NEW YORK | Central Park Tower (Nordstrom)| 1,550 FT | 131 FLOORS - Page 385

NYguy · #**7681** Posted **Dec 22, 2020, 1:32 AM**

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Visionist · #**7682** Posted **Dec 22, 2020, 9:26 AM**

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Is that a stellar observatory on the building at the lower right? I thought the city had too much light pollution for observatories?

JACKinBeantown · #**7683** Posted **Dec 22, 2020, 2:56 PM**

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Is that a stellar observatory on the building at the lower right? I thought the city had too much light pollution for observatories?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherfurd_Observatory

NYguy · #**7684** Posted **Dec 22, 2020, 4:02 PM**

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NYguy · #**7685** Posted **Dec 24, 2020, 5:57 PM**

DECEMBER 22, 2020

BoM Trespasser · #**7686** Posted **Dec 25, 2020, 9:35 PM**

Last post 1st pic: One side of CPT sans blue film......niiiice.

NYguy · #**7687** Posted **Dec 29, 2020, 2:18 AM**

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NYguy · #**7688** Posted **Dec 31, 2020, 3:32 AM**

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Visionist · #**7689** Posted **Jan 1, 2021, 7:45 PM**

Someone made a comment about RV slideouts and now I can't unsee it.

NYguy · #**7690** Posted **Jan 2, 2021, 2:33 AM**

DECEMBER 22, 2020

NYguy · #**7691** Posted **Jan 2, 2021, 3:51 PM**

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streetscaper · #**7692** Posted **Jan 2, 2021, 9:55 PM**

2021Jan1Sunrise (5) by ShellyS, on Flickr

Zerton · #**7693** Posted **Jan 4, 2021, 4:00 PM**

The design is so messy at the crown on the east facade.

JACKinBeantown · #**7694** Posted **Jan 4, 2021, 4:56 PM**

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The design is so messy at the crown on the east facade.

Yeah, it's a pretty average building. It's best attribute is that it's tall. Even 432 Park Avenue is a better design, and it's a freakin' Tetris board.

NYguy · #**7695** Posted **Jan 5, 2021, 2:37 AM**

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The design is so messy at the crown on the east facade.

That's left over from when there was a spire planned.

dropdeaded209 · #**7696** Posted **Jan 5, 2021, 10:04 AM**

so what WAS the reason for ditching the spire? Costs? Not wanting to go over the ridiculous "gentleman's agreement" with 1 WTC being NYC's tallest?

NYguy · #**7697** Posted **Jan 6, 2021, 2:42 AM**

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so what WAS the reason for ditching the spire? Costs? Not wanting to go over the ridiculous "gentleman's agreement" with 1 WTC being NYC's tallest?

There is no gentleman's agreement. Gary Barnett said from the beginning that he didn't want a spire, and I guess he stuck with it.

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pianowizard · #**7698** Posted **Jan 6, 2021, 4:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zerton

The design is so messy at the crown on the east facade.

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Originally Posted by NYguy

That's left over from when there was a spire planned.

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Gary Barnett said from the beginning that he didn't want a spire

And yet the architects designed the crown in such a way to accommodate a spire? Perhaps they did this just in case Barnett would change his mind? (Some of us surely hope he will!)

NYguy · #**7699** Posted **Jan 7, 2021, 2:57 AM**

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And yet the architects designed the crown in such a way to accommodate a spire? Perhaps they did this just in case Barnett would change his mind? (Some of us surely hope he will!)

I don't know why they did, but it was a surprise when we saw it. I will say this, it was obviously better with the spire, so maybe they were hoping that alone would get it built. And presumably Barnett went along with it as well, because construction documents submitted to the DOB show the plan in detail that was in the process of being built. But for whatever reason, it was dropped again. The height of the tower (minus spire) was slightly increased.

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gramsjdg · #**7700** Posted **Jan 7, 2021, 3:24 AM**

A shame, as with the spire now it would be 1798' and finally put the WTC-1 spantenna out of its (and our) misery