The New York Penthouse that Lost $100M
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Published 2023-11-01
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All Comments (21)
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Think you can do a better job of running New York? Try it for yourself with Cities: Skylines II 👉 play.citiesskylines.com/TheB1M
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I worked at one Wall Street during its extensive renovation, and got to see the Woolworth building every single day it really is a striking building and the last of its kind surrounded by art deco and minimalist and modern designs. I hope it stands for a long time.
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The architectural crimes committed from around 1950s - 1970s is just unreal... New doesn't always mean better.
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Even though I am not a staunch preservationist by any means, any building that was one tallest in the world deserves to be preserved
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This is honestly one of the most beautiful buildings in NYC, and it deserves to be preserved.
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The difference between the skylines of New York and newly rich cities like Dubai is the history. In Dubai, Shanghai or Doha there are only modern skyscrapers, which looks good but at the same time a little bit boring and interchangeably.
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In the early 1990s I had a customer with offices on the 63rd floor of the Empire State Building. From my office in Southern California, that seemed like a pretty prestigious address. But I was astonished when I finally visited my customer how grotty and dingy the low-ceilinged offices actually were.
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We need B1M as company in Cities Skylines 2. It would be nice easter egg in chirper. Or maybe narrator in Skylines radio.
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I would love to see old buildings like the Woolworth last a long time and be properly maintained, but it does come at a high cost. Also, I would love to play C:S2 but it would melt my pc. Nice to have a city builder as a sponsor 👌
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To be fair, New York has a pretty good track record with keeping its old buildings compared to a lot of other cities around the world. The Woolworths Building is one of my favourite buildings of all time so I'm pleased to hear its getting its latest lease of life by providing housing.
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You should do a video about how super tall buildings are or would be taken down when it becomes necessary. I assume that it’s not possible to just implode a building in the middle of a dense area like Manhattan. You said the Union Carbide building was taken down. How does that work?
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"Every New Yorker has nostalgia in their DNA, and loss is always a part of the deal." - Pete Hamill
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The lack of interest shows that wealth can't buy you class. The super-rich just want a blank empty box like their souls.
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I miss this style of building so much. For me, this style and its history are what give cities like New York a unique beauty. Needs to be preserved
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Being a fan of The B1M and CS2, the advertising is on point 👌
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Pennsylvania Station is so sad
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babe wake up! TheBM1 just dropped a new video
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I would have liked to have heard and seen details of the refurbishments that were done to the Woolworth building in order to convert its top floors to apartments.
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You explained it well. As you said in the video, it is one of the oldest structures in New York. Thanks for the video
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It's one of the top 30 most beautiful classic skyscrapers ever built in New York (and Chicago included, plus a few more cities in the states). The Ottawa parliament building in Canada is also a gem (the tower is pretty tall, not a skyscraper tho, it reminds me of the Hogwarts kind of, lol)
