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175 Park Avenue's 1,575-Foot-Tall Design Gains Approval in Midtown East, Manhattan - New York YIMBY

The 175 Park Ave isn't built yet. When it does, it will basically engulf the Chrysler Building.

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That’s too bad. It’s not a great building. It isn’t very elegant, and it’s less than sympathetic to the context of the buildings around it.

The relationship between it and Grand Central it clumsy, and for as heavy as the top of it is, the connection to the ground is awkward. It’s like balancing a watermelon on a toothpick.
 
That's cool. When I was in school, they were still were still teaching that it was the volcanic ash and lime that made it extra strong and durable. not the quicklime. They did teach us that it repaired itself, and was stronger than most contemporary concrete.
 
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Where to go ice skating 100 floors above New York City streets

Edge at Hudson Yards, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, is opening up an ice skating rink high above New York City streets on Tuesday.
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I saw the above story about the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards, and I had 2 thoughts:
1) The picture is deceiving, as it shows what looks like people skating on the outside observation deck, but the skating rink is inside.
2) I had no idea that this observation deck (called Edge New York) existed, nor did I know that any of the buildings of Hudson Yards were there.

Hudson Yards is a group of very tall buildings along the Hudson river in midtown Manhattan. In fact, it's located around the same street as the Empire State building.
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And then I thought to myself that my school (Stevens Institute of Technology) is across the river from midtown. So I looked at a map, and sure enough, it's part of the new skyline visible from the campus. Here's the Google Maps 3D satellite image

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I narrowed the river a bit to squeeze it all in, but that's my campus on the left - the grassy area jutting-out. And just a bit uptown on the right is Hudson Yards. And if you look over to 5th Ave, that's the Empire State. So if you visit NYC, I'd check out the Edge NY observation deck.
 
scotchandcigar said:
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Where to go ice skating 100 floors above New York City streets

Edge at Hudson Yards, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, is opening up an ice skating rink high above New York City streets on Tuesday.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

I saw the above story about the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards, and I had 2 thoughts:
1) The picture is deceiving, as it shows what looks like people skating on the outside observation deck, but the skating rink is inside.
2) I had no idea that this observation deck (called Edge New York) existed, nor did I know that any of the buildings of Hudson Yards were there.

Hudson Yards is a group of very tall buildings along the Hudson river in midtown Manhattan. In fact, it's located around the same street as the Empire State building.
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And then I thought to myself that my school (Stevens Institute of Technology) is across the river from midtown. So I looked at a map, and sure enough, it's part of the new skyline visible from the campus. Here's the Google Maps 3D satellite image

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I narrowed the river a bit to squeeze it all in, but that's my campus on the left - the grassy area jutting-out. And just a bit uptown on the right is Hudson Yards. And if you look over to 5th Ave, that's the Empire State. So if you visit NYC, I'd check out the Edge NY observation deck.
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It was still under construction when I was in the City last in 2018. I thought I had a picture from below, where you could see the hole where the glass floor was going to get installed, but I'm not sure where I saved it.
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Sinatra's 7.5-acre estate has a five bedroom, five-bathroom main house, a three-bedroom, five-bathroom guest house, a one-bedroom, two-bathroom pool house, saunas, a swimming pool, a fire pit, a lighted tennis court, a helipad and parking for 24 cars. In 2020, it was listed for $4,500,000 and later re-listed for $4,250.000. It's on the market again. This article does not give the asking price.

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Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs–Area Home Is Hitting the Market—and Opening to the Public

The chalet-style retreat was custom-built for the legendary singer in 1967
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Amazing view! But maybe a little too close to the edge for comfort? I'd hate to stumble outta bed at 7am, go outside and take two unnecessary steps forward...
 
That stinks. He almost made it!

Never heard of him before, but for a building like that designed in the mid 60's, it wasn't too bad.
 
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