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TOP TEN TALLEST NYC BUILDINGS (2019)
What are the tallest buildings completed or under construction in New York City?
On the list, half of the buildings are currently under construction. Half are also ultra-luxury residential buildings in Midtown (one in Brooklyn).
Without counting the spire, One World Trade would go from first place sixth.
And if anyone doubts NYC is in a #skyscraper building boom, every building on the list except the Empire State Building was constructed in the last decade!
1. One World Trade Center 1,776' (2014)
2. Central Park Tower 1,550' (2020)
3. 111 W. 57th Street 1,428' (2020)
4. One Vanderbilt 1,401' (2021)
5. 432 Park Ave 1,397' (2015)
6. 30 Hudson Yards 1,268' (2019)
7. Empire State Building 1,250' (1931)
8. Bank of America Tower 1,200' (2009)
9. 3 World Trade Center 1,079' (2018)
10. 9 Dekalb 10,66' (2022)

FEAR CITY! While researching the 1977 Blackout we came across this 1975 pamphlet intended to scare tourists out of visiting the city, titled "Welcome to Fear City: A Survival Guide for Visitors to the City of New York." Fear City was created by the Council for Public Safety, a group of NYPD, FDNY and other city employees reacting to an announcement by Mayor Beame that the city was considering laying off 10,000 uniformed officers. The Council for Public Safety hoped to make NYC seem so terrifying that the thought of laying off police and firefighters would be unbearable: "to "solve" his budget problems, Mayor Beame is going to discharge substantial numbers of firefighters and law enforcement officer of all kinds. By the time you read this, the number of public safety personnel available to protect residents and visitors may have already been still further reduced... Until things change, stay away from New York City if you possibly can.”
FEAR CITY illustrated nine guidelines to help New Yorker's "survive and even keep their property intact." •Stay off the streets after 6 p.m.
•Do not walk — "If you must leave your hotel... summon a taxi by telephone."
•Avoid public transportation — "You should never ride the subway for any reason whatsoever."
•Remain in Manhattan — "If you remain in midtown areas and restrict your travel to daylight hours, emergency service personnel are best able to provide protection."
•Protect your property
•Safeguard your handbag
•Conceal property in automobiles
•Do not leave valuables in your hotel room, and do not deposit them in hotel vault
•Be aware of fire hazards

At least 1 million copies of the pamphlet were printed.

A year ago we released our update on the World Trade Center complex, SIXTEEN ACRES, SEVENTEEN YEARS, evaluating the status of each site on the campus. The first major development since then happened this week, when the state released a request for proposals for 5 WTC. Most notably, the request would permit a 900' residential skyscraper on the site – the first residential building on the World Trade Center site as residential was harshly opposed during the initial planning sessions in the years following 9/11.
Our updated web project SIXTEEN ACRES, SEVENTEEN YEARS: THE STATUS OF THE WTC COMPLEX details the 5 WTC developments. Click the link in our bio to access it.
#5wtc #onewtc #worldtradecenter #2wtc #3wtc #silversteinproperties #panynj #lmdc #architecture #skyscraper #skyline #mywtc #nyc #downtownnyc #lowermanhattan #nychistory #realestate #urbanism #archilovers #7wtc #calatrava #nycurbanism #skyscraperconstruction #wtcnyc
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#MapMondays – Raymond Hood, "Skyscraper Bridges," 1929.
Architect Raymond Hood (Rockefeller Center) was fascinated with the idea of residential skyscraper bridges, which he believed could both help solve the problems of traffic congestion and offer an ideal lifestyle on the waterfront.

#raymondhood #skyscraper #history #downtown #newyorkcity #brooklyn #prospectpark #architecturelovers #bridges #eastriver #hudsonriver #design #fashion #architecture #blackandwhite #modernism #urbanism #archilovers #rockefellercenter #mindtown #brooklyn #mapmonday #maps #queensny #statenisland #thebronx #nychistory #nyhistory #skyscraper #skyline

A manhole fire has cause power outages on the West Side of Manhattan. Subways, theaters, traffic lights, and Times Square's Great White Way are in darkness – on the eve of the 1977 blackout.

Did you experience the blackout? Comment below and tag @nycurbanism so we can share your story.

On This Day... On July 11, 1804, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds across the Hudson in #Weehawken, New Jersey, to resolve a poisoned personal and political relationship. They chose the same spot Hamilton's son had died in a duel just three years earlier. The duel ended with Hamilton being mortally wounded and Burr being wanted for murder. Hamilton was only 47 years old.

We highly recommend Ron Chernow's biography on Hamilton, and of course, Lin Manuel Miranda's @hamiltonmusical and soundtrack.

#hamilton #hamiltonmusical #nyc #nychistory #nyhistory #linmanuelmiranda #americanhistory #aaronburr #federalist #broadwaymusical #urbanhistory #urbanism #brooklyn #manhattan #tenduelcommandments #ronchernow #alexanderhamilton #nycurbanism

Starting this fall the MTA will launch the long-debated F express service. The limited express trains will only run four trains, two in the morning and two in the evening at rush hours. The trains will run express from Church Street to Jay Street-MetroTech, stopping only once at 7th Ave.
The original F Express (starting in 1933) also stopped at the lower level of Bergen Street, which has been abandoned for decades – the only trace being the large shiny steel doors that used to lead down to the platforms. The new express will use this lower level track without stopping.

The line has been overcapacity for years and straphangers at stations like Bergen often have to wait for several trains to finally squeeze in during rush hour. Although two trains will run express during rush hour the MTA is not adding any more trains to the schedule, just diverting four to run express daily.

Council Member @brad.lander who has been studying the F Express service since residents complained about the problems plaguing the line, commented on the service change: "We would be delighted if they were actually adding F express service. But this plan adds no service whatsoever, it simply eliminates service at six local stations that are already experiencing overcrowding,... They have been running a rogue F express for months, often skipping local stops with no notice or even announcement. Despite the effort to dress this up as an improvement for some commuters, bypassing these stations amounts to cutting service for thousands of other riders." What do you think about the change in service? Should the MTA open the lower level of Bergen Street and add more trains to run express?

#subway #ftrain #cobblehill #carrollgardens #brooklynheights #parkslope #gowanus #redhook #ditmaspark #windsorterrace #nycsubway #numtot #mta #urbanism #nycurbanism

Tomorrow morning the Women's soccer team will be honored with a New York City tradition 133 years old – a ticker-tape parade up Broadway. The tradition of dumping paper on the city's heroes dates back to October 1886. As a group marched down Broadway for the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, office workers along Broadway and Wall Street began dumping rolls of stock ticker-tape out of their windows, mimicking confetti. Ticker-tape, a one-inch-wide ribbon of paper used to record stock quotes in "ticker" machines, was invented in 1867. As the buildings got taller at the turn of the century, all stocked with excess ticker-tape, the Broadway canyon became an iconic image, the skies swirling with the ticker-tape pouring out of windows, falling down to the streets where it would pile up knee-high.

Starting in 1919, the city recognized the importance of the parade and officially instituted it as a civic function, running from Bowling Green to City Hall. Starting that year, the mayor decides who will recieve the honor of a ticker-tape parade. The first city-sponsored parade welcomed home the soldiers after World War I.

During the mid-century, parades became more common, with 130 parades between 1945 and 1965, once as many as three in one week in the spring of 1950. To ensure the dramatic effect of the ticker-tape, the city started delivering confetti and shredded paper to Broadway office buildings during the 1960s.

The Downtown Alliance commemorated the past parades with granite markers along the sidewalk of Broadway's Canyon of Heroes.
Some of the honorees over the years have included Amelia Earhart (1932), JFK (1960), the first astronauts to land on the moon (1969), Nelson Mandela (1990), the NY Rangers (1994), the Yankees and Mets (multiple times), and most recently, the Women's National Soccer Team after winning the #FIFA World Cup in 2015.

#USWNT #tickertape #broadway #bowlinggreennyc #nychistory #nyc #lowermanhattan #downtownalliance #canyonofheroes #urbanism #urbanhistory #urbanplanning #nymets #nyrangers #nyyankees #nyhistory #brooklyn #queensny #manhattan #midtown #downtownnyc #canyonofheroes #uswomenssoccer #nycurbanism

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