NEW YORK | 1 Times Square Redevelopment - Page 2

ArchGuy1 · #21 Posted **Jul 9, 2023, 5:22 PM**

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Glad to see this icon, among the classics, getting renewed attention. Some views over the years...

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Did this building actually have a sky high observation deck when it first opened.

NYguy · #22 Posted **Aug 15, 2023, 2:23 AM**

Brechtbug

HyperPower · #23 Posted **Aug 23, 2023, 3:02 AM**

"he say you a blade runner"

Oh.. how Times Square and the original Times Building are an ode to the change from classy to cyberpunk dystopian trashy of the entire area.
If one is a Native New Yorker or a transplant you know to avoid Times Square like the plague especially during the tourist heavy, festive event of New Year's eve.

fadedgrandeur · #24 Posted **Sep 7, 2023, 9:37 PM**

Since they are already tearing the thing apart down to the bones now would be the perfect time to restore the lost original facade stripped away in the 60s. Massive missed opportunity in my opinion.

NYguy · #25 Posted **Nov 9, 2023, 2:19 AM**

Few days ago...

UrbanImpact · #26 Posted **Nov 14, 2023, 5:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by fadedgrandeur

Since they are already tearing the thing apart down to the bones now would be the perfect time to restore the lost original facade stripped away in the 60s. Massive missed opportunity in my opinion.

It would cost the developer more in material/construction work + leasing it wouldn't be as easy as it is with the current plan.

NYguy · #27 Posted **Nov 18, 2023, 4:18 AM**

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

NYguy · #28 Posted **Dec 9, 2023, 3:21 AM**

https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/...novations.html

One Times Square project marks topping out in Manhattan

By Kevin Smith
Dec 8, 2023

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...Renovations at the famed property are expected to be completed by real estate developer Jamestown in 2025, transforming the 119-year-old iconic building the company has owned since 1997.

NYguy · #29 Posted **Dec 10, 2023, 4:05 AM**

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mrnyc · #30 Posted **Dec 11, 2023, 4:20 AM**

this is pretty much the perfect gimmee.

and it looks like jamestown isn’t about to screw it up.

what a fun view that deck will have — and wraparound — i love it!

NYguy · #31 Posted **Dec 11, 2023, 9:23 PM**

^ Yeah, I'm looking forward to visiting that place and actually going up in that tower. It's been a mystery for years, only having gone into the drug store at the base (if that counts). But that vantage point of Times Square should be great, as well as all of the activities inside.

NYguy · #32 Posted **Jan 3, 2024, 12:25 AM**

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Busy Bee · #33 Posted **Jan 3, 2024, 1:04 AM**

You couldn't pay me enough to stand in those cattle corrals for 8 hours waiting for midnight. There's nothing organic about the TS New Years anymore, not since the post Sept 11 security state came into effect... nothing "natural" about this gathering. There's almost as many cops as revelers there. What people find so fun about this I have no idea.

mrnyc · #34 Posted **Jan 3, 2024, 2:07 AM**

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You couldn't pay me enough to stand in those cattle corrals for 8 hours waiting for midnight. There's nothing organic about the TS New Years anymore, not since the post Sept 11 security state came into effect... nothing "natural" about this gathering. There's almost as many cops as revelers there. What people find so fun about this I have no idea.

back in the 90s i used to go with my coworkers who flashed the badge at each corral and bumped us up to the front instantly in like 15min before the ball dropped — those were the days lol.

NYguy · #35 Posted **Jan 3, 2024, 6:55 PM**

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You couldn't pay me enough to stand in those cattle corrals for 8 hours waiting for midnight. There's nothing organic about the TS New Years anymore, not since the post Sept 11 security state came into effect... nothing "natural" about this gathering. There's almost as many cops as revelers there. What people find so fun about this I have no idea.

Eight hours? You, sir, would be late. People stand for many more hours than that. But people come from all around the world to do it. They would probably be disappointed that you wouldn't want to join them. But I say to each his own. I've done it about 3 times, but only do it for someone who's never had the experience. I would much rather see it from indoors somewhere (preferably somewhere that has a bathroom). But nothing compares to actual experience.

Now, for another New Year's tradition I personally wouldn't do...

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JANUARY 1, 2023

NYguy · #36 Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 5:21 AM**

Looks like they may just open on time (before the end of the year).

JANUARY 27, 2024

mrnyc · #37 Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 10:41 AM**

look at that cladding.

unrecognizable.

a round of applause to the redevelopers.

they are really trying hard to entertain people with this project.

i hope its a success.

i think it will be.

i mean, there is really not much else you can do with the interior except make it some kind of funhouse.

anyway, just the wraparound roof deck will be a fantastic view.

kudos for braving ts.

NYguy · #38 Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 5:14 PM**

^ Yeah, it’s looking great, and somehow makes the building look more sleek.

Pretty much looks like the renderings, you can even see the upper deck.

Busy Bee · #39 Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 5:49 PM**

I too think it will likely look pretty slick. But let me use this space to lament how little of the charming old mechanical and neon signs exist in Times Sq anymore. Everything is essentially an enormous programmable LED TV screen. It's bright - almost too bright. And it's boring.

xnyr · #40 Posted **Jan 29, 2024, 8:36 PM**

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I too think it will likely look pretty slick. But let me use this space to lament how little of the charming old mechanical and neon signs exist in Times Sq anymore. Everything is essentially an enormous programmable LED TV screen. It's bright - almost too bright. And it's boring.

Back in the '80s, I took a wonderful tour led by Tama Starr*, Pres of the Artkraft-Strauss company, highlighting the 'Spectaculars' of Times Sq. as they called them..

We got to see their workshop (NEON fabrication!!) and the highlight for me was going up to the Coca-Cola sign. We passed a noisy room full of clacking relays and went out onto a little maintenance platform in front of the sign - and MAN - you could feel the heat radiating from the bulbs... Unforgettable!

*She's co-authored a fantastic book chronicling the pre-LED/video screens spectaculars of times Square from 1892 to 1998. It's called "Signs and Wonders - The Spectacular Marketing of America" Currency/Doubleday