Well, I certainly think the Seagram created some lovely ideas, lobbies with glowing walls, clear plaza space out front, approachable glass curtain walls, unified lighting on every office level, I wouldn’t put it in the same league as the Chrysler or something.
So, I get where they’re coming from, but, ah, no. They are wrong.
That’s easy. I’m a sucker for neo-Gothic, so I’d say any Cass Gilbert-designed skyscraper:
(bonus: that NY Life Building was originally taken by me from the Empire State Building observatory)
Good to know. I just like to know what kind of person I’m dealing with when it comes to this sort of thing. You never know if you’re going to get a Gothic weirdo or some kind of Brutalist.
I don’t discriminate. I can appreciate most styles of architecture (aside from “modern boring glass tower with zero personality”).
I’m Googie all the way.
Oh, I do. Someone who’s fine with the current version of Penn Station is someone that needs help.
What’s inside the windowless AT&T/NSA spying hub in lower Manhattan?
Hot Pockets. lots and lots of Hot Pockets.
Here’s the windowless Verizon monstrosity on otherwise charming Charles St. in Baltimore. https://goo.gl/maps/7t7Hcuk8Wr72
TITANPOINTE
Aptly named, me thinks.
Won’t somebody think of the
It also appears to be one of the most important National Security Agency surveillance sites on U.S. soil — a covert monitoring hub that is used to tap into phone calls, faxes, and internet data.
faxes!
Creepy? It looks like the Standard Oil Building’s* shorter, fatter cousin.
* Yes, that’s the Standard Oil building, down a few streets from the Marshall Field’s and Carson Pirie Scott stores, across town from the Sears tower, and 35-and-one-half blocks north of Comiskey Park. Suck it, newnamers.
I got the shivers looking at interior pictures.
I couldn’t find a picture of the elevators though - are they manually operated or modernized?
It is beautiful!
But are we sure it isn’t a grain silo?
Looks like a grain silo.
#WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE
I can only assume they have been modernized (but I’ve never been inside that building). Pretty much nowhere in NY has manual elevators anymore – let alone a busy corporate headquarters.
That said, buildings of that era have the best lobbies.
Here’s part (!) of the Woolworth Building’s lobby:
So spectacular.
Completely over the top (not to mention how unsustainable it would be to build something like this these days) but oh man is it ever something to behold.
Never!
It’s either 70 Pine Street
Or 570 Lexington
and then some…
I’ve been secretly wondering if the english channel tunnel has a special archaeological area
Please do!
I think I love you!!!
