Power station update
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Not that we need another thread on this, but I thought I would give an update:
- The smoke stacks are coming down. No ifs ands or buts. 3 months give or take.
- It will be condos, aprox 400 units averaging 1,000 sq ft
- There will be retail and community space (art gallery, most likely)
- There is and will be no landmark of those buildings
- It was NOT designed by Mckim, Meade and White (if you have proof it was, email me, otherwise, lets drop it)
- It will retain the majority of the plant
- There WILL be a section on QueensWest.com for the building once I get confirmation on the name of the building.
- It will, in my opinion, be a great edition to the area
Have a great weekend.
Jake
DISCLAIMER: This disclaimer is only here because pete has been having so much fun putting on his. There is no real reason for it since all of the things in the above post do not need to be disclaimed. If you are reading this part, you are really wasting your time. If you are still reading, it just proves you will read anything I wire. If you are still reading, you are pete.
- The smoke stacks are coming down. No ifs ands or buts. 3 months give or take.
- It will be condos, aprox 400 units averaging 1,000 sq ft
- There will be retail and community space (art gallery, most likely)
- There is and will be no landmark of those buildings
- It was NOT designed by Mckim, Meade and White (if you have proof it was, email me, otherwise, lets drop it)
- It will retain the majority of the plant
- There WILL be a section on QueensWest.com for the building once I get confirmation on the name of the building.
- It will, in my opinion, be a great edition to the area
Have a great weekend.
Jake
DISCLAIMER: This disclaimer is only here because pete has been having so much fun putting on his. There is no real reason for it since all of the things in the above post do not need to be disclaimed. If you are reading this part, you are really wasting your time. If you are still reading, it just proves you will read anything I wire. If you are still reading, you are pete.
Of course.. I go an find this:
[quote] In November 1902, Harper's Weekly judged that it was "as if some mighty force were astir beneath the ground, hour by hour pushing up structures that a dozen years ago would have been inconceivable." By mid-century, Harper's predicted, New York would be a world capital "unrivaled in magnitude, splendor and power." A month later, the City Council took a giant step in that direction when it granted the Pennsylvania Railroad the right to carry out a construction program to join its western and Long Island lines in a Manhattan terminal.
It was one of the largest nongovernment projects ever undertaken, and the master plan called for tunnels beneath the Hudson and East Rivers, electrified tracks, signals and switches, a power plant in Long Island City, sprawling train yards in Sunnyside and the world's largest railroad-arch bridge, over Hell Gate. The capstone was the colossal new train station to be built in midtown.
In charge of the station's construction was Charles Follen McKim, of McKim, Mead & White, then the country's most prestigious architecture firm; McKim's Beaux-Arts design was predicated on the conviction that form didn't follow function, but magnified and ennobled it. McKim intended that Pennsylvania Station would never be mistaken for a mere terminal or a transfer point. The towering travertine columns, glass roofs and soaring interiors told all who entered that they had arrived in a metropolis as self-assured and powerful as any on earth.
Ground was broken in 1904. In the six years it took to complete Penn Station, the city continued to molt its skin. A magnificent library rose on the site of the old Croton Reservoir on 42d Street. The ramshackle Grand Central Terminal was torn down and a stunning replacement soon graced midtown. The Singer Building pushed the skyline to new heights. The seedy stables and saloons around Longacre Square gave way to a new theater district, and the area itself, at the behest of the newspaper that built its headquarters there in 1904, was renamed Times Square. [/quote]
Which I take to read that while they were in it for the whole plan, they might not have designed the power plant.
ake
[quote] In November 1902, Harper's Weekly judged that it was "as if some mighty force were astir beneath the ground, hour by hour pushing up structures that a dozen years ago would have been inconceivable." By mid-century, Harper's predicted, New York would be a world capital "unrivaled in magnitude, splendor and power." A month later, the City Council took a giant step in that direction when it granted the Pennsylvania Railroad the right to carry out a construction program to join its western and Long Island lines in a Manhattan terminal.
It was one of the largest nongovernment projects ever undertaken, and the master plan called for tunnels beneath the Hudson and East Rivers, electrified tracks, signals and switches, a power plant in Long Island City, sprawling train yards in Sunnyside and the world's largest railroad-arch bridge, over Hell Gate. The capstone was the colossal new train station to be built in midtown.
In charge of the station's construction was Charles Follen McKim, of McKim, Mead & White, then the country's most prestigious architecture firm; McKim's Beaux-Arts design was predicated on the conviction that form didn't follow function, but magnified and ennobled it. McKim intended that Pennsylvania Station would never be mistaken for a mere terminal or a transfer point. The towering travertine columns, glass roofs and soaring interiors told all who entered that they had arrived in a metropolis as self-assured and powerful as any on earth.
Ground was broken in 1904. In the six years it took to complete Penn Station, the city continued to molt its skin. A magnificent library rose on the site of the old Croton Reservoir on 42d Street. The ramshackle Grand Central Terminal was torn down and a stunning replacement soon graced midtown. The Singer Building pushed the skyline to new heights. The seedy stables and saloons around Longacre Square gave way to a new theater district, and the area itself, at the behest of the newspaper that built its headquarters there in 1904, was renamed Times Square. [/quote]
Which I take to read that while they were in it for the whole plan, they might not have designed the power plant.
ake
[quote]Originally posted by jake on Apr 8, 2005 4:26 pm GMT-5:
- It was NOT designed by Mckim, Meade and White (if you have proof it was, email me, otherwise, lets drop it)
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The AIA Guide to New York City notes that the architect of the building was M,M & W. Why would the railroad seek another architect for the power station when they had already contracted them for the station? You can even see similarities between the interior of the powerplant and that of the concourse of Penn Station. Notice the girders.
- It was NOT designed by Mckim, Meade and White (if you have proof it was, email me, otherwise, lets drop it)
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The AIA Guide to New York City notes that the architect of the building was M,M & W. Why would the railroad seek another architect for the power station when they had already contracted them for the station? You can even see similarities between the interior of the powerplant and that of the concourse of Penn Station. Notice the girders.
[quote]Originally posted by jake on Apr 8, 2005 4:45 pm GMT-5:
Which I take to read that while they were in it for the whole plan, they might not have designed the power plant.
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They might not have, but it seems equally plausible that they did. Unless you have evidence of your own to the contrary, it doesn't seem fair to declare the case closed. Interesting article though.
Which I take to read that while they were in it for the whole plan, they might not have designed the power plant.
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They might not have, but it seems equally plausible that they did. Unless you have evidence of your own to the contrary, it doesn't seem fair to declare the case closed. Interesting article though.