someone with the proper knowledge care to comment?

sw5710 · #**4493** Posted **Aug 22, 2013, 5:29 PM**

This is the only diagram that shows the floors they are working on and some elevations of floors. The count you see on the left side is window level not floor count.

sw5710 · #**4494** Posted **Aug 22, 2013, 5:48 PM**

The 59th Street cam now shows the forms are up to window level 27 and the next floor supports are now seen for the start of #27 on the diagram. This is the start of the 26th column support beam above the lobby. This floor is listed as #27 and is 403' above the lobby.

NYguy · #**4495** Posted **Aug 22, 2013, 8:07 PM**

(August 22, 2013)

www.432park.com

Surrealplaces · #**4496** Posted **Aug 22, 2013, 8:20 PM**

So not quite a 3rd of the way up, but getting close.

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Originally Posted by sw5710

The 59th Street cam now shows the forms are up to window level 27 and the next floor supports are now seen for the start of #27 on the diagram. This is the start of the 26th column support beam above the lobby. This floor is listed as #27 and is 403' above the lobby.

CCs77 · #**4497** Posted **Aug 22, 2013, 10:48 PM**

Here there are some more detailed facade and sections drawings taken from the magazine Abitare, published by AAndreAA on SSC.

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Plans and sections extrapolated from LIVING ABITARE
http://www.abitare.it/

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Uploaded with http://postimage.org

At one point the article says that the external finish of the tower will be the same as the Guggenheim Museum in Wright...

sw5710 · #**4498** Posted **Aug 23, 2013, 3:04 PM**

Core jump.

sw5710 · #**4499** Posted **Aug 23, 2013, 3:11 PM**

8/15-8/20-8/22 Core jumps. Quick 2 day core jump here. They just did one on wednesday.

CCs77 · #**4500** Posted **Aug 23, 2013, 4:02 PM**

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8/15-8/20-8/22 Core jumps. Quick 2 day core jump here. They just did one on wednesday.

Last one was tuesday the 20th, not wednesday, and today is august 23rd, so it is 3 day, but still it is the fastests core jump they've done, it is less than 72 hours, since last one was at a later hour on tuesday.

BTW, it seems it is pretty windy there, the 59th st. camera is shaking a lot.