East 57th Street - New York City (USA)
East 57th Street | Madison Avenue 30/04/2015 13h46
Looking up in the sky along the skyscrapers on the corner of the 57th Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. This all from the upperdeck of an Open Tour bus coach.
At the right the supertall residential building under construction, 432 Park Avenue. At the left the Fuller Building.
432 Park Avenue
432 Park Avenue is a supertall residential project with 104 condominium apartments developed by CIM Group in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Originally proposed to be 396 meters in 2011, construction began in 2012 and is scheduled to be completed in 2015. The building required the demolition of the 495-room Drake Hotel, which had been built in 1926. In 2006, the hotel was sold for $440 million to developer Harry Macklowe, and the hotel was demolished the year afterward. The site became one of New York's most valuable development sites due to its location, between East 56th and 57th Streets on the west side of Park Avenue.
At a height of 425.5 meters 432 Park Avenue is the third tallest building in the United States, and the tallest residential building in the western hemisphere. It is the second tallest building in New York City, behind One World Trade Center, and ahead of the Empire State Building. When measured by roof height however, 432 Park Avenue is the tallest building in New York City, surpassing One World Trade Center by 8.5 meters/
Designed by Rafael Viñoly around what is described as "the purest geometric form: the square" and inspired by a trash can, the tower is designed to have eighty-four 368.7 m2 stories, each with six 9.3 m2 windows per face. Interiors are designed by Deborah Burke and the firm Bentel & Bentel, which also designed Eleven Madison Park and the Gramercy Tavern.
Fashion consultant Tim Gunn described the building as "just a thin column. It needs a little cap."
The tower's condominium units feature high ceilings, and will range from a 32.6 m2 studio to a six-bedroom, seven-bath penthouse with a library, already under agreement for $95 million. The building's amenities will include 3.7 m golf training facilities and private dining and screening rooms.
[ Source & more: Wikipedia - 432 Park Ave ]
Fuller Building
The Fuller Building is an office skyscraper in Manhattan located at 41 East 57th Street on the corner of Madison Avenue. It was built for the Fuller Construction Company in 1929 after they moved from the Flatiron Building. The building was designed by Walker & Gillette in the Art Deco style, although in a very conservative fashion. The building's exterior features architectural sculpture by Elie Nadelman, and the interior has richly decorated vestibules and lobbies featuring marble walls, bronze detailing, and mosaic floors.
Christopher Gray wrote in The New York Times about the building that "it was built in 1929 as a jazz-age testament to the emerging commercial chic of 57th Street," while the AIA Guide to New York City calls it "the Brooks Brothers of Art Deco: black, gray and white."
The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1986.
Opening: 1929
Style; Art-Deco
Heights: 150 meters
Number of floors: 40
Number of elevators: 10
Architect: Walker & Gilette
Owner: Vornado
[ Source + more: Wikipedia - Fuller Building ]
East 57th Street - New York City (USA)
East 57th Street | Madison Avenue 30/04/2015 13h46
Looking up in the sky along the skyscrapers on the corner of the 57th Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. This all from the upperdeck of an Open Tour bus coach.
At the right the supertall residential building under construction, 432 Park Avenue. At the left the Fuller Building.
432 Park Avenue
432 Park Avenue is a supertall residential project with 104 condominium apartments developed by CIM Group in midtown Manhattan, New York City. Originally proposed to be 396 meters in 2011, construction began in 2012 and is scheduled to be completed in 2015. The building required the demolition of the 495-room Drake Hotel, which had been built in 1926. In 2006, the hotel was sold for $440 million to developer Harry Macklowe, and the hotel was demolished the year afterward. The site became one of New York's most valuable development sites due to its location, between East 56th and 57th Streets on the west side of Park Avenue.
At a height of 425.5 meters 432 Park Avenue is the third tallest building in the United States, and the tallest residential building in the western hemisphere. It is the second tallest building in New York City, behind One World Trade Center, and ahead of the Empire State Building. When measured by roof height however, 432 Park Avenue is the tallest building in New York City, surpassing One World Trade Center by 8.5 meters/
Designed by Rafael Viñoly around what is described as "the purest geometric form: the square" and inspired by a trash can, the tower is designed to have eighty-four 368.7 m2 stories, each with six 9.3 m2 windows per face. Interiors are designed by Deborah Burke and the firm Bentel & Bentel, which also designed Eleven Madison Park and the Gramercy Tavern.
Fashion consultant Tim Gunn described the building as "just a thin column. It needs a little cap."
The tower's condominium units feature high ceilings, and will range from a 32.6 m2 studio to a six-bedroom, seven-bath penthouse with a library, already under agreement for $95 million. The building's amenities will include 3.7 m golf training facilities and private dining and screening rooms.
[ Source & more: Wikipedia - 432 Park Ave ]
Fuller Building
The Fuller Building is an office skyscraper in Manhattan located at 41 East 57th Street on the corner of Madison Avenue. It was built for the Fuller Construction Company in 1929 after they moved from the Flatiron Building. The building was designed by Walker & Gillette in the Art Deco style, although in a very conservative fashion. The building's exterior features architectural sculpture by Elie Nadelman, and the interior has richly decorated vestibules and lobbies featuring marble walls, bronze detailing, and mosaic floors.
Christopher Gray wrote in The New York Times about the building that "it was built in 1929 as a jazz-age testament to the emerging commercial chic of 57th Street," while the AIA Guide to New York City calls it "the Brooks Brothers of Art Deco: black, gray and white."
The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1986.
Opening: 1929
Style; Art-Deco
Heights: 150 meters
Number of floors: 40
Number of elevators: 10
Architect: Walker & Gilette
Owner: Vornado
[ Source + more: Wikipedia - Fuller Building ]