Hudson Yards has been making headlines in recent months...But immediately to the northwest, another tower that’s been in the making for an equally long period of time may have just received a boost to become the tallest of them all. A new rendering of the Moinian Group’s 3 Hudson Boulevard has surfaced, showing both an updated design for the building itself, as well as the addition of a 300-foot spire, that would make the supertall the tallest in the neighborhood. — New York Yimby
Despite years of vigorous effort in the Hudson Yards, the Related Companies may not have the tallest skyscraper of them all, thanks to FXFOWLE's proposed spire-tastic tower on 3 Hudson Boulevard. Nothing's final as of yet, but as YIMBY notes, "Back in 2012, YIMBY heard speculation that the tower, previously dubbed The Girasole, could rise as tall as 432 Park Avenue. While 1,350 feet isn’t quite 1,397 feet, the new height would certainly rival the supertalls of 57th Street, ranking in between 30 Hudson Yards’ approximately 1,300-foot parapet, and 432 Park Avenue, as the city’s fifth tallest building measured by pinnacle."
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Hudson Yards: where the High Line goes to die
We shouldn't let developers choose how they want their properties to be built up just because they own the land and have the means to improve it.
blocking out of sight the view of New Jersey traffic, one skyscraper at a time.
Functionless spires on a bad glass building are just lazy and sad.
This is smart because it is a lot more sustainable to build a spire than it is to add the dead load of 20 - 30 more floors.
Quantifiable value of being the XXXest building in the XXX?
A larger penis, I would imagine.
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