Mies?
Mies? “less is more” van der Rohe???
I didn’t know he was still, uh... working?
You can directly look into it from the NBC Rockefeller Plaza Comcast Tower.
That’s an 🐜 farm for people.
Reminiscent of an African savannah termite mound.
I remember when it was going up a few years ago and it struck me then as nothing more than a tall skinny Lego brick that added nothing to the NYC skyline. Since then, other towers on 57th Street have surpassed this one and are at least a little more aesthetically pleasing. But I always wonder how much time those who own these high-priced apartments actually spend there.
We might laugh at these people and call them suckers but there are a number of people in the world who are so fabulously wealthy that paying $30m and up for a place in Manhattan that they might only spend a few weeks a year is akin to one of us common folk splurging for dinner at a nice steakhouse.
Who, from outside the area, can name the bridge in the photo, to the right of the building?
Hell you could get one to open your latest favorite vintage, shove him/her out the window and enjoy a glass before he or she even hits the concrete.