NEW YORK | 220 Central Park So.| 952 FT | 70 FLOORS

[gramsjdg]

Originally Posted by Arm&Kedzie

^ Are they punching holes in that solid slab of concrete for windows? Or are they fake windows?

I was wondering about that myself...

[Skyguy_7]

^Cutting that many holes into a brand new concrete would be a ridiculous amount of work. This approach is what you call putting lipstick on a pig, and turning that pig into a super model! Hail Stern for not leaving a blank 950' slab.

[sbarn]

Originally Posted by Arm&Kedzie

^ Are they punching holes in that solid slab of concrete for windows? Or are they fake windows?

Its a shear wall, so it will remain solid.

[NYguy]

^ I've always thought it was the core covered in "windows", but I haven't really looked at it too hard from that angle.

[houstonny]

Most of Robert A.M Stern's work just amazes--220 Central Park South is no such exception.

[jl4069]

Originally Posted by Mr Saturn64

220 CPS is turning out to be one of the best buildings in New York as of late. It almost looks like an Art Deco revival, of sorts.

Can't say I agree, it looks rather cookie cutter and prefab to me, can't see the deco or originality in it. If anything in that area looks decent from an aesthetic perspective it would be 15 CPW. Another thing I notice is the giant south facing wall that looks to have its center dominated by concrete, it looks like they are putting fake windows on top of this wall? Unless they are somehow cutting out these windows which I doubt. Looks like they are trying to make the building super strong for its size.

With all that said the top 10 floors look to be quite nice. Big windows and gradations of stone, and a roof section reminiscent of the Century Apts up the block on CPW. j

[jsbrook]

Originally Posted by Arm&Kedzie

^ Are they punching holes in that solid slab of concrete for windows? Or are they fake windows?

I asked a similar question re 520 Park, where they appear to be doing the same thing.

[JSsocal]

Originally Posted by jl4069

Can't say I agree, it looks rather cookie cutter and prefab to me, can't see the deco or originality in it. If anything in that area looks decent from an aesthetic perspective it would be 15 CPW. Another thing I notice is the giant south facing wall that looks to have its center dominated by concrete, it looks like they are putting fake windows on top of this wall? Unless they are somehow cutting out these windows which I doubt. Looks like they are trying to make the building super strong for its size.

With all that said the top 10 floors look to be quite nice. Big windows and gradations of stone, and a roof section reminiscent of the Century Apts up the block on CPW. j

Thin towers very commonly have the elevator core shifted to one side of the building, hence the concrete wall on the south side. These are fake windows, and there are countless precedents of this around the city.

If you've watched enough 'Stern' Projects go up by now, you'd realize that the finish always looks cookie cutter when they first install panels. Later on all the joints between panels are filled in and the look becomes visually seamless. This is also likely the single most expensive stern building ever put up, I'm sure no expense was spared here, unlike say a 99 Church street where you might expect corners to be cut.

[HiRiser]

Originally Posted by sbarn

Its a shear wall, so it will remain solid.

Yup, shear wall, don't want to be knocking holes in that without the building crumbling down. Common occurrence to clad over it with curtainwall.

[NYguy]

Danny Daly

[houstonny]

Getting pretty tall, I'm assuming that a setback will come soon, evidenced by the renderings. Am I wrong?

[scalziand]

Originally Posted by JSsocal

Thin towers very commonly have the elevator core shifted to one side of the building, hence the concrete wall on the south side. These are fake windows, and there are countless precedents of this around the city.

Confirming this, here's a floorplan showing the core on the south side of the tower.


http://ny.curbed.com/2016/4/21/11482...obert-am-stern

[MJPhilly]

From Nov 23:

[gramsjdg]

Maybe 75-100' to go at the most?

[scalziand]

Something like this:
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So 5 floors and the rest of the crown, if that render is still accurate.

[NYguy]

http://nypost.com/2016/11/27/airhead...r-rises-again/

Airhead teen busted for climbing World Trade Center rises again




By Kenneth Garger, Chad Rachman and Natalie O'Neill
November 27, 2016

He’s taking stupidity to new heights.

The New Jersey teen busted for climbing to the top of then-unopened 1 World Trade Center two years ago is still pulling dopey stunts — snapping dozens of new photos of himself and pals dangling from Manhattan skyscrapers and then posting them online, The Post has learned.

Justin Casquejo, 18 — who received a slap on the wrist for the major WTC security breach in 2014 — broke into an under-construction Central Park South high rise with a friend at one point and shot video of the stunt, according to footage he posted on YouTube Nov. 4 under his Instagram handle, LIVEJN.

The dizzying footage shows the ditzy daredevil and his pal each dangling by one arm from scaffolding hundreds of feet above the city.

Casquejo, of Weehawken, NJ — who brags on Instagram that he’s “limitless” — has raked in nearly 29,000 followers there.

In the past year, he has posted dozens of shots of himself and pals scaling skyscrapers in Times Square, Columbus Circle and near the Empire State Building.

He appears noticeably taller — and with much longer hair — than two years ago. Also visible in the photos is the same large discoloration that was on his forehead two years ago.

• Video Link

[NYguy]

Minor adjustment, but the height has been adjusted up to 952 ft.


http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=12

11/29/2016


POST APPROVAL AMENDMENT FILED HEREWITH TO CHANGE SECTON 13E TO INCREASE BUILDING HEIGHT FROM 950 FT. TO 952 FT.

[Submariner]

And people say all we get are height reductions...

[TechTalkGuy]

I doubt that anyone will notice 2 feet from the ground.
It's nice, but when we see extra digits added, like "200" feet, then I'll celebrate.

[NYguy]

Richie Wisbey