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The days of the Empire State Building dominating Midtown are numbered (I will still live that building though).
It's gonna be interesting seeing a few building taller than the Empire State building in Midtown, but it's about time these Asian cities have been progressing so rapidly it's good to see NYC being very competitive again when it comes skyscrapers
I hate it. The last thing I would ever want to see is the old beautiful gothic skyscrapers trumped by huge ugly "modern" concoctions of glass and steel.
It's gonna be interesting seeing a few building taller than the Empire State building in Midtown, but it's about time these Asian cities have been progressing so rapidly it's good to see NYC being very competitive again when it comes skyscrapers
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Originally Posted by knh39
I hate it. The last thing I would ever want to see is the old beautiful gothic skyscrapers trumped by huge ugly "modern" concoctions of glass and steel.
I'm torn between the two because I like to see NY competitive with skyscrapers, but I too love the older feel the 'vintage' towers have. It will probably look better in person as opposed to renderings though so we'll see. I want to see NY in 100 years.
Do you guys think this century will be the century of the other boroughs? Sort of how Manhattan was the 'focus' (in a way) in the early 1900's? Primarily in Brooklyn and Queens I see a lot of new developments happening and it has me thinking this century is building the new (future) generation of 'NY'. I don't know how to explain it really...
I wouldn't be surprised if we saw skyscraper booms in Downtown Brooklyn, Long Island City, and the Williamsburg waterfront. The groundwork is already there and some preliminary buildings exist, but development has yet to hit the point where it'll catalyze the development of truly unique skylines in each of the three.
I'm torn between the two because I like to see NY competitive with skyscrapers, but I too love the older feel the 'vintage' towers have. It will probably look better in person as opposed to renderings though so we'll see. I want to see NY in 100 years.
Do you guys think this century will be the century of the other boroughs? Sort of how Manhattan was the 'focus' (in a way) in the early 1900's? Primarily in Brooklyn and Queens I see a lot of new developments happening and it has me thinking this century is building the new (future) generation of 'NY'. I don't know how to explain it really...
I hate it. The last thing I would ever want to see is the old beautiful gothic skyscrapers trumped by huge ugly "modern" concoctions of glass and steel.
It's gonna be interesting seeing a few building taller than the Empire State building in Midtown, but it's about time these Asian cities have been progressing so rapidly it's good to see NYC being very competitive again when it comes skyscrapers
Other than bragging rights, is there a good reason why we have to continue building more and even taller skyscrapers? The Empire State Building was completed in 1931--and for all these 81 years, it's been underused. The World Trade Center was never fully occupied, either.
Why do we need gigantic buildings that are only going to be partly tenanted?
Other than bragging rights, is there a good reason why we have to continue building more and even taller skyscrapers? The Empire State Building was completed in 1931--and for all these 81 years, it's been underused. The World Trade Center was never fully occupied, either.
Why do we need gigantic buildings that are only going to be partly tenanted?
Because New York has the highest rents and lowest vacancy rates in the country. Despite what you're saying, it's along the lines of 10.5%, which is ridiculously low when compared to the rest of the country, but well over $50 on average, with a number of sections of the island hitting $90+. And that's for office. For residential, I don't know, maybe we have one of the world's tightest and most expensive residential markets…
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